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In Nevada, a major teachers’ union is withholding its endorsement, infighting has roiled the state Democratic party, and Republicans are inching up in the polls. “This would never have happened if Senator Reid were still alive,” a Nevada Democratic insider tells Vanity Fair.
And the White House goes all-in for Terry McAuliffe in Virginia.
POLITICO ‘He’s clearly laying groundwork’: Hawley paves 2024 path The Missouri Republican is the only senator to oppose every one of Biden’s Cabinet nominees to date. The youngest senator when he was elected in 2018, Josh Hawley is a soaring orator with a sense for tapping into Trump’s confrontational style of populist politics | Charlie Riedel/AP Photo Link Copied The face of the Biden resistance is taking shape in the Senate: Josh Hawley. In a prelude to a widely expected 2024 presidential bid, the Missouri Republican is the only senator to oppose every one of President Joe Biden...
“He’s clearly laying groundwork”: Hawley paves 2024 path The youngest senator when he was elected in 2018, Hawley is a soaring orator with a sense for tapping into Trump’s confrontational style of populist politics. He often addresses the Senate floor in an unusual, direct-to-camera manner, pushing for bigger stimulus checks or condemning the Supreme Court decision expanding protections to LGTBQ employees. He’s distinguished himself within the GOP by promoting pricey solutions to the pandemic’s economic effects, tanking some judges supported by his own party and lashing out at tec...