WASHINGTON — The top election official in the southern U.S. state of Georgia called Wednesday for the state legislature to eliminate general election runoffs when no candidate reaches the required 50% threshold in the first round of voting. Georgia has held three crucial runoff elections in the last two years, all of which have drawn national […]
“She should join her friends on Wall Street in 2024, and Democrats should nominate someone truly on the side of the working class who can unite and win Arizona,” said one progressive. While the White House and Democratic congressional leadership are publicly hoping U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s departure from the party won’t change much in Washington, D.C., progressives […]
“Apparently ‘independent’ is the new way to say ‘corporate lobbyist,’” said one critic. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced early Friday morning that she has officially left the Democratic Party, registering as an independent in her state and surprising very few people who have seen her as a major obstacle to her party’s progressive agenda while […]
“Tonight, the people—young, Black, Brown, and working people—expanded the Senate majority, neutralized the power of Joe Manchin, and defeated yet another fascist,” the Sunrise Movement cheered. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock was declared the winner Tuesday night in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff race against Republican challenger Herschel Walker, giving the incumbent’s party a 51-49 advantage in the […]