Author: Matt OHern
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New Poll Results Show Budd with Slight Lead over Beasley in North Carolina Senate Race
Trafalgar Group published results from its latest poll on North Carolina’s Senate race between Ted Budd (R) and Cheri Beasley (D). Their survey of 1,079 North Carolina voters showed Budd with a 3 percent lead over Beasley, with Budd earning 47 percent of the vote to Beasley’s 44 percent. The poll’s margin of error was…
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Raphael Warnock Will Debate Herschel Walker, with Conditions
The US Senate campaign between Georgia’s Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker reached a new level of intensity today. According to a report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Warnock challenged Walker to a debate in Savannah with the agreement that neither candidate will receive topics in advance, and another debate will be scheduled for Macon or…
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Kelly Craft Enters Kentucky Gubernatorial Race
A former ambassador has entered Kentucky’s Gubernatorial race. Kelly Craft, who served as the United States’ Ambassador to Canada from 2017-2019, officially declared her candidacy in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Craft, who served under former President Donald Trump, will compete with multiple Republicans for the nomination. Ultimately, the party’s nominee will be tasked with unseating…
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New Rubio vs. Demings Polls Show Virtual Tie
Two new polls on Marco Rubio vs. Val Demings show Rubio with a lead, but in a statistical dead heat due to margin of error. The Fabrizio / Anzalon poll shows Rubio leading Demings, with 49 percent of voter support to Demings’ 47 percent, while the Susquehanna Poll shows Rubio leading with 47 percent of…
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Candidate Spotlight: Jason Holic: An Independent in Florida Congressional District 10 (Orlando Area)
Florida’s 10th Congressional District race for the 2022 Midterm Election could be considered the ultimate microcosm of the nation’s current political climate, with many independent voters seeking calmer tones and compromise in both chambers. District 10 covers much of Orlando proper. The two major party’s nominees couldn’t be further apart on the issues, with Democratic…
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Herschel Walker’s Latest Poll Numbers May Be a Mirage
Two recent polls showing a reversal of trends for Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock. (The other seat is occupied by Democratic Senhttps://newsouthpolitics.com/georgia-senator-jon-ossoff-career-bio-voting-record/ator Jon Ossoff, who isn’t up for re-election until 2026.) After Walker trailed Warnock in every RCP-Cited Poll throughout July, a…
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The Story That Charlie Crist Hopes You’ve Forgotten
Watch any press conference or stump speech by Charlie Crist during this 2022 election season, and one overriding theme will stand out among all of his talking points: Crist believes he deserves your vote because Ron DeSantis is too power hungry and too ambitious for higher office to care about every day average Floridians. The…
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Opinion: Crist’s Primary Win is a Loss for Florida’s Left Wing Democrats
Florida Democrats hope the third time is the charm for former governor and perennial candidate Charlie Crist. Last night, Crist won a decisive victory against Sec. of Agriculture Nikki Fried, the only state cabinet elected Democrat. Even for those who don’t follow Florida politics closely, Crist’s name recognition strength vs. Fried’s made his win unsurprising…
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Report: Most of Virginia’s $3.2 Billion State Surplus Already Spent
Stephen Haner at the Thomas Jefferson Institute reported today that most of Virginia’s $3.2 Billion state surplus has already been spent. Here is an excerpt from the column: “Governor Youngkin also revealed, and not all governors mention this, that another $1.2 billion allocated to the various agencies of government had not been spent by June…
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Axios Runs Misleading Headline on DeSantis, Florida Swing Voters
If you wanted to gauge an average college football fan’s opinion of Alabama coach Nick Saban, would you create a focus group where nearly 60% of the participants were Auburn fans? Of course not, but that hypothetical focus group’s composition is just as illogical as the focus group that Axios consulted to reach its conclusive…