Author: Bill Barrow, Associated Press
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Texas Republicans start another redistricting session. California Democrats will counter
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans on Friday began a second special session to approve new congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump to bolster his party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as California Democrats prepared to unveil their own redistricting plan in an intensifying fight over control of Congress. The GOP’s first special session in…
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Polls close as off-year election results offer clues to 2020
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Polls closed Tuesday in four states where off-year governor’s races and legislative elections offer a test of voter enthusiasm and party organization amid impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and a fevered Democratic presidential primary scramble. Results in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia won’t necessarily predict whether Trump will be reelected or which party…
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Democratic chairman: Presidential debate rules fair despite complaints from Bennet, other candidates
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ATLANTA – Amid criticism of Democratic National Committee debate rules for the 2020 election from candidate Michael Bennet of Colorado and others, DNC Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday defended his decisions to raise the qualifying threshold for later debates and to reject the idea of one-issue debates, even for matters as grave as the climate…
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Joe Biden’s $5T climate plan: Net zero emissions by 2050
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050. The former vice president calls for $1.7 trillion in federal spending over 10 years, with the rest of the investments coming from the private sector. Biden proposes…
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Bennet, other trailing 2020 candidates angry over new Democratic debate rules
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Frustration over how the Democratic National Committee is managing the upcoming presidential debates is bursting into the open as several longshot candidates — including Colorado’s Michael Bennet — say the party is stacking the process against them. Most of the two dozen declared candidates will be able to participate in the first debate of the…
