by Jim Heath | Nov 30, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
Ohio’s Democratic Party chair is stepping down after six years during which Republicans, including Donald Trump, dominated statewide elections. David Pepper, a former Hamilton County commissioner and Cincinnati council member, sent a letter to party officials saying...
by Jim Heath | Nov 30, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Democrats, Headlines, Wall Street
As deep-pocketed Democrats on Wall Street celebrate the ouster of President Trump, some are privately showing little appetite for backing the party’s remaining skirmishes in Georgia. Bloomberg: Employees of securities and investment firms poured about $77 million...
by Jim Heath | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign has raised a record-breaking $383 million in September, its second straight historic monthly fundraising haul as the campaign nears Election Day. The September total surpasses Biden’s August haul of $364.5 million, which...
by Jim Heath | Oct 13, 2020 | 2020, Congress, Democrats, GOP, Headlines
The Cook Political Report updated its Senate forecast Tuesday saying Democrats are likely to gain between two and seven seats in the November election. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority, so the best-case scenario for the party looks to be holding onto...
by Jim Heath | Oct 1, 2020 | 2020, Debates, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign set another fundraising record for the month of September, surpassing the unprecedented $364.5 million it raised in August. An exact number was not yet available, but sources told Bloomberg the campaign and the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 30, 2020 | 2020, Battlegrounds, Democrats, GOP, Headlines
Democratic voters who have requested mail ballots — and returned them — greatly outnumber Republicans so far in key battleground states, causing alarm among GOP party leaders and strategists that President Trump’s attacks on mail voting could be hurting the party’s...