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Race For Senate Control Tightening
For most of the summer, it seemed as though the Republicans were strongly positioned to gain the six seats that they need in order. Some analysts put the odds of the GOP taking the Senate at 60% or...
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Same-Sex Marriage Goes From 19 States To 29 States In One Week
Actions in three separate states today in both the courts and by politicians in the wake of Monday’s Supreme Court decision to decline review of the pending same-sex marriage cases before it and...
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Nearly $100 Million Spent On North Carolina Senate Race, And It’s Not Over Yet
The North Carolina Senate race between Senator Kay Hagan and Republican Thom Tillis is expected to break records for the amount of money spent on a single Senate race: From the Koch brothers and Art...
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Which Party Is Benefiting From Early Voting?
As we head into the final 60 hours of campaigning for the 2014 midterms, well unless you count the campaigning that will likely take place in Louisiana and (probably) Georgia due to expected Runoff...
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There’s Little Evidence That Voter ID Laws Impacted The 2014 Elections
In the run up to the midterm elections, there was a host of litigation and discussion over the issue of Voter ID laws and other changes to the voting laws in several states that some alleged were...
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RFRA Battle Moves Beyond Indiana
As Governor Mike Pence and Republican legislators in Indiana lick their wounds over the battle over the Hoosier State’s version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the national uproar that...
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Supreme Court Declines To Review Ruling Striking Down North Carolina...
The Supreme Court declined review today in a case dealing with North Carolina’s law mandating ultrasounds for all abortions, meaning that a previous ruling striking the law down will stand: WASHINGTON...
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State-Level Republicans Looking At Ways To Keep Trump Off The Ballot
Republican Party officials in some states are considering moves that would bar Donald Trump from appearing on their state’s primary ballot unless he pledges to support the eventual nominee of the...
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Candidate Loyalty Oaths Are Unenforceable And Unconstitutional
As I noted yesterday, Virginia and a handful of other states are considering requiring candidate who want to appear on their Presidential primary ballot to agree to support the nominee of the...
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Super Tuesday Part Two Looking Very Good For Donald Trump
With just about twenty four hours to go before voting starts in what could be the most definitive week in the race for the Republican nomination, the latest round of polling suggests that one of two...
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Previewing The Biggest Night So Far In The 2016 Race For President
Voters in five states are heading to the polls today in what is likely to be a ‘Super Tuesday’ that will define how the race for both parties nominations will proceed heading into the April, May, and...
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Rubio Quits, Kasich Stays Afloat, And Trump Moves Closer To Being The...
Donald Trump won at least three of the five states at stake on what was arguably the most important night of the 2016 primary season, and stands poised to narrowly win a fourth that seemed like it...
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Clinton Crushes Sanders Again, Continues Her March Toward Winning Democratic...
After last week’s loss in Michigan, Hillary Clinton once again faced the prospect that Bernie Sanders could pull off a surprise win in at least one Midwestern state that would slow her momentum toward...
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Transgender Rights And The Sudden Conservative Obsession With Bathrooms
A North Carolina law that purports to ban trangender from using restrooms corresponding to their gender identity has become the latest “social issues” flashpoint in the race for the Republican...
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Federal Government, North Carolina, File Competing Lawsuits Over State’s...
The Governor of North Carolina and the Obama Justice Department have filed cross lawsuits in the dispute related to North Carolina’s House Bill 2 which, among other things, purports to restrict...
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Federal Courts Strike Down Voter ID Laws In Wisconsin, North Carolina
Federal Judges in two separate cases have struck down Voter ID laws in North Carolina and Wisconsin on the ground that the law impermissibly discriminates against African-American voters: A federal...
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Concedes Defeat
Nearly a month after Election Day, the Republican Governor of North Carolina has conceded defeat: Republican Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday that he’s conceded the election to Democrat Roy Cooper,...
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