2020 legislative elections

Kathy Lewis is a candidate for one of the most crucial of the Florida state Senate seats-- District 20, which covers parts of Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties in the greater Tampa Bay area. The election on November 3 will be a special election and the general election because right-wing Republican Tom Lee is retiring effective that day. The winner gets sworn in immediately, not in January.

Recently, Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal introduced me to a state Rep from a nearby district, Deb Lavender, who she described as very strong and as "the one elected person the Senate's Black caucus can count on to carry our justice and equity issues in the House.

Wisconsin's 82nd Assembly District is in southwestern Milwaukee County, right where Milwaukee County, Waukesha County and Racine County meet. It's one of the reddest parts of Milwaukee County. Hillary lost it with 43% but two years later both Tammy Baldwin and Jill Karofsky were just a fraction n of a point away from 50%. The current Assemblyman, Ken Skowronski is a knee-jerk Republican careerist.

Blue America endorsed one candidate last week in the primaries for the Tennessee state Senate, Heidi Campbell... and she won.

A new YouGov poll for CBS News shows that nearly half of registered voters (48%) believe Trump's policies are making the economy worse. Worse for Republicans is that most voters (57%) say Trump is doing a very bad (43%) or somewhat bad (14%) job on handling the pandemic.

We've been fans of Virginia Delegate Patrick Hope for a very long time-- introduced to him by progressive friends who are constituents of his in Arlington County, just outside of DC. One of the first times he did a guest post for us, in 2014, he introduced himself this way: "Thank you for this opportunity to write a guest post on Down With Tyranny.

In their most recent polling, Change Research found that "preference for Democratic leadership on COVID-19 is clear when you see voters’ reactions to the way their governors are handling COVID-19.

FDP chair Terrie Rizzo-- Not just Florida's but America's fate could be in her handsOn February 18, just in time for the March presidential primary in Florida, the secretary of state reported that there are currently 5,103,540 registered Democrats, 4,823,917 registered Republicans and 3,619,456 No Party Affiliation voters. And yet...

Alan Grayson represented a big part of Polk County as part of his Orlando-metro congressional district. He's been very enthusiastic about the future of Polk Co. and has spoken with me for years about how well it has been developing politically. Now one of the best candidates running anywhere in Florida for the state House, is running in Polk County's 41st House district.

Lambchop by Nancy OhanianYesterday's Quinnipiac poll of Florida voters, released just as the U.S. crossed the 4.1 million case load, must have left White House heads exploding. Trump's overall job approval is way underwater-- 40% approve and 58% disapprove.