Elections 2022

Columbia Journalism Review: What primaries coverage got wrong 9.14.22

Campaigns & Elections: These 3 Voting Blocs Could Save the Midterms for Democrats 8.31.22

BBC: US midterms 2022: Tracking Trump's 'extraordinary' endorsement spree
Over the past several months, candidates endorsed by Mr Trump have pocketed victories across the country, winning 92% of the time. 9.15.22

ArcaMax: Pa. Senate race: Fetterman agrees to TV debate with closed captioning. Oz says he's in, pending requests of his own 9.14.22

ABC News: Recapping the 2022 primaries: The environment got better for Dems -- but voters still have concerns
The overturning Roe v. Wade in June gave a new focus for Democrats on the trail as they increasingly campaigned on abortion rights, which the Supreme Court had ruled should be left up to individual states. The first major litmus test of how Americans felt about abortion after the dismantling of Roe came in the historically red state of Kansas, where in August voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that said there was no right to an abortion. 9.14.22

June 9. 2022: Right Wing Watch: MAGA Candidate Mark Burns Says Those Promoting ‘LGBTQ Indoctrination’ Should Be Executed for Treason
Mark Burns, an unabashed Christian nationalist MAGA pastor who is running for Congress in South Carolina, declared that if he is elected, he will reinstate the House Un-American Activities Committee so that the government can “start executing people” guilty of treason. Who does Burns believe is guilty of treason? Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham whose supposed crime is potentially supporting some gun control measures, and LGBTQ-supporting parents and teachers.

May 9, 2022: AlterNet: This far-right Georgia gubernatorial candidate is even more extreme than David Perdue
In Georgia’s 2022 GOP gubernatorial primary, former Sen. David Perdue isn’t the only far-right MAGA extremist who is hoping to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp. Conspiracy theorist Kandiss Taylor is going after Kemp as well, and she is even more extreme and radical than Perdue.

Mar 17, 2022: Stuttgarte Daily Leader: Josh Rieves announces candidacy for Arkansas House Seat 61
Josh Rieves has announced his candidacy for state house district 61. He is seeking the nomination for the Republican primary on May 24, 2022. “I am a mechanic who loves Jesus.” Rieves has been repairing and maintaining cars for 28 years and has been an ASE-certified master automobile technician for 25 years, opening his own repair shop in DeWitt 15 years ago.

Feb 18, 2022: Right Wing Watch: Radical Right-Wing Activist Janet Folger Porter Is Running for Congress
Janet Folger Porter, a radical anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, religious-right conspiracy theorist, has announced that she is running for Congress in her home state of Ohio.

Feb 14, 2022: NBC News: Wisconsin GOP looks to weaponize critical race theory in governor's race
Republicans in Wisconsin see Glenn Youngkin's success in Virginia as a playbook for unseating the state's Democratic governor, Tony Evers.