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Of course, demonizing the opposition has a long history in American politics, from Hillary Clinton saying that half of Trump’s supporters belonged in a “basket of deplorables” to Richard Nixon keeping
Hillary Scholten won’t run for Senate, she told The Detroit News, and will instead seek a third term in the House. Scholten flipped her Grand Rapids-area seat in 2022.
Trump and some of his surrogates pounced, trying to turn the incident into this cycle’s "deplorables" moment, a reference to Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, using that term to
Biden had flatly rejected calls to step aside for weeks after a disastrous debate with Trump on June 27. White House and campaign aides had not provided requested details on what changed his mind.
Some have called for him to step aside and let younger Democratic figures pursue the party’s presidential nomination.
“At some point in a career, one needs to step aside and allow others to bring fresh ideas and abilities into the fight for liberty, just as I have,” the Energy and Commerce Committee member said in his
Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., said in a statement Thursday.
None of the retired lawmakers is calling on the current crop of geriatric senators to step aside, but former California Sen. Barbara Boxer says there is life after the Senate, “and it’s good.”
Romney rarely held back when he saw a need to criticize Trump, putting him out of step with most GOP voters. Check out our full report here.
Sheehy’s spokeswoman told Bloomberg that, if elected, he would step down from the company and comply with Senate ethics rules.
We now have a huge opportunity to step in and show what we can do — but only if we move quickly to prove our numbers,” he wrote in an email soliciting donations for fellow House Democrat Eric Swalwell
Late to the party: Along with the anticlimactic finish to Wisconsin’s Democratic Senate primary, Tuesday’s elections saw Vermont Democrats take a step toward possibly ending the state’s distinction
Payne Jr., D-N.J., faces political organizer Imani Oakley, who outraised him in one quarter last year, sparking the incumbent to step up his campaign and fundraising efforts compared to previous cycles
When the Senate voted Wednesday to consider a bill to expand abortion rights, Democrats knew the procedural step would fall short of the 60 votes needed.
When Democrat Hillary Scholten first ran for Congress in 2020, her campaign, like much of the rest of the world, went almost totally virtual.
Ed Perlmutter; Michigan’s 3rd, where Hillary Scholten is challenging GOP Rep. Peter Meijer; New Mexico’s 2nd, where Gabe Vasquez is seeking to oust GOP Rep.
Cuellar’s ideas are “out of step with Democratic voters across the country,” added Ryan O’Donnell, electoral director of Data for Progress, a left-wing think tank and polling firm.
John Hickenlooper won the Democratic nod in June to take on Gardner, who is one of two GOP senators running in states that backed Hillary Clinton for president in 2016.
In 2016, with Trump at the top of the ticket, Hillary Clinton won the longtime GOP strongholds of Cobb and Gwinnett counties in suburban Atlanta, where old farms have been plowed over for subdivisions
But, in addition, this is also a good time for me to step back and reflect on what I have learned.”