…Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, as expected. Her victory brings the GOP Senate total to 53. That’s good, because of the tendency of certain other Republican senators to bolt and to vote with the opposition. But this particular race was a bit … Continue reading →
That’s the accusation from the Democrats. But when Democrats win them, they’re hard-fought victories as well as evidence for the increasingly blue nature of the city or state in which they occur, or the country as a whole. When did … Continue reading →
…I guess this one was pretty quick. I want to hear that fat lady singing, though. Not sure I hear her yet, but she’s certainly practicing her scales. I keep thinking of the title of a book by Hugh Hewitt, … Continue reading →
Then again, maybe the Florida powers-that-be are running it exactly the way they want to. You may have noticed I’ve not run many posts about this, even though it’s a big story. Here’s what I’ve written so far. And for … Continue reading →
Commenter Mike K asks: I am still interested in why Ducey, in his race for governor got 1,241,028 votes and McSally got 1, 059, 124 votes. That’s almost 200,000 votes more for the GOP governor than for the GOP Senator. … Continue reading →
It seems to boil down to the fact that McSally wasn’t a good candidate and ran a pretty poor campaign. [NOTE: The linked article assumes that Sinema’s victory wasn’t the result of fraud. It’s always possible that it was, although … Continue reading →
Why would anyone say that? After all, McCain was already dead when the election occurred. And he’d been in the Senate anyway. But I have had the same thought as that expressed in this WSJ piece (at least, the first … Continue reading →
I can’t bear to do too much in-depth reporting on what’s been going on with the Florida election. It makes me too angry. I don’t like losing close elections. Nobody does. But it’s one thing to lose them fair and … Continue reading →
What’s going on with vote-counting in Arizona and Florida—and especially Florida—is profoundly disturbing. It’s one thing to lose a close race. It’s another to have votes dribble out in a slow bleed, always seeming to favor Democrats (and with Democrats … Continue reading →
What else can explain the state’s extraordinarily cockamamie voting system? Other, much bigger states somehow manage to do it in a night, and maybe an extra day to finish up. That’s true even if they have a lot of mail-in … Continue reading →
I’m not the least bit surprised by the Menendez win in New Jersey. It’s a very blue state, and although Menendez is a pretty bad candidate he’s still a Democrat, and that counts for a lot. And of course, although … Continue reading →
[UPDATES below; scroll down.] Polls are starting to close, and so here’s the thread for the results. I haven’t turned on my TV yet. I’ll wait a bit. UPDATE 9:00 PM I find that I’m still very reluctant to turn … Continue reading →