by Peter Jensen Having recently completed my 40th year as a card-carrying journalist, I feel compelled to share the one small nugget of wisdom I have gleaned […]
Tag: election
The reset Biden and his party need
by Clive Crook Things are going badly for the president and his party, and with midterm elections drawing nearer, Joe Biden and the Democrats need a reset. […]
Window to file as council, mayoral candidate in Westover begins Jan. 10
Anyone wishing to be a candidate in Westover’s June 14 municipal election has a 19-day window in January to make it official. City Clerk Sandie Weis said […]
Opening primaries is a necessary first step toward bigger reforms
by Kevin Frazier If there were a silver bullet for democratic reform, you think we would have found it by now. With countries around the world experimenting […]
Democrats have to choose
by Steven Roberts Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who has thwarted many liberal aspirations, told CNN: “We can’t go too far left. This is not […]
Pennsylvania leapt further right on Election Night
Voters in the Keystone State, as in Virginia, took Nov. 2’s election as an opportunity to rebut Democrats’ overreach. With mail-in ballots still pending, Republicans are poised […]
Winsome Sears: It’s not 1963
The significance of Virginia Lt. Governor-elect Winsome Sears’ victory cannot be overstated. But her victory is significant not only because she is a Black woman and the […]
For Dems, ‘not Trump’ not enough
by Nolan Finley An off-year election isn’t a reliable weathervane to predict what’s going to happen in next year’s mid-terms — and certainly not for the 2024 […]
What the Virginia election outcome means for West Virginia
I keep wondering when the West Virginia Democratic Party is going to get some encouraging news, but the bad news just keeps coming. Democratic office holders switch […]
GOP goes silent when ally charged with voting twice
by Mark Z. Barabak Days after the November 2020 election, Kirk Hartle appeared on Las Vegas television, his brow furrowed and voice tinged with disbelief. Someone, he […]
