Democrats across nation sue GOP alleging voter intimidation

In Vermont, native son Bernie Sanders campaigned for Democrat Sue Minter, but Republican Phil Scott leads 47 to 40 per cent. Watch for former Montreal Expos pitcher and Liberty Union candidate Bill “Spaceman” Lee who is polling at four per cent. Liberty Union, which describes itself as a non-violent and socialist party, once nominated Bernie Sanders for governor.

This Democratic lean and heavily Hispanic makeup makes it ripe for a win for Democrats, who are looking to oust freshman Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a Hispanic Republican who won the seat in the 2014 Republican House wave.

Trump could pull out a win in Pennsylvania.

Nevertheless, those who have cut ties with the two major parties just may decide enough close races to deny or affirm a Republican super-majority in the N.C. General Assembly.

“We’ll be able to rail against Hillary”. But Portman appears to be up in the Buckeye State against former Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. McGinty has been hitting Toomey hard in western Pennsylvania, where ancestral Democrats will probably vote strongly for Trump, but could also be drawn to McGinty’s populist message. Some of their top targets are also presidential battlegrounds, like Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada and New Hampshire. Ted Cruz has come around to supporting Trump. Similarly, it remains unclear just how significantly Trump’s travails will affect Republican down-ballot candidates.

As the heavily litigated redistricting efforts of recent years took hold, many districts became more politically homogeneous. “Presumably, that is why identical efforts have so far been rejected by the Arizona and Nevada District Courts and the 6th Circuit”.

“We know that it will be a tough challenge to keep the Senate in this environment, but if Democrats want the majority, they are going to have a hell of a fight on their hands”, Ian Prior of the Senate Leadership Fund said last week. Texas Republicans in Congress, meanwhile, have worked to thwart Obama administration policies.

The lawsuit claims Trump’s “voter suppression” efforts were “amplified” by the Michigan Republican Party because the political organization helps organize, finance and assist Trump supporters in the NY businessman’s bid for the presidency. Trump, meanwhile, voiced new confidence as he brought his campaign – and his dark visions of a rigged American economic and political system- to longtime Democratic strongholds. “But I’d really prefer Democrats to stay demoralized”.

The federal judge presiding over a case alleging that the Republican National Committee was illegally engaging in so-called “ballot security” activities said Friday that he meant to decide whether to issue an order against the RNC by Saturday if not sooner, according to the initial reports of the Friday morning hearing.

The Democrats cited an unnamed source in an October 27 Bloomberg News story that suggests the Trump campaign will be engaged in efforts to depress voter turnout. Hinojosa asked. “And if it is the case, can we build upon that?”

Yet other GOP candidates are holding their own in areas where Trump’s impact could be harmful.

Other issues confronting Congress include the need to raise United States borrowing authority, something which some Republicans oppose without substantial budget cuts, and possible approval of free-trade deals with Pacific Rim countries and Europe.

A Trump defeat might dissipate some of the momentum building behind McCaul.

Attorneys for the RNC have argued the campaign and the national committee are legally separate entities, and that there is no “convincing evidence” of collusion between the two. “He is pragmatically driven”.