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Cheney’s Grip on GOP Job Weakens as Trump Backs Replacement Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Daniel Flatley and Derek Wallbank (Bloomberg) -- Representative Liz Cheney’s grip on her No. 3 House Republican job all but vanished as former President Donald Trump endorsed replacing her with New York Representative Elise Stefanik, who also has the backing of the chamber’s second-ranking GOP leader. The former president’s intervention shows how he is determined to keep his hold on the par...

(Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool) The outcome of a special election in Texas held on Saturday was covered yesterday by my RedState colleague Bonchie. The special election in Texas’ Sixth Congressional District on Saturday was not caused by a safe incumbent departing Congress to join the new administration. That dynamic exists in a handful of districts where Democrat incumbents have left to join the Biden administration, and it would be a true shocker for any of those “safe”...

April 30, 2021 7:04 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Republican lawmakers across the country are proposing an aggressive culling of voter rolls by checking names against other government databases that may be flawed, meaning eligible voters could be swept out and blocked from voting. Nationally, at least 50 bills have been proposed that would trim voter rolls more vigorously than in previous legislative sessions, and several have already been signed into law, spurred by record...

Former WWE wrestler, Trump administration officials and congressmans widow are among 23 candidates in Texas House race By Aaron Navarro April 20, 2021 / 12:43 PM / CBS News A crowded congressional special election in Texas 6th District could give Republicans a first look at Donald Trumps staying power in the party ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The race also gives Democrats a chance to compete after falling short of their 2020 goals in the state.  Twenty-three can...

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