Print this article.. epublicans strong showing Senate elections on Tuesday will allow President Trump to appoint flood of conservative judges over the next two years, it will put Senate majority out of reach for Democrats in 2020.. ..…
All four incumbent women governors — Alabama’s Republican Kay Ivey, Iowa’s Republican Kim Reynolds, Rhode Island’s Democrat Gina Raimondo, and Oregon’s Democrat Kate Brown — held their seats, but governor’s mansions around the country will also see fresh faces. . . ..…
On Nixon’s right stood Alabama Democratic Gov. George Wallace, who organized the racist American Independent Party to mobilize a “white backlash” behind his opposition to the Black Power and antiwar movements. . ..…
In Senate, the majority has the power to schedule and Senator can slow legislation from coming to the floor for vote.. ..…
Democrat Doug Jones just barely defeated Republican candidate (and documented gay-bashing, Biblethumping sexual predator and pedophile) Roy Moore in Alabama’s 2017 special election. Jones is the first Democrat in Alabama to be elected to the Senate since 1992. ..…
Measures to restrict abortion passed in Alabama and West Virginia. . In terms of centrist Democratic strategy it stands out that powerful conservative Democrat Claire McCaskill lost in the same state that just voted to raise the minimum wage and recently overwhelmingly rejected..…