For the second consecutive election cycle, Democrat Raphael Warnock will compete in a runoff for a Georgia Senate seat. Warnock won a plurality of the vote over the Republican nominee, Herschel Walker, but fell short of the 50% threshold needed to win the seat without a runoff. This time, the runoff will not decide the control of the Senate but is still essential for Democrats … [Read more...] about A Shifting Democratic Coalition: Keys to the 2022 Georgia Senate Runoff
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The 8 Races That Will Decide Control of the Senate
As Labor Day nears, the battle for the Senate comes into focus. I see control of the evenly split upper chamber being decided by eight races, four in Democratic-held seats and four in Republican-held ones. Sure, there are other contests that I theoretically could’ve included here. It would’ve been easy, for instance, to expand this list out to ten by including Colorado … [Read more...] about The 8 Races That Will Decide Control of the Senate
DDHQ News Spotlight: Manchin Further Weakens Potential Reconciliation Bill, plus GOP Worries About Senate Intensifies
Morning Headlines Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (WV) walked back on previous support for a more expansive reconciliation bill, publically announcing he will not support any bill with climate provisions or a tax hike on the wealthy. Manchin reportedly was especially worried about triggering further inflation within the US economy, spurred by the June 2022 CPI report, which … [Read more...] about DDHQ News Spotlight: Manchin Further Weakens Potential Reconciliation Bill, plus GOP Worries About Senate Intensifies
Trump, Abrams and Walker: Governor and Senate Races Take Shape In Newly Purple Georgia
In the last election cycle, Georgia was the Democratic Party’s crowning achievement. Not only did Joe Biden become the first Democrat to win the Peach State in the 21st century, but twin January Senate run-off victories gave the party their Senate majority. Now as Dems seek to protect those gains in the 2022 midterms, competitive contests for the Governorship and one of … [Read more...] about Trump, Abrams and Walker: Governor and Senate Races Take Shape In Newly Purple Georgia