Opinion: Virginia lawmakers must support schools in face of GOP divisiveness
Republican legislators have doubled down on their efforts to defund our public schools and divide us with scorched-earth culture wars.
By TAI Contributor - June 07, 2023Elections
Experts say that Gen Z and millennial voters are highly invested in the political process because of their support for abortion rights and anxiety about the consequences of electing Republicans.
By Nick Vachon - June 07, 2023The billionaire businessman has spent tens of millions of dollars to influence elections in Pennsylvania since 2010.
By Matt Cohen - June 07, 2023The November 2023 elections could determine whether the last southern state without an abortion ban follows Florida's hard-right shift.
By Josh Israel - June 05, 2023Republican former Rep. Mark Walker complained about efforts to defund the police, but didn't vote for laws that included funding for state and local public safety.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2023The South Carolina Republican called for lower drug costs during his 2024 presidential campaign kickoff, but he has consistently opposed Senate efforts to lower drug prices.
By Josh Israel - May 31, 2023The Florida Republican voted to suspend the debt ceiling and boost federal spending in 2018 under President Donald Trump.
By Emily Singer - May 30, 2023A look at the economic consequences of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' policies as he prepares to launch his presidential campaign.
By Emily Singer - May 23, 2023There could be more Black women elected to the Senate in one year than have served in the entire history of the United States.
By Emily Singer - May 23, 2023Republicans won't run the cities of Jacksonville, Florida, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the first time in decades.
By Emily Singer - May 17, 2023Nearly all the competitive Senate races will be for seats currently held by Democrats.
By Josh Israel - May 16, 2023The Republican-run administration pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, citing right-wing conspiracy theories.
By Josh Israel - May 15, 2023The Concord Fund, which has ties to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo, has given more than $2 million to a PAC supporting the Kentucky attorney general's gubernatorial campaign.
By Matt Cohen - May 12, 2023The billionaire hedge fund manager, who contributed millions to the Florida governor's recent reelection campaign, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on local elections in Illinois.
By Matt Cohen - May 11, 2023'It makes me want to vote for him twice,' Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said.
By Emily Singer - May 10, 2023A Club for Growth ad ignores the president's opposition to cuts to Social Security and his proposal that top earners contribute more to strengthen the program.
By Josh Israel - May 08, 2023The three-term congressman is the third candidate to declare his candidacy to replace Sen. Ben Cardin.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2023Marchant has a history of false claims and anti-semitic remarks.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2023The NFL veteran and Obama administration alum will seek to be the first Democrat elected statewide in Texas since 1994.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2023The conservative lawyer and co-chairman of the Federalist Society has used his nonprofit group the Concord Fund to funnel millions of dollars in dark money toward judicial advocacy and elections.
By Matt Cohen - April 26, 2023Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft features Alex Payne, the former deputy commissioner for the Kentucky State Police, in an ad accusing a primary opponent of supporting a 'woke' diversity agenda.
By Josh Israel - April 26, 2023President Joe Biden announced Tuesday morning that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are seeking a second term.
By Oliver Willis - April 25, 2023Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has made a litany of hateful remarks on social media and in sermons, and once told women who are pregnant, 'It's not your body anymore.'
By Josh Israel - April 24, 2023Abortion rights advocates warn that Virginia could soon see the same kind of near-total abortion ban just enacted in Florida if Republicans win full control of the General Assembly.
By Josh Israel - April 17, 2023