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Some big news out of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati will not seek re-election, he told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. “After 20 years, I always … Read More
The Advocate has a great piece out about Dr. Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX-HD28) special election tomorrow to flip the Texas State House blue: Democrats are nine seats away from flipping the … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: x YouTube Video Speaker Mike Turzai, the most powerful Republican in the legislature, just announced he won't run for re-election. Good … Read More
Something big happened in Texas yesterday: Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to endorse Eliz Markowitz in the nationally targeted race for Texas House District 28. “I'm joining … Read More
Received this e-mail from Julián Castro (D. TX) in support of Dr. Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX-HD28) campaign in the upcoming special election to flip the Texas State House: When I ended … Read More
Received this e-mail from Dr. Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX-HD28) campaign for the upcoming special election: Earlier this week, Governor Greg Abbott sent an urgent memo to Republicans that once again … Read More
Received this e-mail from former Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee in support of Dr. Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX-HD28) special election: The GOP has used gerrymandering to silence … Read More
Here’s the latest news out of Texas: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is backing Eliz Markowitz in the special election runoff for state House District 28, her highest-profile endorsement yet … Read More
Been playing catch up with my e-mails due to the holidays and I have also been recovering from a sinus infection. Received this e-mail from former Congressman and Presidential candidate, … Read More
With yesterday’s big news about impeachment, I wanted to highlight another big thing that happened yesterday: Hundreds of veterans of Barack Obama’s campaigns and administration have signed on to endorse Sen. Elizabeth Warren for … Read More
Received this e-mail today from former Congressman and Presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke (D. TX): Last year 17 Texas State House Republicans won their election by less than 10 points. We … Read More
Received this e-mail today from former U.S. Rep. and Presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke (D. TX), in support of Eliz Markowitz’s (D. TX) campaign: I’m writing about an important race here … Read More
Some Biden supporters who didn’t like my latest diary about Joe Biden got me thinking. One commenter in particular thought it would be better if I focused on Andy Beshear’s … Read More
Tired of the home of Barnum Bailey Circus clowns holding Florida hostage as the Republicans today showed just how much they care about We the People? I sure am. You … Read More
Mother Jones has a pretty brutal piece about Governor Matt Bevin (R. KY) why being a complete asshole might cost him re-election despite being the Governor of a deep red … Read More
I was focusing so much on getting rid of Tea Party lunatic Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky that I missed a way that Kentucky Democrats might have to shaft Moscow … Read More
Received this e-mail today from former Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate, Jason Kander (D. MO) on behalf of his PAC, Let America Vote: In 2017, our boots on … Read More
Received this e-mail from Andrew Romanoff’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: Robert Mueller just concluded his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Donald Trump used the occasion to attack him, … Read More
Few “Democratic” House members disappoint me more than Georgia Congressman David Scott. Compromising on certain positions is one thing if you are in a solidly red district, but he represents … Read More
Few “Democratic” House members disappoint me more than Georgia Congressman David Scott. Compromising on certain positions is one thing if you are in a solidly red district, but he represents … Read More
Received this e-mail from James Mackler’s (D. TN) U.S. Senate campaign: James Mackler (D. TN) My mother was a devoted public school teacher for 40 years. Thinking about her and … Read More
It’s been a busy and hectic month for me already but I wanted to take today to do some catch-up diaries on the races going on this year and next … Read More
We received some very big news in New Mexico yesterday: Rep. Ben Ray Luján plans to run for the Senate in New Mexico and is set to officially announce his candidacy Monday, … Read More
photo: Andrea Miller with Rep. Jackie Speier, House ERA Resolution Lead Sponsor In solidarity with our sisters and brothers around the world, Debra Schrishuhn and Dan O’Neal for Alan, Mike … Read More
Gross: Governor Matt Bevin hosted a round table discussion on healthcare and Medicaid reform this afternoon. The discussion centered on a current proposal known as the Health Care Choices Act. … Read More
With the advent of the Trump era, the GOP has already gone all in with treason, so why not racism as well? If we are already at a place where a … Read More
I can’t wait to go after this asshole in 2020: U.S. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., sent out his recorded message last night, at 10:30 p.m. or so, on behalf of … Read More
First off, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I went home to Pittsburgh, PA last week to be with the family. Afterwards, I flew to El Paso to go … Read More
One thing is for sure, 2018 had something for everybody. Well, pretty much everybody who was a Democrat, if you’re a Republican, you were shit out of luck. Election night … Read More
So here’s some big news today out of Texas: Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, by 3.6 percentage points among likely voters in … Read More
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee: Since 2008, Democrats have lost over 900 state legislative seats — but bold progressives like Andrew Gillum are leading our … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S Senator Amy Klobuchar (D. MN) in support of Dan Feehan (D. MN-01) & Joe Radinovich’ s (D. MN-08) campaigns: I’m writing to ask you … Read More
I’m sure everyone will be very surprised to know that Trump’s shortlist of SCOTUS candidates is not exactly everything we’d like to see in a replacement for Kennedy. Or anything we’d like … Read More
Originally published on Up North Progressive. Every week the Up North Progressive's email inbox receives a list of bills introduced to the Michigan state legislature. This week the Michigan House … Read More
There's a simple lesson for Illinois Democrats from the Tuesday election. If you want to get re-elected as a Democrat in Illinois all you have to do is govern like … Read More
Victory! On September 19 State Rep. Charles Brunner (D-Bay City) joined other Michigan House Democrats in supporting a bill that requires better transparency and accountability with Michigan's for-profit charter schools … Read More
