Federalist Contributor Michael Alfonso won a decisive victory Tuesday night to be the GOP nominee for a Wisconsin-based U.S. House seat. If elected this fall, he would become the youngest member of Congress. Unfinalized results show that, with more than 95 percent of votes tabulated, Alfonso, 26, is projected to win the Republican primary for […]
Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.
Blackburn is running to replace Republican Gov. Bill Lee who is term limited. Her victory comes exactly one year after she announced her gubernatorial campaign.
Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina abandoned his reelection campaign Wednesday after a House Ethics Committee report detailed inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers, a withdrawal that hands Democrats a fresh opening in the fight for the House majority. Edwards posted a brief statement on social media early Wednesday morning, two days after […] The post Chuck Edwards exits North Carolina reelection race after ethics panel recommends censure appeared first on American Almanac .
Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina abandoned his reelection campaign Wednesday after a House Ethics Committee report detailed inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers, a withdrawal that hands Democrats a fresh opening in the fight for the House majority. Edwards posted a brief statement on social media early Wednesday morning, two days after the Ethics Committee released findings that he had engaged in "persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" toward the women. He offered no detailed explanation for his decision, saying only that he would finish out his current term. AP News reported that the committee found no evidence Edwards explicitly propositioned or had sexual contact with anyone on his…Open
The Republican nominee will face Democrat Annie Andrews in the Nov. 3 general election.