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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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..." WG Discussion Points, May 8, 2023 Debt Ceiling Special Edition.pdf
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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." Read more
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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. Read more
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WG Discussion Points
Two Words You Didn't Hear In Biden's 2024 Announcement
WG Discussion Points | David Winston
May 5, 2023
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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. WG Discussion Points, May 5, 2023.pdf |
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