Texas activists pushed abortion restrictions in NM cities and counties, records show
Emails reveal influence and control in exchange for promises of legal help
By Austin Fisher, Source NM - March 04, 2024Local
With 51 seats, the Democratic majority will no longer need to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris to break tie votes.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2022Democrats from across the country will come to Washington this week to focus on discussing how they can protect LGBTQ rights, voting rights, and democracy.
By Associated Press - December 06, 2022The Supreme Court of the United States may allow Republican-led state legislatures across the country to bypass other branches of their state’s government when it comes to regulating elections for federal office.
By Associated Press - December 05, 2022This isn’t the first time the Texas Republican has run afoul of federal ethics laws.
By Josh Israel - December 05, 2022The NAACP alleges that the Republican-led legislature in South Carolina made maps for U.S. House seats to purposely ‘render Black voters unable to meaningfully influence congressional elections’ in the state.
By Associated Press - November 30, 2022U.S. Rep.-elect Shri Thanedar says, ‘I achieved my goals, and it’s time for me to help others achieve theirs.’
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 30, 2022Republican Blake Masters, who performed worse than any statewide GOP candidate in Arizona in the 2022 general election, will be on a panel analyzing the party’s dismal midterm performance.
By Emily Singer - November 29, 2022McEachin had recently been reelected for a fourth time to represent the Congressional district comprising most of Richmond, Virginia’s state capital.
By Associated Press - November 29, 2022Despite several investigations led by Republicans in GOP-led states, there has yet to be any proof of election fraud from the midterms and most election results are being certified without issue.
By Associated Press - November 28, 2022Republican Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker spent months on the campaign trail criticizing US policy.
By Josh Israel - November 28, 2022Oregon is at least the sixth state to consider mitigative measures for people accused of marijuana-related crimes since President Joe Biden issued pardons on a federal level in October.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022One day after a mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ club, Walker campaigned with a Republican official who once called LGBTQ people ‘filth.’
By Josh Israel - November 22, 2022A court order to allow voting this Saturday for the state’s Senate runoff between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock, overturning guidance by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, will remain in effect.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022California is believed to be the first state to have approximately 1 in 10 of their state lawmakers who are members of the LGBTQ+ community.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022‘If I was in that position, I probably would concede,’ former Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told the New York Times.
By Adrian Cole - November 21, 2022The Georgia Republican is trying to win the Dec. 6 Senate runoff by vowing to ban transgender women from women’s sports.
By Emily Singer - November 21, 2022The Mitch McConnell-linked Senate Leadership Fund super PAC repeats false accusations made by Republican candidate Herschel Walker.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2022The Georgia Republican Senate candidate tells reporters he has no idea how he’d address crime.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2022While there is no exact public timeline for the conclusion of investigations into former President Donald Trump, there is at least three known probes continuing despite his declaration that he will run for president in 2024.
By Associated Press - November 16, 2022A 10-year-old placed on a bus transporting migrants from Texas to Pennsylvania needed treatment at a hospital after reportedly suffering from dehydration and a high fever.
By Associated Press - November 16, 2022The campaign of Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Georgia Democratic Party filed suit to allow early voting on Nov. 26.
By Emily Singer - November 16, 2022The court ruling deems the law passed by Georgia Republicans in 2019 invalid, but it isn’t immediately clear if an appeal or a court ordered stay would put that on hold.
By Associated Press - November 15, 2022Failed Republican candidate Kari Lake has yet to concede that she’s the first GOP nominee to lose the gubernatorial race in the Grand Canyon State since 2006.
By Associated Press - November 15, 2022More than 56% of voters backed a constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in the state.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 14, 2022Georgia Republicans passed a law after the 2020 Senate runoff elections significantly shortening the time between the general election and runoff races, giving voters less time to register.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2022Republican candidates including GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon campaigned against LGBTQ rights and racial equity in public schools. Voters didn’t buy it.
By Adrian Cole - November 14, 2022At least 50 Senators will be caucusing with Democrats starting in 2023, meaning the party will retain the majority of members and control of the agenda in Congress’ upper chamber.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2022Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, […]
By Associated Press - November 12, 2022The Florida governor’s first term was characterized by attacks on LGBTQ rights, support from extremists, and partisan redistricting.
By Adrian Cole - November 10, 2022Majorities in Vermont, Michigan, California, Kentucky and Montana voted on Tuesday to protect reproductive freedom.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 10, 2022