state legislatures

Not all Democrats are any good. Some suck shit morning, noon and night. Take Rep. Vernon Jones, a little-known swindler and racist from DeKalb county, although not from the part in the districts he represents, in the Atlanta suburbs. He's run for everything short of governor and lost all his races since in the last 2 decades... basically a vanity candidate.

by Bob Fitrakis, Joel Segal and Harvey WassermanDonald Trump’s “Perfect Plan” to become dictator in November now runs through 30 Republican-controlled state legislatures, with the pivot in 12-18 swing states.Anyone hoping for any remnant shreds of human rights and personal freedom has just seven months to stop the terminal destruction of what’s left of American democracy. Nothing is hidden or a surprise.

Last night, while that horrible CNN debate was droning on-- the DNC should tell CNN there will be no more debates on CNN if they use anchors as viciously bigoted as Abby Phillip-- there was an actual special election going on in Connecticut. One way to look at it is-- a Democrat replaced another Democrat in a blue state. And that is what happened.

On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the DLCC will spend $50 million to flip 7 legislatures: Arizona, Texas, North Car

John Yudichak just guaranteed that the GOP will hold power in the Pennsylvania state SenateThe Republican Party tent is way too small-- a virtually pup tent filled with racists and xenophobes with increasingly less room for anyone else. But the Democratic Party tent is way too big-- everyone is welcome no matter what they believe in.

Lt Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott, Speaker Dennis BonnenYou probably read the Dennis Bonnen, the Speaker of Texas' House of Representatives, announced yesterday that not running for reelection to the state legislature.

Roy Cooper and Dan ForestIn 2017, a panel of judges threw out North Carolina's gerrymandered legislative districts, calling them unconstitutional and telling the State Assembly to redraw nearly half the 170 districts. The new map of the state's House and Senate districts have been submitted to the same panel.Although North Carolina is a swing state when it comes to statewide elections-- in 2016 current Gov. Roy Cooper (D) ousted ex-Gov.

Lets get the bad part out of the way first. The Supreme Court— in a totally predictable partisan 5-4 decision— told the states to gerrymander all they like without worrying about the Supreme Court doing anything about it.

-by Tracy B AnnI am the daughter of a fireman. When I was a kid my dad worked 24 hour shifts. Work a day, off a day, work a day, off three days. Except my dad wasn't home when he was off. No fireman then, or firefighter now, could support a family on the wages they are paid, they all work second jobs.They run into burning buildings for a living, to save our lives and our property and they get paid shit for doing so.

Five States have Legislative elections in 2019: Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana. All are important; however, only Virginia stands a reasonable shot to flip their Legislature’s majority from R to D, giving the Dems the right to the  redraw the state's congressional and state legislative boundaries and prevent another GOP gerrymander.