Is this a good look? He is backed by two convicted criminals, the deeply creepy Carter Page, AND Devin Nunes and Matt Gaetz. Wow, that is a whole lot of criminality and stupidity. Oh, and he is the PREFERRED candidate to Kelly f'n Loeffler.
Now here is an idea on how to fix the Senate. California could send their homeless, but their (homeless in other states) turn out would be a problem. 1449508718639452165 is not a valid tweet id
I can't read the article, but the picture in the tweet shows Nevada as red. Nevada has a Democratic governor, two Democratic senators, three out of four House seats are Democrats, both houses of the state legislature are under Democratic control. The state hasn't voted for a Republican for President since 2004. Nevada is a blue state.
Those are true, but so are these from under ten years ago. In 2012, they re-elected Republican Senator Dean Heller, who had been appointed during the last two years of the previous term. In 2014, Republican Brian Sandoval was re-elected governor by 46.7, which was the second biggest margin of the 36 governors elected that year. It was slightly less than Bill Haslam, who was was re-elected governor of Tennessee by 47.5. To show how hard it is to win a state by that much, for president in 2020 no states were won by over 43.38 that Wyoming was decided by. D.C. and Nebraska's District 3 were decided by more than that. Before Democrat Steve Sisolak gained the open govenor seat and Jacky Rosen defeated Heller in 2018, Republicans had two of three of the governor and senators. In 2014, Republicans won three of Nebraska's four House seats, including Joe Heck winning District 3 by 24.7. In 2016, Heck left to run for senator, and Rosen won by 1.2, while Ruben Kihuen defeated Republican incumbent Cresent Hardy in District 4. Nevada leans Democratic, but if Biden is unpopular next year, it wouldn't be shocking for Republicans to gain the governor, senator (defeating Catherine Cortez Masto), and two House seats to win three of four. Given Biden's unpopularity, I think Trump would win swing states including Nevada if there was a presidential election now. How a state votes for president is important, but Maine (1988) and New Hampshire (2000) have a longer streak of voting for Democrats for president while Republicans won other statewide elections. After 2010, Republicans had governor and both senators from Maine. In 2012, Independent (who caucuses with Democrats) Angus King gained a Senate seat when Republican Olympia Snowe retired. In 2020, Susan Collins was re-elected while Biden won Maine, and she is the only senator to win in 2016 or 2020 when her party lost that state for president. In 2018, Janet Mills gained the governor when Republican Paul LePage was term-limited, and he's running next year. Republicans have the governor and both chambers of the legislature in New Hampshire.
Very scary picture of the Senate and it's future. Latinos are not going to be the answer, what can Democrats realistically do? 1923533954780479854 is not a valid tweet id I would like to see what a similar map from the 2020 results would look like.
Axios is reporting that Pennsylvania Democrats are plotting to run a primary opponent against John Fetterman in 2028. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/16/john-fetterman-senate-primary-pennsylvania In recent Quinnipiac polling, Fetterman had a +8 approval score with 46% approving of his performance, while 38% disapproved. Being positive in approval is generally a good thing, it isn't in this case. Fetterman's approval rating is because he has a high popularity among Republicans (62-21), while his approval among Democrats is 33-54 and independents are 43-43. https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3933
And Fetterman is just not well. He fell today, suspected heart issue. He's not physically fit for this job. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/co...ed-fall-minor-injuries-heart-issue-rcna243781
It's highly unlikely, but not impossible, that all Democrats split the vote and 2 Republicans make the run of. 1989086341662150676 is not a valid tweet id
I guarantee that he isn't even close to the least healthy Senator tho.. There have been Senators with clear signs of dementia in recent years.
Depends how you define "healthy." An out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (which is what a v-fib "flare-up" would cause) has something like an 85% fatality rate. Mitch McConnell having focal seizures isn't going to kill him on the spot.
It depends what his heart condition is. Obviously, having a heart attack is really bad, but if it is an arrhythmia or something like that, not as bad.
I expect Schumer to retire so he does not have to worry about losing. He will have 30 years in the Senate and 48 years in Congress when his term ends, so he can say it is time to retire even if the real reason is that he is worried about losing. Furthermore, party leaders fundraise to give to other members of their party, and it would be bad for Democrats to spend money on a primary that requires spending in the biggest market for a seat that is safe in the general election. I thought AOC could primary challenge him in 2022. I wonder if anybody has ever spent at least 48 years in Congress and then lost. Would anybody like to guess who Governor Shapiro will appoint if Fetterman resigns or dies? Would former Senator Bob Casey Jr. want to be appointed? I do not know who the last person to have both seats from the same state was, but Slade Gorton did that in Washington. He won in 1980, lost in 1986, won the other seat in 1988, was re-elected in 1994, and lost to Maria Cantwell in 2000. Gorton is the most recent Republican senator from Washington, and Washington has had Cantwell and Murray since January 3, 2001. Cantwell is the most senior senator among the 33 in Class 1, but the junior senator from her state.
Former representative Mary Peltola is running for the US Senate from Alaska. This puts a red seat in play. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...S&cvid=6965272427a745bda5869f8f7ce33f90&ei=10
If we have anyone here up on Alaska politics and politicians->is there any chance Murkowski might endorse her? Or at least stay neutral?