Sean Parnell is out. Dr. Mehmet Oz is in. Here is The Washington Post: Mehmet Oz, who rose to fame as “Dr. Oz” on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” said Tuesday he is launching a Republican campaign for Senate in Pennsylvania, […]
2022 elections
Trump is endorsing people
The former president’s endorsement of Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate race is getting the most attention, but I am more interested in his endorsement of Joe Kent in the race for the House seat from Washington state’s 3rd congressional […]
Val Demings (D-Fla.) is planning a run against Marco Rubio
Demings was a House manager in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial and was on Joe Biden’s vice-presidential shortlist. Political scientists Ashley Daniels and Pearl Dowe think Demings has a chance of taking Rubio’s Senate seat if she can mobilize Black […]
Conor Lamb for Senate?
It looks like the moderate Democratic congressman from western Pennsylvania might make a run at Pat Toomey’s open seat in 2022. Here is Sarah Ferris and James Arkin at Politico: Rep. Conor Lamb has begun telling some donors and supporters […]
Which U.S. Senate seats are most likely to flip in 2022?
According to CNN’s Simone Pathe they are: Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R) currently holds the seat. He is retiring. Georgia: Raphael Warnock (D) currently holds the seat. Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (R) currently holds the seat. North Carolina: Richard Burr (R) currently […]
Trump endorses Rubio
My how things have changed: