Author: Dave Beaudoin
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From 30 hours to 2 – what you need to know about the nuclear option change this week
Earlier this week Republican leaders in the Senate used a procedural tactic known as the nuclear option to change the process for confirming judicial nominees. This is the third time the procedural tactic has been used since 2013. Republicans cheered the change while Democrats have been critical of the tactic. But aside from the partisan…
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President Trump announces he will nominate Kelly Knight Craft to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
On February 22, 2019, President Donald Trump (R) announced that he would nominate Kelly Knight Craft to be the 30th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump tweeted, “I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations…Kelly has…
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One-fourth of contested Kentucky state executive primaries since 2007 have been decided by less than 5 percent
Twenty-six percent of contested state executive primaries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2007 have been decided by five percentage points or less, including four where the winner’s margin of victory was less than one percent of total votes cast. All four of the races decided by less than one percent during this time…
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Learn the voter registration deadlines for upcoming statewide elections in Kentucky, New Jersey, Virginia, and Wisconsin
Four states are holding statewide general or primary elections in the first six months of 2019. Below are the elections on the ballot and voter registration deadlines in each state. Kentucky is holding primaries for governor and five other statewide executive offices on May 21. Voters must submit their registration application 28 days before…
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Montana Attorney General Fox becomes second Republican to announce for governor in 2020
On January 24, state attorney general Tim Fox (R) announced he was running for governor of Montana in 2020. Fox was first elected attorney general in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. He is the second Republican to declare his candidacy after Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton (R) announced that he was running for governor…
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Electoral history of U.S. Senate elections in Tennessee
On December 17, 2018, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced that he would not seek re-election to his seat in 2020. He was first elected to the Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008 and 2014. Alexander was previously a two-term governor of Tennessee and served for two years as the U.S. Secretary of…