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The party was also dealt a setback over the weekend in the race to replace the late Rep. Ron Wright Democrats saw their majority in the House shrink to one of the smallest margins in decades after a worse-than-expected performance in 2020. Twelve of their members were defeated by Republicans, while every GOP incumbent held their seat. “We were all expecting to gain seats last year too, and that’s when we were playing offense,” one Democratic strategist who worked on key races in 2020 said...

Candidates clash in New Mexico congressional election debate MORGAN LEE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8This April 30, 2021 image shows state Rep. Melanie Stansbury at a news conference about erasing a backlog in untested rape evidence kits in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stansbury, a Democrat, is among the candidates vying for an open congressional seat in New Mexico.Susan Montoya Bryan/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8FILE - In this March 20, 2021, file photo, Republican state S...

The GOPs devotion to Trump threatens to destroy American democracy CNN 2 hrs ago Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN © Carlo Allegri/Reuters FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges people as he gets in his SUV outside Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri The ex-President is showing that he doesnt have to be in the Oval Office to damage faith in US elections and to trash truth, as his m...

Michael Wood, a Republican whose anti-Donald Trump message resulted in a crushing defeat in a special election for a Texas US House seat over the weekend,

Losing Texas Candidate Issues Warning: 2022 ‘Could Be Major Setback’ for Democrats A Democratic candidate who lost her bid during last weekend’s Texas congressional special election sounded the alarm that the 2022 midterms “could be a major setback” for the Democratic Party. During the special election, two Republicans—and no Democrats—advanced in the runoff as the top two vote-getters in the race for Texas’s 6th Congressional District, after no one in the 23-candidate field wo...

ADVERTISEMENT An anti-Trump GOP congressional candidate in Texas lost his race and says he is worried about the future of his party. Some people wont "call themselves Republicans if we dont move past...this horrible cult of personality we built up around Donald Trump," Michael Wood says. pic.twitter.com/48tpJmHW2y— New Day (@NewDay) May 4, 2021 "It seems like right now, the dividing line in our politics is going to be between those who speak the truth and those who engage in conspiracy theori...

Supporters of the push to make Lubbock, Texas a "sanctuary city for the unborn" gather at a watch party held at Trinity Church in Lubbock, Texas on May 1, 2021. | Mark Lee Dickson One of the largest cities in Texas has become the most populous city in the country thus far to outlaw abortion within the city’s limits and become a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” In a referendum Saturday, a supermajority of voters in the city of Lubbock, Texas, voted to approve an ordinance making it “unl...

By Syndicated Content By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida congressman’s decision to run for governor Tuesday put another Democratic U.S. House of Representatives seat at risk, as the party braces for possibly losing the majority next year and with it the ability to pass President Joe Biden’s agenda. Representative Charlie Crist, elected in 2016 to what previously had been a Republican-held seat, on Tuesday launched a challenge to Republican Governor Ron...

By Syndicated Content By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida congressman’s decision to run for governor Tuesday put another Democratic U.S. House of Representatives seat at risk, as the party braces for possibly losing the majority next year and with it the ability to pass President Joe Biden’s agenda. Representative Charlie Crist, elected in 2016 to what previously had been a Republican-held seat, on Tuesday launched a challenge to Republican Governor Ron...

Michael Wood, GOP candidate crushed after opposing Trump, says party not living up to this moment CNN 6 hrs ago © CNN Michael Wood, a Republican whose anti-Donald Trump message resulted in a crushing defeat in a special election for a Texas US House seat over the weekend, said the party is compromising its values by spreading the former presidents falsehoods. "It seems like right now, the dividing line in our politics is going to be between those who speak the truth and those who engage in ...