.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque JournalSANTA FE – Long-simmering tensions within the New Mexico Republican Party bubbled over this week after an Election Day that saw GOP candidates generally fare poorly, with several loyalists to Gov. Susana Martinez’s political machine lashing out at current state GOP leaders.In social media posts, former Martinez staffers appeared to blame party leaders and individuals connected with Republican Yvette Herrell’s campaign for a rare Democratic victory in the southern New Mexico-based 2nd Congressional District.ADVERTISEMENTSkipDemocrat Xochitl Torres Small was declared the projected winner of the seat – held by Republicans for all but two years since 1981 – following a count of more than 8,000 absentee ballots in Doña Ana … [Read more...] about NM GOP starts blame game in wake of blue wave
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NC teachers warned, ‘we vote in November.’ And they did, helping break GOP supermajority.
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GOP voter suppression continues, yet Democrats won big anyway
Paul Waldman, The Washington Post Published 10:03 am PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 While much of the post-election attention is being sucked up by vote-counting chaos in Florida (who could have predicted it), there's another Senate race with an ongoing dispute over votes that may have escaped your attention. This race's conclusion might help upend the conventional wisdom about the 2018 election. And guess what, Republicans are suing to prevent all the votes from being counted. The Associated Press reports: "As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic terrain, a judge Friday will hear a lawsuit by the GOP seeking to limit the tally - or expand it in the state's conservative-leaning rural areas. "Four local Republican parties filed a lawsuit Wednesday night challenging the state's two biggest counties for allowing voters to help resolve problems with their mail-in ballot signatures after Election Day. If the signature on the voter registration doesn't … [Read more...] about GOP voter suppression continues, yet Democrats won big anyway
Letter: GOP dismayed Trump won’t condemn racist alt-right?
By Letters To The Editor | PUBLISHED: November 9, 2018 at 7:51 am | UPDATED: November 9, 2018 at 7:51 am GOP dismayed Trump won’t condemn racist alt-right? Re: “Thiessen: We survived Nixon. We’ll survive Trump.” (Opinion section, Nov. 4) In his column, Thiessen states, “Many conservatives are dismayed with Trump’s failure to condemn the racist alt-right.” Raise taxes on the middle class while cutting taxes for the top 1 percent, betray American values with both allies and enemies, dump trade deals that promote open markets but slap on tariffs that hurt American business and ultimately consumers, gut protections for clean air and water, deny science, blow a trillion-dollar hole in the budget then blame it on Social Security and Medicare, pretend to care about protecting Americans with pre-existing conditions while doing the opposite, undermine a free press, incite hatred of those with opposing views, jail families seeking political … [Read more...] about Letter: GOP dismayed Trump won’t condemn racist alt-right?
Judge to hear Arizona GOP lawsuit to limit mail-in ballots in tight Senate race
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Nov. 9, 2018 / 2:00 PM GMT By Associated Press PHOENIX — As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic terrain, a judge Friday will hear a lawsuit by the GOP seeking to limit the tally — or expand it in the state's conservative-leaning rural areas. Four local Republican parties filed a lawsuit Wednesday night challenging the state's two biggest counties for allowing voters to help resolve problems with their mail-in ballot signatures after Election Day. If the signature on the voter registration doesn't match that on the sealed envelope, both Maricopa and Pima County allow voters to help them fix, or "cure" it, up to five days after Election Day. Many other counties only allow voters to cure until polls close on Election Day. Only a few thousand votes would be affected by the suit, but every one counts in the … [Read more...] about Judge to hear Arizona GOP lawsuit to limit mail-in ballots in tight Senate race