by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
GOP Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota made headlines this summer when it was revealed that he called women “sluts” before he took office. On a syndicated show he hosted in 2012, Lewis wondered why it was no longer acceptable to use the word “slut”...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Sen. Jon Tester, a nemesis of President Trump, has been re-elected to third term representing Montana, defeating Republican Matt Rosendale. Tester’s reelection is a blow to Trump, who has been furious at Tester for months because of the senator’s role in the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Headlines, Trump
A day after the GOP lost control of the House, and seven governor seats across the nation, President Trump explicitly threatened Democrats gearing up to investigate his administration, mocked Republican candidates who refused to embrace him and lost, and engaged in...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
The Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona dropped out and endorsed Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema last week, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from voting for her, allowing GOP candidate Martha McSally to take the lead. Knowing it would...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Over 47,000 uncounted ballots from Milwaukee County came in late and they doomed Republican Gov. Scott Walker who has lost his reelection bid to Democrat Tony Evers. Walker, whose efforts to demolish the state’s public sector unions shortly after his 2010 election...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
In the biggest political upset of the night, a Democrat has won South Carolina’s coastal 1st District for the first time in 40 years. In Mark Sanford’s congressional district, political newcomer Joe Cunningham defeated GOP state Rep. Katie Arrington, flipping...
