May 19 Live Results: Georgia midterm congressional primaries Georgia Republicans will keep duking it out among themselves as they head toward a runoff to pick their candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in the battleground state after Tuesday's primary failed to produce outright victors. Continue reading
May 18 Live Results: Kentucky midterm congressional primaries Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to anger President Donald Trump and then fall to a primary challenger backed by the president. Continue reading
May 17 Critics fear a midterm purge as the Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility By John Hanna, Associated Press At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled states, have gone through a beefed-up verification program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and tens of thousands of those have been flagged as potential noncitizens or people who have died. Continue reading
May 17 Despite retribution, Cassidy attempted to make amends with Trump after impeachment vote By Thomas Beaumont, Jack Brook, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Charles Wandfluh voted in Louisiana's Republican primary over the weekend, he could only conjure the unflattering image of a panicked rodent when talking about Bill Cassidy's desperate attemp t to cling to his U.S. Senate… Continue reading
May 15 Live Results: Louisiana midterm state and congressional primaries Sen. Bill Cassidy was decisively defeated in Saturday’s Republican primary in Louisiana, U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming have advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 6:56 Primary challenge to Louisiana Sen. Cassidy tests Trump's grip on GOP By Liz Landers, Kyle Midura, Amalia Huot-Marchand Louisiana primary voters could boot a sitting U.S. senator for the first time in nearly 100 years. Backing the insurgency against Sen. Bill Cassidy is President Donald Trump. The pair have been at political odds since Cassidy voted to convict… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 9:21 How reality TV stars seeking office are changing politics By Ali Rogin, Matt Loffman Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife and their children filmed a reality show that is set to be released in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary. It is a return to form for the Duffys, who first met filming… Continue watching
May 13 Inside the furor plaguing Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Democrats keep winning at the ballot box. And yet Ken Martin, the man leading the Democratic National Committee, is facing a crisis of confidence among party officials who are increasingly concerned about the health of their political machine barely a… Continue reading
May 12 Supreme Court halts order on Alabama's U.S. House map, giving GOP an opening to gain seat By David A. Lieb, Kim Chandler, Maria Sherman, Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set the stage for Alabama to eliminate one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections. Continue reading
May 12 Nebraska Democrats face off in House primary for the state's 'blue dot' district By Margery A. Beck, Steve Peoples, Associated Press The fate of Nebraska’s “blue dot” will play prominently as Democratic voters select a congressional nominee in the state’s 2nd District. Continue reading