GOP could ditch Harris in North Carolina special
North Carolina Republicans are readying an escape plan from Republican Mark Harris’ scandal-plagued campaign.
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Georgia gov. urges unity in first major speech
In his first major speech since the election, Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp told more than 100 legislators that it was time to “put politics behind us,” and asked them to “join me in the journey forward.”
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N.C. GOP says fresh misconduct allegation should trigger new House election
The North Carolina Republican Party said Tuesday that a new election should be held in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District if a new allegation regarding the leak of early-voting results before Election Day is proven.
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Trump leans on McConnell to vote on criminal justice reform
President Donald Trump pressured Senate Majority Leader Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday to pass criminal justice reform, hoping to push a reluctant McConnell to put it on the floor during a crowded lame duck session.
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Louisiana’s Governor’s Race Just Got Interesting
Nationally, what John Neely Kennedy is known for is his status as The Nation’s Most Quotable Senator, and his short cable news appearances have rapidly made him a go-to for sound bites and hot takes on current events. But in Louisiana, from which he hails, Kennedy has become better known as the likely Republican candidate to right the demographic wrong of 2015, when John Bel Edwards emerged from an unusual set of circumstances to win the state’s gubernatorial race and become the only Democrat governor of a Deep South state.
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Georgia’s First Lady completes 1,000th school visit to read to children
In her dedication to early reading and literacy, First Lady Sandra Deal has visited schools in all 159 counties across the state. Last week while visiting The Academy Child Development Center in Oakwood, Georgia’s First Lady marked her 1,000th school visit since Gov. Nathan Deal took office in 2011.
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Gov. Rick Scott removes Broward elections supervisor Brenda Snipes from office
Gov. Rick Scott suspended Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes from office Friday, citing malfeasance and incompetence on the heels of a tumultuous recount during which the governor also accused the embattled supervisor of elections fraud.
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Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi Senate runoff
JACKSON, Miss. — Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has won Mississippi’s Senate runoff, defeating Democrat Mike Espy after drawing intense scrutiny for comments during the four-week runoff campaign.
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Cotton wields sex offender report to tank prisons bill
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton is locked in an awkward fight with fellow Republicans over their push to change federal prison sentencing guidelines. And now he has a new attack line intended to make his rivals squirm: warnings that sex offenders could get off easy.
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Florida Democrats eye climate change, gun legislation, infrastructure bill with new House majority
Florida Democrats in Washington could only watch when the Republican Congress decided against new gun legislation after a shooter killed 17 students and staff at a Parkland high school last year. Nor could they force action to combat rising sea levels off Florida’s coastlines.
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