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Colorado legislative session reinforces once-purple state's Democratic
shift

AP News | Jesse Bedayn

May 11, 2023

As Colorado House lawmakers churned through final votes during the last
night of this year's session, Republicans stood up and marched out of the
chamber before the Democratic speaker could gavel it to a close - a defiant
act meant to show how sidelined and silenced they felt.

The political theater this week was the culmination of a 120-day session
that proved to be the latest illustration of the leftward shift win what
was long a battleground state, leaving Republicans scrambling to adjust to
their unfamiliarity weak position and surfacing internal rifts among
Democrats over just how progressive Colorado should be.

The shift has been partly driven by migration to Colorado and the
transformation of white, college-educated voters - a disproportionate share
of the state's electorate - into Democratic supporters during the Trump
era. The last Republican presidential candidate that Colorado voters backed
was George W. Bush in 2004. The current Governor, both U.S. Senators, and
five of the eight members of the U.S. House are Democratic. [1]Read more

GOP voters in liberal bastions could have outsize role in California's
presidential primary

Los Angeles Times | Seema Metha

May 11, 2023

As a Republican in San Francisco, Jay Donde describes his experience in the
liberal bastion as "frustrating."

But that may soon change due to a quirk in how the state Republican Party
awards delegates in presidential primaries. Donde and other GOP voters in
liberal swaths like the Bay Area and Los Angeles could have a greater voice
in picking their party's presidential nominee in 2024 than their
counterparts in the most conservative corners of the state, such as the
Central Valley.

That's because a GOP presidential candidate is awarded three delegates for
every California congressional district that they win. It doesn't matter if
it's former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco-based district, home
to 29,150 registered Republicans, including Donde, or current House Speaker
Kevin McCarthy's district centered in Bakersfield, where 205,738 GOP voters
live. [2]Read more

CURTIS: Inaction by leftist prosecutors

is killing businesses

American Thinker | Jessica Curtis, President Protecting Americans Action
Fund & Senior Advisor to GOPAC

May 10, 2023

Take a look around you - what do you see? Whether you're in a big city or
out in the suburbs, I bet you see a lot of long-serving brick-and-mortar
stores closing their doors.

The reason, in large part, is because liberal prosecutors around the
country are refusing to hold criminals accountable when they commit
offenses aimed at these types of businesses.

In the past few months alone, Whole Foods has closed its flagship store in
San Francisco, the outdoor recreation store REI is leaving Portland, and
Nike is closing its popular store in Seattle after nearly 30 years. Each of
these companies cites rising crime and the continued threat of theft as a
reason for these closures. [3]Read more

Biden forced to either use border wall materials or transfer them to states
under new GOP bill

The government is paying about $130,000 a day to store unused border wall
materials

FOX News | Patrick Hauf

May 9, 2023

Senate Republicans introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the
Department of Defense to either use the available materials it has to keep
building the southwest border wall or transfer those materials to states so
that they can do the work.

In 2021, the Biden administration decided to stop all border wall
construction, a decision that is costing $130,000 per day or roughly $50
million per year to store the unused materials, according to information
provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Republican members of the
Senate Armed Forces Committee. [4]Read more

2 Republican legislators backed by Virginia Gov. Youngkin win state Senate
Nominations

Incumbent VA Sen. Bryce Reeves won the 28th District, Del. John McGuire won
the 10th District

Associated Press

May 8, 2023

Two Republican state legislators in Virginia who were endorsed by GOP Gov.
Glenn Youngkin won their party's Saturday nominating contests for a state
Senate seat, according to results provided by the party.

Incumbent Sen. Bryce Reeves won the Republican nomination for the 28th
Senate District, according to an email from Republican caucus spokesman
Jeffrey Ryer. Del. John McGuire won the nomination in the 10th District.
[5]Read more

WG Discussion Points

Debt Ceiling Special Edition

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

May 8, 2023

In preparation for tomorrow's meeting between President Biden and
Congressional leaders, we have put together a special edition of Discussion
Points with key findings from a recent survey for Winning the Issues,
conducted April 28-30 after the passage of the House bill. The successful
vote on the House bill significantly changed the strategic situation for
both Republicans and the White House. As described by Jim Tankersley in the
New York Times, "This week's votes by House Republicans to couple deep
spending cuts with an agreement to raise the debt limit for one year has
put President Biden on the defensive..." [6]WG Discussion Points, May 8,
2023 Debt Ceiling Special Edition.pdf

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she has no interest

in becoming a Republican

The Arizona senator is "absolutely" done with parties.

Politico | Kelly Garrity

May 7, 2023

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is facing challenges from the right and from the left,
should she run for reelection in 2024. But the threat has not yet pushed
the Democrat-turned-independent into the arms of the GOP.

Sinema is "absolutely" done with parties and will never join the Republican
Party, she said Sunday during a pre-taped interview on CBS' "Face the
Nation." [7]Read more

Republican voters return to the polls for the first time since their 2022
disappointment

Voters in Kentucky are preparing to pick their nominee for a closely
watched governor's race this fall.

Politico | Steven Shepard

May 6, 2023

The Kentucky gubernatorial primary on May 16 is the first significant
Republican primary in any state since the midterms - and the first test of
Donald Trump's sway in the party since face-planting in November

It will also shape the trajectory of the most important general election of
2023.

Voters in ruby-red Kentucky will face the choice of retaining their popular
Democratic governor or throwing him out for the candidate aligned with the
increasingly dominant party in their state. [8]Read more

WG Discussion Points

Two Words You Didn't Hear In Biden's 2024 Announcement

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

May 5, 2023

In the midst of the debate over the debt ceiling, President Biden has
announced his intention to run for re-election to "finish the job." In his
announcement video, several familiar themes appear in the ad: democracy,
freedom, extremists, the wealthy, allegations of cutting Social Security,
and even a mention of banning books. But two words you didn't hear in the
ad are economy and inflation, and we are sure this was no oversight. In
fact, the President's team probably recognizes that his economic record is
a liability, not an asset, and want the spotlight on other issues like
abortion, "protecting democracy" and accusing Republicans of cutting Social
Security and Medicare. [9]WG Discussion Points, May 5, 2023.pdf[10]

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