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Democrats mastered mail-in balloting

Republicans will pay if they fail to step up The first thing Allegheny County Republican Chairman Sam DeMarco saw on election night after the polls closed was the more than 100,000 votes from his home county that dropped for Democrat John Fetterman through mail-in ballots. Although he ...

Rep. Alex Mooney enters Senate race. More may follow

The race for the U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia in 2024 is already underway. West Virginia Republican Second District Congressman Alex Mooney announced on Talkline Tuesday that he is running. “It’s been talked about a lot, but I’m going to announce,” Mooney said. “I’m ...

Two recent victories for democracy

by Trudy Rubin It is fitting that the unexpected U.S. midterm election results emerged just as Russia formally announced its military withdrawal from the key Ukrainian city of Kherson. Chalk the two events up as key victories in the global battle for democracy and against ...

Toxic Trump must leave the stage

Former president Donald Trump appears ready and eager to announce another run for president. Perhaps it should be on the grievance or revenge ticket. If he does announce on Tuesday, as reported, he may for the second time skew the Georgia Senate runoff race, allowing incumbent Raphael Warnock ...

The question that matters most after the midterms

by Clive Crook Democrats performed much better than expected in the midterm elections last week. I should concede at the outset that I was among those who expected (and hoped, for reasons I’ll come to) that they’d be more firmly rebuked. I also acknowledge that this surprise raises ...