Category: Politics
Initial Rating: Arizona Senate Race
There’s good news for Democrats in the Grand Canyon State where their incumbent (and favorite) senator, former astronaut Mark Kelly, is up for election to a full term after his special election victory a couple years ago.
Initial Rating: North Dakota Senate Race
Katrina Christiansen v. John Hoeven Safe Republican It wasn’t that long ago – 2010, in fact – when North Dakota had two Democratic senators (and a Democratic Congressman to boot) despite having not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since ...
Initial Rating: Illinois Senate Race
Kathy Salvi v. Tammy Duckworth Safe Democrat Up for the first time since she defeated incumbent Republican Senator Mark Kirk in 2016, Democrat Tammy Duckworth has had quite a stint in office. A veteran who lost both legs as a ...
The Postrider’s 2022 Senate Ratings
Has it already been two years? Happy midterms, everyone! We’re back at it this year with our 2022 Senate Ratings and are excited to cover, rate, and analyze the upcoming Senate elections as always.
Initial Rating: Colorado Senate Race
The Colorado Democratic Party is asking for it. They’ve spent this year attempting some irresponsible, undemocratic, and ultimately fruitless election chicanery.
Initial Rating: New York Senate Race
As late as last year, there was some chatter that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has emerged as the face of the Democratic Party’s left-wing, would challenge Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in New York’s Democratic Senate primary.
Initial Rating: Alabama Senate Race
In 2020, we rated Alabama's Senate election, which pit incumbent Democrat Doug Jones against former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville, as “likely R” because of Jones’ possible incumbent advantage and the peculiarities of college football loyalty.
Initial Rating: Arkansas Senate Race
Last cycle, we profiled the Arkansas Senate race between Republican incumbent Tom Cotton and Libertarian candidate Ricky Harrington Jr. – a blowout in favor of Cotton thanks to the fact the Democratic nominee, John Mahony, dropped out after the filing deadline and could not be replaced.
Initial Rating: California Senate Race
Oftentimes when a governor appoints a senator due to a vacancy, it can lead to a fierce primary fight within the incumbent party or the elevation of a weak candidate that can lead to some strange results, like a Democrat winning in Alabama or a Republican winning in Massachusetts.
Initial Rating: South Carolina Senate Race
Incumbent Republican Senator from South Carolina Tim Scott has been having a moment the last couple of years.
Opinion | Mr. Trump Returns to Washington: Or, How Republicans Make a Mockery of the Rule of Law
Perpetrators returning to the scene of the crime is a familiar plot device in fiction, movies, and television. Last week, one-time reality TV star, Donald J. Trump, returned to the nation’s capital — site of the deadly January 6, 2021 ...
Politics Express: 2022 Primary Recap
The Postrider‘s Politics Editor Lars Emerson and Editor-in-Chief Michael Lovito discuss 2022’s primaries for House, Senate, governor, and more. How did Trump’s endorsements do? Why did Democrats strategically boost some far-right candidates? And what major primaries remain that we’re watching? ...
Six Takeaways from June’s Primaries and Special Elections
In May, I provided my takeaways on the highest profile primaries of the month. If anything, June was an even busier month, featuring not only primaries but a handful of special elections that provided heartening results for both parties. We ...
Nevada and the 21st Century Democratic Party
We’ve been waiting months for last month’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
Politics Express: Pride Month and How to Be a Better Ally
The hosts of the With A Gay Twist podcast, Mason Dixon and Zachary Pen, join Postrider Politics Editor Lars Emerson to discuss Pride Month and allyship. They cover the history of Pride, corporate sponsorship of Pride, what Pride is all about, and ...
Moderate Republicans in Nevada Tend to Win. Unfortunately, There Aren’t Many Running Anymore
We’ve been waiting months for last week’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
Nevada’s Future Executive Suite Could Test Democracy
We’ve been waiting months for this week’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
Nevada’s Governor’s Race: A New Sheriff in Town?
We’ve been waiting months for this week’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
Nevada’s Congressional Gamble Will Hurt Democrats This Cycle
We’ve been waiting months for this week’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
Nevada’s Senate Race Remains the Most Competitive this Cycle
We’ve been waiting months for this week’s primaries in Nevada because we feel, and have been stressing for a while now, that Nevada is likely the most important state in the 2022 midterms. With the June 14 primaries now settled ...
For Inflation’s Sake, It’s Time to Let New Jerseyans and Oregonians Pump Their Own Gas
New Jersey and Oregon are the only states in the nation that bar drivers from pumping their own gas. In New Jersey, it’s a local idiosyncracy that’s as ingrained in the state’s culture as Taylor ham (or pork roll… if ...
Democrats Ignore Mormon Voters at Their Peril
Donald Trump won two-thirds of Mormon voters in the 2020 election. This was up from just shy of 60% in the 2016 election when third party candidate Evan McMullin sapped a large share of Latter-day Saints’ (LDS) votes away from ...