by Jim Heath | Nov 10, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines
After receiving unofficial election results from all 67 counties, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Saturday ordered machine recounts in the critical US senate and governor races. Now, county election officials will begin feeding ballots into machines to...
by Jim Heath | Nov 10, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Nine scientists are entering the US congress next year, from engineers and health professionals to an energy businessman and a computer programmer. Six of them are women, including a new senator for Nevada. In another pick-up for House Democrats, Kim Schrier was...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
There is a very real scenario playing out in Arizona that would find Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) both in the U.S. Senate come January. How is that possible? If Sinema holds on to her current lead in the senate race, she will win and...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has increased her lead over GOP Rep. Martha McSally to 20,203 votes, as Arizona’s election officials counted more ballots in the state’s uncalled Senate race. That is a 1 percent lead with over 1.9 million votes counted, according to the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
The Arizona Republican Party thought it was a good idea to file a lawsuit to have legitimate votes from being counted, and Cindy McCain is among many Arizonans who have slammed that effort. In a tweet, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain, took aim at local GOP...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema took a narrow 9,610-vote lead over GOP Rep. Martha McSally tonight as Arizona’s election authorities counted more ballots in the state’s uncalled Senate race. The lead amounts to less than half a percentage point with over 1.8 million...