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Upping the ante in the special election battle for a suburban California district, a Republican super PAC is launching new attacks on the Democrat vying to replace a House member who resigned in scandal
In Illinois’ 13th District, for example, Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan said in a tweet last week that her opponent, GOP Rep.
“We must try to [re]move that 20 percent match,” said Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos, a Democrat. “It really is problematic for many states in this time of plummeting state revenues.”
The Democrat in that race, Tricia Zunker, a lawyer and Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court associate justice, is calling on the state’s Republican-led Legislature to make it a mail-in contest only.
Montana has said its voting would all be by mail. New Jersey has several competitive congressional races after Democrats flipped House seats in 2018.
Warren has been joined on the letter by Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee, along with Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.
“We can probably reach agreement on that particular item but not necessarily have that be the sole item,” the Maryland Democrat said.
Republicans who control the state Legislature sued after Evers, a Democrat who previously said he did not have the power to delay the vote, issued an order to do just that Monday afternoon.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his potential challenger, Democrat Amy McGrath, have been talking about the crisis in recent ads in the Kentucky Senate race.
[Pandemic pushes states to vote-by-mail, bringing new challenges] That experience, coupled with years in Congress, he says, taught DeWine how to keep a cool head despite adversity: “He’s listening
States need resources to accommodate an expected surge in requests for mail-in ballots and to ensure polling places are safe for voters and poll workers.
“You want to have women friends who support you through thick and thin,” the New Hampshire Democrat told me in a phone conversation this month.
Oregon uses only mail-in ballots and has no in-person voting, so it is the least likely to be disrupted.
Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, said Monday she would sign an executive order to move the state’s presidential primary from April 28 to June 2 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier Friday, the Texas Democratic Party filed a lawsuit seeking to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail-in ballot.
Cummings will still happen on April 28 via mail-in ballots. And Kentucky has delayed its May 19 primaries until June 23.
Daniel Lipinski, a Blue Dog Democrat opposed to abortion rights, lost his bid for a ninth term Tuesday to challenger Marie Newman in a primary where voters were rattled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, especially in Arizona with the availability of vote-by-mail, we can do this safely and effectively.” Arizonans were casting their ballots by mail long before the pandemic hit.
Lipinski, a Democrat opposed to abortion rights, faces repeat opponent Marie Newman, whom he barely held off two years ago.
Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio, while encouraging early voting or voting by mail, have not canceled primary contests scheduled for Tuesday.