Far-right Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith is ending his re-election bid after being caught forging petition signatures to qualify for the ballot.According to Yvonne Wingett Sanchez of The Washington Post, "State Rep. Austin Smith (R) — who was senior director at Turning Point Action, the campaign arm of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA — was accused by a Democratic activist of submitting petition sheets with rows of voter names, addresses and signatures that 'bear a striking resemblance' to...
The old guard faces the new in the 183rd District during Tuesday's GOP
The attorney running the Republican National Committee’s “election integrity” effort has been criminally charged by the state of Arizona for her efforts to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. This turn of events highlights the Orwellian meaning of the phrase “election integrity,” as used by Trump and the Republican Party: An effort to win […]
Ohio's Attorney General is demanding that a judge's order temporarily blocking the state's ban on gender-affirming care be overturned.
A Blair-era cabinet minister and a Lib Dem who was last an MP 20 years ago are among those standing again.
“To protect my family today, I’ll withdraw as a candidate.” That’s the main takeaway from a rather long statement released on Thursday by Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith, who’s no longer running for re-election in his district after being accused of forging signatures to get on the ballot this fall. As AZ Central reports: The signatures on his petitions have also been sent to the state attorney general for review. Smith’s lengthy statement (which you can read below) says this is "silly" and...
SEYMOUR — Incumbent Republican Rep. Jim Lucas of Seymour is facing a challenge for the GOP nomination for Indiana House District 69 seat in the May 7 primary. The winner will face Democrat Trish Whitcomb in the Nov. 5 general election. Continue reading at The Republic News.
Democrats in Sacramento are releasing a new crime package aimed at curtailing retail crime and theft
The Dominican Republic is experiencing a rise in anti-Haitianismo, with the current president and leading presidential candidates promoting the demonization and criminalization of anything Black, and a 250-mile wall being built to deter Haitian immigrants.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Voters in part of the Poconos are picking a new state representative Tuesday. A special election is underway in the 139th district that covers most of southern Wayne and part of Pike counties. Voters are filling the vacant seat of Republican Joe Adams who resigned in the middle of his two-year []
Iowa House lawmakers approved a bill to increase statewide elected official pay by $10,000 next year on Thursday. The bill would also include a cost-of-living increase for Iowa lawmaker’s pay, similar to the amount the state agrees with public employee unions. Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola who led the bill Thursday, said the proposal will help
Far-right Republican Rep. Gino Bulso held up a bill in the Tennessee legislature on Thursday that would have outlawed first cousin marriage with a surprising argument: if gay first cousins […]