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PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) – Susan Abercrombie, a longtime public servant and current candidate for Maine Senate, has died.Abercrombie, a Republican from Portland, was running against Rachel Talbot-Ross, the current Speaker of the Maine House, for the Maine Senate District 28 seat.Under state law, Abercrombie’s name has now been removed from the ballot, and the Republican Party has until noon on Sept. 3 to nominate a replacement candidate.Republicans are praising the life of Abercrombie.“Sue Abercrombie was one of the most selfless and honorable members of our Portland Republican City Committee,” said Ryan McMann, the chair of the Portland Republican City Committee.…
Aug. 30, 2024, 7:02 PM UTCBy Symone D. Sanders-TownsendThis is an adapted excerpt from the Aug. 30 episode of “José Díaz-Balart Reports.”Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s first joint interview aired on CNN on Thursday night, and, based on what I saw, the Harris campaign should be quite proud.The candidate at the top of the ticket, Harris, went out and did what she needed to do. As for Walz, the governor was able to speak directly to the American people about the Republican attacks on his military service and set the record straight. For voters outside of…
The announcement comes months after the state representative lost her reelection bid to Lauren Ashley Simmons in the Democratic primary. HOUSTON — Months after losing her reelection bid in the Democratic primary, Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry of Houston announced she’s switching political parties. The former Democrat cited progressive policies that she “cannot, in good conscience, support,” like access to gender-affirming care for minors or allowing transgender people in women’s sports. In a lengthy statement on X, Thierry wrote that she was raised and has voted as a Democrat her whole life but said she no longer recognizes the party.…
One week after the Foo Fighters went after Donald Trump for using their music at a campaign event and said any royalties generated as a result will be donated to Kamala Harris’s campaign, White Stripes frontman Jack White similarly made clear that his group wants nothing to do with the ex-president.After a Trump campaign aide used a clip of the band’s song “Seven Nation Army” in a pro-Trump social media post, White wrote on Instagram, “Don’t even think about using my music you fascists. Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.) Have…
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump lays a wreath alongside Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart (Ret.) and and U.S. Marine Corps. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews (Ret.) who were injured at the Abbey Gate Bombing, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesAn aide to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “abruptly pushed aside” an Arlington National Cemetery employee who tried to ensure that Trump and his entourage adhered to federal laws and policies that “clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds,” a U.S.…
Former Republican Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan is within striking distance of pulling off a historic upset in his state’s 2024 Senate election, according to a poll released on Tuesday. Hogan and Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks, who serves as the executive of Prince George’s County, are tied at 46% support among likely voters in an AARP poll conducted by a bipartisan polling team consisting of Impact Research and Fabrizio Ward. Maryland has not had a Republican senator for nearly 40 years and President Joe Biden carried the state by more than 30 points in 2020, according to Politico.“I’ve been clear from…
Former President Donald Trump is favored to beat Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time since August 3 in Nate Silver’s forecast of the 2024 presidential election.Trump and Harris are locked in a tight race ahead of November, with most pollsters and forecasters viewing the election as a pure toss-up.Before Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee—replacing President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race in July—Trump held a consistent lead that quickly evaporated as Harris’ candidacy generated new enthusiasm among Democrats and record-breaking fundraising.While Harris polled well following the Democratic National Convention last week, Silver’s election forecast delivered some…
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, who won Georgia in the 2020 election and again in 2022, has directly told Kamala Harris he’s “all in” on helping her defeat Donald Trump this fall.But he warns it will be difficult.“We built an architecture to win,” Warnock told a small group of reporters in Chicago during the Democratic convention last week. “I think we can put Georgia in the Harris-Walz column. I’m not going to pretend that that will be an easy thing to do. But can we do it? I absolutely believe that we can.”Georgia will be front and center this week as…
Photo: Emily Elconin/Getty Images Donald Trump was so embarrassed by coverage of his meltdown over the DNC on Truth Social and Fox News that he was still posting dubious excuses days later. But he definitely didn’t learn a thing from the experience. After special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against Trump on Tuesday over his attempt to steal the 2020 election, the former president decided to “tweet through it” once again. And this time, he jazzed up his Truth Social meltdown with QAnon memes, calls for jailing his political foes, and vulgar claims about Kamala Harris. To be…
Sen. JD Vance has defended the Trump campaign over an altercation with an Arlington National Cemetery staff member, instead criticizing Kamala Harris over the controversy and telling an audience she “can go to hell.”In remarks at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Vance cited the deaths of 13 American service members during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, blaming the vice president for not having investigated the withdrawal or firing anyone.“Sometimes mistakes happen — that’s just the nature of government, the nature of military service. But to have those 13 Americans lose their lives and not fire a…