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Coronavirus election delays are changing dynamics for campaigns
“The No. 1 question right now is not about campaigning, but are we going to have elections?” Democratic digital strategist Tim Lim said last week.
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“The No. 1 question right now is not about campaigning, but are we going to have elections?” Democratic digital strategist Tim Lim said last week.
Corrected 1:00 p.m. | For the past few weeks, John Dearie, the founder of the nonprofit Center for American Entrepreneurship, has clung to a dream.
[jwp-video n=”1″] He contributed nearly $12,000 to Whitehouse and almost $9,000 to Rhode Island’s senior senator, Democrat Jack Reed.
[jwp-video n=”1″] And both parties have accused opposing campaigns of inappropriately using the crisis to raise money by including donation links in emails about the coronavirus.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Other ethnic groups are well ahead of the Irish on the museum front: A Chinese American Museum is scheduled to open this year 12 blocks north of the White House, and the German-American
[jwp-video n=”1″] Contests in Illinois and Florida were plagued by voter confusion about relocated polling places, poll workers who did not show up, struggles to find supplies to sanitize polling
Women Vote, a super PAC connected with Emily’s List, has put about $1 million into the race. “Emily’s List did get involved very early on this cycle,” group spokesman Benjamin Ray said.
1. Election Day After Louisiana and Georgia moved their presidential primaries to later dates, it’s natural to question how easy it would be to move the general election from Nov. 3.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Hunter’s decision to resign bolstered Republican chances of holding on to the 50th District in Southern California, which President Donald Trump carried by 15 points in 2016
Himes has spent about $100,000 associated with ski trips in Vail — about $1 of every $15 that it’s spent,” Beckel said.
[jwp-video n=”1″] While running for president, Hickenlooper repeatedly said he did not want to run for Senate, even going so far as saying he was “not cut out” for the job.
He also outraised Hyde-Smith, a former state agriculture commissioner, in the final reporting period before the primary, with $215,000 raised between Jan. 1 and Feb. 19 compared to Hyde-Smith’s $171,000
Dylan Watts, political director for the North Carolina Senate Republicans, said that because he expects outside money to favor Democrats, he wants his candidates to have a better than 2-to-1 cash
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[jwp-video n=”1″] Funny business It was no surprise to Tim Doyle, who gave Larsen his first job in Hollywood, that Larsen’s skills would be valuable in a congressional office.
[jwp-video n=”1″] When one lawmaker bets another a cheesecake (or a wheel of cheese, or whatever) on the outcome of the “Big Game,” they don’t do it because they love sports — or even cheesecake
[jwp-video n=”1″] Chapman has been with Heritage Action for America, the lobbying and activism arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation, since its beginning in 2010, amid the rise of the
[jwp-video n=”1″] The agency still is processing and making public candidate and committee disclosures.
The group has reserved more than $1 million in TV ads backing state Sen. Erica Smith, who’s up against national Democrats’ preferred choice in the race, Cal Cunningham.
[jwp-video n=”1″] For the State of the Union, Trump stayed within the confines of tradition and largely stuck to the script.