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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...

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...

Rep. Scalise: Americans are rejecting socialism File – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise speaks at his offices at the U.S. Capitol in 2015.Andrew Harnik / AP file OAN Newsroom UPDATED 9:08 AM PT – Tuesday, May 4, 2021 According to House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), the special election in Texas confirms America is rejecting socialism. During an interview Monday, the representative said Americans are responding well to Republican congressional candidates. This comes after residents o...

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is the past, not the future, of the Republican Party, and she should be removed from House leadership immediately. In order for Republicans to win back the House in 2022, they must remain unified and laser-focused on their “America First” message. Instead of engaging a circular firing squad, they need to take aim at President Joseph R. Biden and call out his radical, progressive, transformative agenda. They need to make sure everyone in the country ...

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...

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 ...

This Yankee moved to Texas to run for Congress and it obviously didnt go well FacebookTwitterEmail Some Yankee thought he could fool us all with a fake accent and make it into Congress.  Rodimers bid to "make America Texas again" didnt go well for him.  “The three dirtiest jobs in the world?” Rodimer asks in an apparently serious advertisement released ahead of the election. “Professional wrestling, politician, and bull riding. Let’s go, boys!” Despite moving his wife and seven kids...

House runoff in Texas set between GOPs Wright, Ellzey May 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is set between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republican Jake Ellzey. Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez was narrowly locked out of the runoff in Texas 6th Congressional District, which has long been GOP territory. With nearly all votes counted, Sanchez had traile...