Tag: Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) The fight over President Donald Trumps $5 billion wall funds has deepened, threatening a partial government shutdown in a standoff that has become increasingly common in Washington. It wasnt always like this,…
The Kansas Legislature showed its tendency to be both more conservative and more liberal on Monday. The selection of House leaders took the Republican and Democratic factions a bit more to the right and left,…
Until now, there were, by my count, 44 Democrats who have either expressed interest in a 2020 presidential run, traveled to Iowa or New Hampshire, or otherwise managed to get themselves mentioned. But we can…
Democrats had a lot at stake this year. They won a qualified victory, and they owe it all to new voters. Sharice Davids captured the KC-area, 3rd Congressional District from incumbent Kevin Yoder, while…
WASHINGTON Nancy Pelosi had an exceptional 2018 midterm election cycle. Her prodigious fundraising and the message discipline she helped impose propelled House Democrats to their biggest gains since 1974. She has proved herself to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Two groups of local Democratic activists are meeting next week to fill the Kansas Senate seats previously held by Gov.-elect Laura Kelly and Lt. Gov.-elect Lynn Rogers. Precinct committee members of…
Even before a tide of Republican votes doomed his spectacular but ultimately unsuccessful senatorial candidacy, Beto ORourke sought to rule out what many of his fervent supporters saw as the logical next step, win or…
WASHINGTON Is Democratic discipline an oxymoron? For years, it was. But in the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats prevailed in the House because they managed to keep a singular and unrelenting focus on health care…
An ancient political adage holds that winning elections is about addition, not subtraction that parties succeed by building the broadest coalitions they can. Donald Trump, who became president by defying the rules, tried to…
Democrat Laura Kelly fended off perhaps the most energizing and divisive figure in Kansas politics on Tuesday to become the next governor of Kansas. Kelly beat out self-described full-throttled conservative GOP nominee Kris Kobach, the…
