American Politics from 2019 on

[macdoc]

Has a point

[Svartalf]

let's see how the new congress sets up for efficient action against the evil frump

[pErvinalia]

Haven't heard Trump claim it was rigged yet. He's even admitted the Iran war cost them.

[Svartalf]

well, I'll bet he tried to rig it the other way, but that didn't work as well as he wanted.

[Joe]

This is the most conservative Congressional district in Colorado, and Lauren Boebert won it by over 11% in 2024, despite having just moved there.

Now it's too close to call. A lot of Coloradans are singing Come on Eileen.

[Brian Peacock]

It's said that a political party doesn't own it's votes, it only borrows them. If people don't feel the benefit they'll lend their votes to the other guy next time. That's how Trump won the popular vote 4 years ago. Not being Republicans/Trump only gets the Democrats so far.

[Svartalf]

This is the most conservative Congressional district in Colorado, and Lauren Boebert won it by over 11% in 2024, despite having just moved there.

Now it's too close to call. A lot of Coloradans are singing Come on Eileen.

well, I can understand them, did boob art do anything for them worth her getting a second term?

[Tero]

She was a protest element in the Biden years, when she first got in. She has been largely irrelevant in Trump II

[Tero]

Alaska votes being counted

With approximately 77% to 78% of the expected total vote counted, the race is a razor-thin tossup:
1. Mary Peltola (D): 102,962 votes (48.02%)
2. Dan S. Sullivan (R - Incumbent): 102,325 votes (47.72%)
3. Gerald L. Heikes (R): 4,846 votes (2.26%)
(Note: A fourth candidate, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., holds 3,600 votes or 1.68%.

U.S. House of Representatives (At-Large District)

With a substantial portion of the votes processed, the top three candidates are:
1. Nick Begich (R - Incumbent): 105,647 votes (49.52%)
2. Bill Hill (Nonpartisan): 86,023 votes (40.32%)
3. Eric Hafner (D): 15,550 votes (7.29%)

Governor of Alaska

Preliminary data reported by the Associated Press shows the following breakdown:
1. Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (D): 103,837 votes (49.13%)
2. Bernadette M. Wilson (R): 61,734 votes (29.21%)
3. Dave Bronson (R): 30,003 votes (14.19%

[Joe]

This is the most conservative Congressional district in Colorado, and Lauren Boebert won it by over 11% in 2024, despite having just moved there.

Now it's too close to call. A lot of Coloradans are singing Come on Eileen.

well, I can understand them, did boob art do anything for them worth her getting a second term?

Surprisingly, she did. She secured funding for some important water projects in the state and her district, which includes part of the Dust Bowl. She also publicly called out Trump when he vetoed a water bill, and was on his bad list after she did that and pushed him to release the Epstein files. I was surprised when he endorsed her and had a rally for her.

But that may not be enough to counter all her nuttiness and mean girl BS.

[Svartalf]

checked her wiki page... yeah, she's totally crazy for the evengelical chretins' imaginary friend... the one they got so used to answer to they won't admit he's only in their heads, taking the place where brains should be.
and it's funny, she's not even 40, but from the pictures, I'd have put her in her 50s... looks like those 4 pregnancies (4 only, either her hubby has been remiss, or somebody has used contraception in that couple) have not been kind to her.