UPDATE 11/16/18: Democrat Stacey Abrams ended her campaign to become the next governor of Georgia Friday, which would have made her the first black woman in American history to lead a state. After a 10-day standoff, Abrams recognized in a fiery speech that Republican Brian Kemp will assume the position. “I acknowledge that former Secretary…
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In a stunning political victory on Tuesday night, 28-year-old first-time candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in their party’s congressional primary in New York. Ocasio-Cortez seized 57.5 percent of the votes in New York’s 14th District, which includes the Bronx and Queens. The upset came as a shock to those who hadn’t predicted…
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I don’t think I ever could have guessed I’d be so deeply invested in an Alabama special election, but this is 2017. So last night I settled in to watch the results in the race for Jeff Sessions’ vacated Senate seat between Democrat Doug Jones and Republican Roy Moore who has battled an onslaught of…
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