2018 gubernatorial races

Governor John Kasich (R-OH) is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Former Senator and current Attorney General Mike DeWine, current Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, current Lt. Governor Mary Taylor and multimillionaire backbencher Rep. Jim Renacci are all competing in a fiery Republican primary. Kasich is backing his Lt. Governor but virtually every poll shows her in third place behind DeWine and Husted.

Over the last few decades, once populist Texas has turned into a very red state. But not hopelessly red. Last year , without even trying, Hillary made unexpected inroads in districts that were gerrymandered to prevent unexpected inroads. Trump won the state-- 4,685,047 (52.23%) to 3,877,868 (43.24%). Those 3.87 million Texans who voted for Hillary were more than her margin of victory in the national popular vote.

Over the years, Democrats let Texas slip away. When Democrats were firmly committed to representing the legitimate aspirations and interests of working families, Texas was part of their coalition.

Democratic Party self-funders JB Pritzker and Gil CisnerosReuters began their report on this weekend's parliamentary election in the Czech Republic: "Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš won a thumping victory in Saturday's election as voters shunned traditional parties and

I don't want to spoil the good feelings because, like everyone else, I loved Michael Hopkins' OpEd for The Hill yesterday about how bright the future of the Democratic Party looks. He even used two friends of mine as the exemplars: Randy Bryce from Wisconsin and Andrew Gillum from Florida.

-by Tom WakelyOn July 22nd I announced I was planning on running as an Economic Populist for Governor of Texas. On August 4th I set out on a 60 day tour of my state not only to introduce myself but to gain a better understanding of why people are not voting. You see, Texas is neither a red state nor a blue state; it is a no-vote state.

Daniel Biss practically was just a kid when DWT started covering his ideas about what could be accomplished in politics. When I first met him, in 2007, he told me that folks in Illinois "believe government is capable of benefiting people.

As you know, Blue America's priority is taking back the House and helping to fill it with genuine progressives.

If Newton's Third Law Of Physics is looking for some political validation-- that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction-- Diane Russell is sure to be the Democrat to follow crackpot Trumpist Paul LePage as governor of Maine. A Berniecrat and an organizer, as a member of the State House of Representatives she sponsored Maine's groundbreaking marijuana legalization bill.

Rejected by the voters in her Senate run, now she wants to be governorNews started breaking Friday afternoon that conservaDem Colleen Hanbusa intends to give up her Honolulu-based House seat again to primary another Democrat (again). This time Hanabusa's intended victim is Hawaii Governor Dave Ige.