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In Georgia, we saw firsthand just how disastrous the 2020 election was.

Louisiana Senator Karen Carter Peterson speaks onstage at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola at Ernest N. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival) Karen Carter Peterson has already reignited progressive leadership in Louisiana as a state senator, party leader, lawyer, and Democratic national official. Now, she has pledged to advance her service by representing Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District, if elected as their first Black woman congresswoman on March 20.  Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson. (Photo: Senate.la.gov) Peterso...

In addition, Cheney's fellow House GOP member, Matt Gaetz Kinzinger, LaHood's fellow Illinoian, has acknowledged that his vote may have ended his political career, but has so far stood by his decision, launching a PAC to challenge the GOP’s embrace of “Trumpism.” When asked if the 10 GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach would still receive funding for their campaigns, LaHood responded, “Absolutely.” "If we are going to become the majority party — which I think we will — you’ve got to accept that we’re a big tent," LaHood said. “I have tried to take that philosophy and that ...

Journalist Zaid Jilani said Monday that Democrats’ recent success in Georgia was due in large part to a “motor voter” statute that increased voter rolls. “In 2016 they enacted what’s called AVR, automatic voter registration,” Jilani said in a Hill.TV interview. “The DMV will automatically register you to vote. I think that will probably also end up skewing towards a younger population.” More widely publicized efforts to increased voter registration, he said, were “a drop in the bucket compared to what the AVR law did… I think over 4 million people were registered through t...

Stacey Abrams has got Republicans in Georgia worried. So much so, that they’ve formed a group called “Stop Stacey” ahead of an expected run by the Spelman grad for governor of the Peach State, which she hasn’t even formally announced yet.  The Washington Post, the group is made up of allies to Georgia’s current governor Brian Kemp, whose controversial win over Abrams in the 2018 gubernatorial race launched her into national recognition. It also fueled her voting rights efforts, which led to nearly a million new voters registered in the state.  Leaders of the group of scared Repub...