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Editorial: Democrats’ Florida drubbing is a cautionary tale

As much as Democrats might want to exult over midterm-election results — one of the better recent outcomes for the party in power — they can’t ignore the drubbing they took in Florida, a longtime purple-colored battleground that has now turned solid red. Without a prompt assessment of what went…

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Election conspiracists claim some races for local offices

Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election lost bids for statewide offices that play key roles in overseeing voting in the six states that decided the last presidential election

The Independent UK

Jonathan Bernstein: Nancy Pelosi is the greatest speaker in history

Nancy Pelosi has been simply the best speaker of the House of the modern era. She is probably the best speaker in U.S. history. It was time for her to step down from her leadership role, but it likely will be a long time before we see someone of either…

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Malaysia elections: opposition takes narrow early lead

Clear winner from three main contenders looks unlikely in first election since voting age lowered to 18

The Guardian - UK

Super PAC money could kill Democrats

If Democratic leaders don't crack down on super PAC spending, they'll lose control of the party to billionaires

Salon

The midterm elections dust has settled in Washington. Here are 5 key takeaways

Overall, the electorate delivered a warning against going too far, against extremes, but we're likely headed for a messy, partisan two years. Here, five lessons learned from last week's midterms.

WEKU

Election deniers performed especially poorly in races to oversee voting in key states

Secretary of state candidates who deny the 2020 election results generally underperformed fellow Republicans on the ballot in a handful of competitive states.

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Why Kemp-Warnock voters will be decisive in Georgia runoff

Ed Cordell considers himself a moderate Republican with a Libertarian bent. In the November midterm, he voted for Gov. Brian Kemp but couldn’t bring himself to back GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker. As the Dec. 6 runoff nears, though, he has a different mindset.

Tribune News Service

We millennials showed up at the polls because we’re tired of the status quo

Millennials comprised 34 % of the Chicago vote in this month’s election, a sign that young adults have embraced their agency and will stand up for their rights.

Chicago Sun-Times

These are the soon-to-be former members K Street wants to woo

WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, a former chairman of the Ways and Means panel, enjoys something of a standing invitation on K Street.

Tribune News Service

MTG: "Take pity on Capitol rioters"

Greene hopes to appeal to Republican lawmakers to treat rioters with a gentle hand as they near sentencing

Salon

Frank Shyong: Campaigns flood us with reductive racial rhetoric. How can we push back?

Election seasons always leave me feeling cynical, as someone who cares more about social and racial justice than which party is in control.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Trump is the toxic ex for Republicans. Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton just can’t walk away

FORT WORTH, Texas — Donald Trump is like that toxic ex who refuses to get the message: It was fun while it lasted, but now that you’ve broken up and moved on, he just won’t go away.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Nancy Pelosi improved our lives. Her successor will investigate Hunter Biden’s laptop

The poor schmo who would do anything to follow Nancy Pelosi as House speaker is her opposite in ways that have nothing to do with ideology: In his lack of consistency, lack of discipline and lack of courage, Rep. Kevin McCarthy falls so far short of his fellow Californian’s standards…

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Fabiola Santiago: Why did Democrats lose Florida — and what can they do about it? It’s complicated

The No. 1 question readers are asking, post-midterm election, is: Why did Democrats lose Florida — especially, Miami-Dade, in such an unprecedented way — and what can we do about it?

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Editorial: What she did: Nancy Pelosi accomplished a great deal as speaker

A nation that’s seen its share of firsts of late — first Black president, first woman heading a major-party presidential ticket, first lying demagogue businessman president, first female vice-president — might be forgiven for forgetting that it was Nancy Pelosi who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as…

The Guardian - US

Trump campaign announcement deepens Republicans’ civil war

Republicans are now soul searching over how they lost a very winnable Senate and bracing for two tumultuous years in the House – and many blame Trump

The Independent UK

Trump says Kari Lake’s election race ‘not over yet’ despite her defeat

Trump falsely claimed ‘there were a lot of broken voting machines’ in Republican areas

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The Independent UK

In Pelosi, women admire a leader with calm, cool confidence

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step down from Democratic leadership after 20 years has many women admiring the way she wielded power

The Independent UK

House GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority

Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power to investigate the Biden administration and in particular the president’s son

The Independent UK

Arizona county board delays certifying election results

The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots is refusing to certify the results of last week’s vote

Tribune News Service

Democrats won under new maps, but will they in the future?

LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Nevada Democrats’ redistricting maneuvering to pay off.

The Independent UK

Malaysians vote in elections as old party, reformers clash

Malaysians have begun casting ballots in a tightly contested national election that will determine whether the country’s longest-ruling coalition can make a comeback after its electoral defeat four years ago

Tribune News Service

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Marjorie Taylor Greene preps for second term with more power

Orlando Sentinel

Wealthy donors finance DeSantis’ sojourns across US, Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of super-wealthy people helped foot the bill as Gov. Ron DeSantis barnstormed Florida and the rest of the country campaigning for his reelection and stumping for political allies running up to the midterm elections this month.

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