Democratic Ticket News Today

His move to No. 2 on the ticket makes Abigail Spanberger the Democrat's presumptive nominee, which sets the table for possible historic 2025 contest

Gilles Sabrié for the Washington Post via Getty ImagesJoe Lieberman, the independent-minded politician who served as a U.S. senator from Connecticut for nearly a quarter of a century and ran on the Democratic ticket alongside Al Gore in 2000, died on Wednesday in New York City. He was 82.His family, who confirmed his death in a statement to The Washington Post, said the cause was complications from a fall.“His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him when he pa...

There is talk of a savior replacing Biden on the 2024 ticket and electrifying his party with a jolt of energy and passion. But Democrats in a key state don't see Newsom as the one.

Shaking up the ticket would also shake up the entire Democratic Party at a time when most agree it can’t afford weakness, John Bowden writes

ESTABLISHMENT VOICE CALLS FOR HARRIS TO QUIT. BIDEN, TOO. Polls show that most people think President Joe Biden is too old to serve effectively in a second term. It seems obvious: If reelected, Biden would be 82 years old when he begins a new term and 86 when he finishes. Even now, at 80, the president has slowed down in the 2 1/2 years since taking office. He sometimes seems feeble and confused and has difficulty forming sentences. His staff has to organize his schedule around his falling energ...

Top officials in the White House are scrambling to boost the approval ratings of Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election cycle. Harris' White House officials are working to improve Vice President Kamala Harris' approval ratings as the 2024 election approaches. Despite her consistent low poll numbers, officials believe that with the right strategy, Harris can be an asset to the Democratic ticket.

Today is Minnesota Senator Al Franken's Birthday. In honor of that, I'm reposting this historically accurate and important essay, which first appeared on this blog on April 23, 2009 at 3:56PM: I personally put Al Franken in the Senate Al Franken is about to be seated as the Junior Senator from Minnesota after a long and costly battle between loser Norm Coleman and Senator Franken. Al won the election by just a few hundred votes, and three of those votes are mine.

CANDIDATE FILING FOR PRESIDING COMMISSIONER SEAT CLOSES

A Biden-Trump rematch seems like a plausible bet for the 2024 race. And while a Trump candidacy isn't a sure thing, headlines have surfaced recently suggesting that just as...

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