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Trump’s candidate lost by almost 21 points. For this week’s episode of Playbook Deep Dive, we sat down with Ellis at her cattle ranch in eastern Idaho to understand how the state’s GOP establishment delivered this stinging rebuke to Trumpism. Transcribed excerpts from that conversation are below, edited for length and readability. Of the candidates…
Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. But no GOP contender did more to subvert that presidential election — and no one may be better positioned to subvert the next one — than Mastriano if he’s elected…
Washington, DC CNN — Hours after Tuesday’s primary, Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick are locked in a tight race for the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania’s US Senate race, which could be key to determining control of the chamber in November. The race, which is yet to be called, could be headed for a recount. So…
Placeholder while article actions load After a mass shooting apparently driven by racism in Buffalo this weekend, a former member of House GOP leadership didn’t mince words. “The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) tweeted Monday morning. “History has taught us that what begins with words…
The seven candidates for the US Senate in the state have conducted at least 19 interviews across Fox and Newsmax so far this month, CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said on “Reliable Sources” Sunday. And Mehmet Oz, more popularly known as Dr. Oz, has Fox’s Sean Hannity serving as his “shadow campaign manager,” Stelter…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine won his party’s nomination for a second term in office despite angering many conservatives early in the pandemic with aggressive stay-at-home mandates and business shutdowns. DeWine on Tuesday topped three far-right opponents, including former U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci, who painted the governor as a moderate not aligned…
Advisers to Mr. Trump said that the two had spoken on Thursday morning, after the story became public, and had what they called “a good conversation.” Another person familiar with the talks said that the two spoke again on Thursday night, after the audio was released showing that Mr. McCarthy’s denial had been a lie,…
When Sen. Rick Scott released his “Plan to Rescue America,” he wanted it to be a blueprint for the GOP to take back the upper chamber of Congress in November. But that proposal from the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee appears to be helping Democrats, or at least that’s what recent messaging testing…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Opponents to a bill that would govern how Rhode Island public schools teach topics like race and sex made themselves heard Monday before the House Committee on Education. West Warwick Republican Rep. Patricia Morgan is the lone sponsor of her legislation, which she argues is all about protecting children and their…
While that may be true in specific circumstances, Trump’s death grip on the GOP more broadly doesn’t appear to be relaxing much. The latest evidence of that reality came Tuesday morning when Michigan Rep. Fred Upton announced he would not run for a 19th term against fellow Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga this year. “Even the…