Senate 2018 Tag

Hyde-Smith’s Win in Mississippi Will Help the Senate Easily Confirm Trump Judicial Nominees

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 28, 2018 30 Comments

The GOP kept another seat in the Senate as Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith easily defeated her Democrat challenger Michael Espy in the special election on Tuesday. The victory gives the GOP a three-seat advantage in the Senate, which will help them easily confirm President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.

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Florida Senate Race heads to Recount

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 07, 2018 3 Comments

Deadline is November 10....

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LIVE: Midterm Election Results

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 06, 2018 61 Comments

The countdown begins. Will the Democrats take over the House? Will the GOP pick up more seats in the Senate? Will the Democrats sweep in the governor races? We will provide updates as they come in as many tight races on the east coast could provide some early clues as to who will come out on top and the tone of the 2020 presidential race.

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Reporter Fired Over Voicemail For GOP MI Senate Candidate: ‘F**king John James!’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 06, 2018 14 Comments

The Huron Daily Tribune fired reporter Brenda Battel after she accidentally left an insulting voicemail for Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James. From The Daily Caller:

“Man, if he beats her [incumbent Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow]… Jesus! F***ing John James. That would suck! Whew, I don’t think it’s going to happen though,” Battel continued.

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Midterms Open Thread: Will We Have a Blue Wave?

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 06, 2018 69 Comments

Today's the day! Election Day! Have you voted yet? Us at Legal Insurrection will keep this thread open all day to provide updates, analysis, and pictures of all the races across the nation. Will the Republicans keep control of the House? Will the Republicans gain more seats in the Senate? As we learned in 2016, anything can happen.

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Midterm Open Thread: Forecasters tempering their confidence about Blue Wave

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 05, 2018 50 Comments

Tomorrow is Election Day and for the longest time, we've heard that a massive blue wave will crash into the House and Senate. But now it looks like the confidence has gone down and forecasters have started to admit that the blue wave has a possibility to dissipate.

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Tester Loses ‘Ace Up His Sleeve’ as Libertarian Candidate Endorses Republican

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 31, 2018 4 Comments

Tester has become more vulnerable....

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Hilariously Awful Claire McCaskill Radio Ad: She’s ‘not one of those crazy Democrats’

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 24, 2018 37 Comments

This ad is so bad I wasn't entirely sure if it was real or parody. Turns out, it's real and McCaskill's campaign probably paid someone good money for it, too. The radio ad, which has been airing for about a year, attempts to paint Sen. McCaskill as a centrist Democrat and "not one of those crazy Democrats."

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Most Polls Have Close Results in FL Governor, Senate Races, But CNN has Democrats Up Big

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 22, 2018 21 Comments

A CNN poll has Florida Democrats up in the gubernatorial and Senate races, but I'm really shaking my head with the governor one. Somehow the CNN poll has Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum up by 12 points over Republican nominee Ron DeSantis while other polls show Gillum with maybe a 1 point lead. Seems a little off, doesn't it?

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Feinstein ‘Absolutely’ Will Reopen Kavanaugh Investigation If Dems Retake Senate

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 18, 2018 54 Comments

During a debate, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she approves of reopening the sexual assault investigation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh if the Democrats win the Senate. From The Washington Post:

“Oh, I’d be in favor of opening up the allegations. Absolutely,” Feinstein said.

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Democrat AZ Senate Candidate Kyrsten Sinema Called the State ‘Meth Lab of Democracy’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 12, 2018 1 Comment

Another video of her bashing her state....

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Undercover Video: Staffers in Bredesen Campaign Admit He Lied About Kavanaugh Support

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 11, 2018 11 Comments

Project Veritas caught staffers for Tennessee Democrat Senate candidate Phil Bredesen admitting that he lied about his support for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to persuade moderate voters to pick him over Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn. One staffer agreed that Tennessee voters are ignorant.

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Kavanaugh Bounce? Republicans surge in MO, AZ, ND, and TN Senate Races

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 10, 2018 28 Comments

Midterm elections are only a few weeks away so we're watching the polls closer each day. I found that polls for the Senate races in Missouri, Arizona, North Dakota, and Tennessee have the Republican candidates in the lead. Democrat incumbent Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is only down a point, but Arizona Republican Rep. Martha McSally slightly raised her lead as she tries to take over retiring Sen. Jeff Flake's seat.

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Sen. Sherrod Brown’s Ex-Wife Blasts Ad That Brings Up Old Domestic Abuse Allegations

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 19, 2018 16 Comments

The organization #MeTooOhio released an ad last week that targeted incumbent Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown with decades-old allegations that he abused his then-wife Larke. Larke Recchie has slammed the ad and described Republicans as "disgusting" for using her family to score political points.

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Libertarian Gary Johnson in Second Place in Poll for New Mexico Senate

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 21, 2018 20 Comments

Two-time former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson joined the race for the New Mexico senate seat on August 15. Less than a week ago. A new poll came out on Monday that shows Johnson in second place already at 21%, well ahead of the GOP candidate and gaining ground on the Democrat incumbent.

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Libertarian Gary Johnson Throws His Hat Into New Mexico Senate Race

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 15, 2018 9 Comments

It's happening! Former two-time New Mexico Governor and two-time presidential candidate Gary Johnson has decided to jump into the New Mexico Senate race. Ron Nielson, the man who ran Johnson's presidential campaign told Matt Welch at Reason that Johnson's candidacy is "moving forward" and "[H]e's begun the process filing."

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Florida Democratic Voter Registrations Down Since 2016

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2018 8 Comments

Two weeks before Florida's primary day, Marc Caputo at Politico has some data that could dampen the hopes of the Democrat Party to gain wins in the swing state. The state's elections division shows Democratic voter registration in Florida fell by almost two points since 2016 while Republican voter registration remained steady.

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Blankenship Determined to Run for West Virginia Senate

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 24, 2018 17 Comments

In May, former convict and coal CEO Don Blankenship announced his intention to run as a Constitution Party nominee for the West Virginia senate seat after he lost the GOP primary despite the state's sore loser law. Blankenship boasted on Monday that he has the signatures needed to file papers to get around the law.

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