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Senate Republicans say election results

sound warning for 2024

The Hill | Alexander Bolton

November 9, 2023

Republican senators battling to win back the Senate majority say Democratic
victories Tuesday in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are an
early warning and wake-up call ahead of next year's elections.

The GOP senators, who are vying to defeat Democratic incumbents in Montana,
Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other swing states say Tuesday's results
show that abortion remains a potent issue that will help Democratic
candidates next year. [1]Read more

Republican hopefuls sharpen critique of Trump as election losses hang in
the air

Candidates barrel through substantive but hostile debate in Miami amid
warnings that Republicans have become 'a party of losers'

The Guardian | Lauren Gambino

November 9, 2023

A day after Republicans suffered a string of off-year election defeats,
five of the party's presidential hopefuls barreled through a substantive
yet hostile primary debate on Wednesday, clashing over policy and with each
other in a competition for second place behind the absentee frontrunner
Donald Trump.

On stage in Miami, the debate was dominated by foreign questions about the
Israel-Hamas war, immigration, and China. But the contenders also decried
the losses in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia, warning that 2024 could end up
with the re-election of Joe Biden if they were unsuccessful in breaking
Trump's dominance of the Republican primary.

"We've become a party of losers," said businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, noting
that Republicans lost the US House in 2018, and the Senate and the White
House in 2020. He decried the "red wave that never came" in 2022. And on
Tuesday night, Ramaswamy said the party again "got trounced". [2]Read more

WG Economy: 3 Mistakes The Biden Campaign Is Making In Economic Messaging

WG Economy | David Winston

November 8, 2023

This week marks one year to go until the election, and Democrats are
alarmed about the President's standing. Promoting his economic agenda and
claiming accomplishments are not moving the numbers in his favor. Over the
summer, the Biden campaign ran ads about their economic agenda with a $25
million ad buy, with more ads in the works. But from our tracking for
Winning the Issues, the President's numbers on the economy continue to
erode, now at 35-57 approve-disapprove. In fact, the October survey for
winning the issues showed the President's economic job approval to be at
its worst point since inflation peaked in the summer of 2022. [3]WG
Economy, November 8, 2023.pdf

As part of today's edition, we are releasing a new video on our YouTube
channel [4]Why Doesn't The Biden Economic Ad Work?

[5]video

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin reacts to Republican losses in 2023 elections

The election was a major defeat for Youngkin, who fought for a Republican
"trifecta" in the state government after two years of a split-controlled
legislature.

13 News Now | Preston Steger & Angelique Arintok

November 8, 2023

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has spoken out on Virginia's 2023 election
results, expressing disappointment that Republicans didn't win majorities
in the General Assembly but also optimism about what's ahead.

The Republican governor made his remarks during a news conference at the
Virginia State Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, the day after Election Day.
His update comes as Democrats are poised to hold the Virginia Senate with
21 seats while taking control of the House of Delegates with 51 seats.
[6]Read more

2024 Primary Elections Calendar

NBC News

November 8, 2023

The Republican presidential primary will kick off on Jan. 15 with the Iowa
caucuses, followed by New Hampshire on Jan.23. In a bid to make South
Carolina the first Democratic contest, on Feb. 3, the Democratic National
Committee has said candidates should not put their name on the New
Hampshire ballot and won't hold a caucus in Iowa. The South Carolina
Republican primary will be held separately, on Feb. 24. [7]Read more

Joe Biden Declares 'MAGA Lost' As He Celebrates Republican Election Woes

Newsweek | Darragh Roche

November 8, 2023

President Joe Biden has declared that "MAGA lost" as he celebrated
Tuesday's election results that saw wins for Democrats and a significant
victory for abortion rights in Ohio.

Biden took to social media site X, formerly Twitter, and praised the
results of elections that saw Democrats rack up notable wins in the
Kentucky governor's race and the Virginia legislature.

"Across the country tonight, democracy won and MAGA lost," Biden wrote on
his X account on Tuesday, referring to the Make America Great Again slogan
associated with former President Donald Trump, who remains the Republican
frontrunner in polls for the party's 2024 presidential nomination. "Voters
vote. Polls don't. Now let's go win next year. Donate to join us." [8]Read
more

House GOP re-election arm touts Republican success, predicts 'stronger'
outcome in 2024 elections

The NRCC said Republicans in the House are 'arguably in just as strong, if
not stronger, position to grow' their majority next year

FOX News | Kyle Morris

November 6, 2023

One year from Election Day 2024, the committee charged with electing
Republicans to the House is bullish about their chances.

Even though expectations of a "red wave" in last year's midterms failed to
materialize, Republicans still won control of the House from Democrats.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) said in a memo
obtained by Fox News Digistal that the party is "arguably in just as
strong, if not stronger, position to grow" their majority next year.

The NRCC said Republicans are successfully counteracting Democrats'
fundraising abilities, at least in certain areas of the country where GOP
candidates were largely outspent last cycle. [9]Read more

House GOP calls for changing rules to boot a speaker - and some who ousted
McCarthy may help

Republicans are still caught on one question before they can move forward:
If the magic number to force a vote isn't one, what is it?

Politico | Jordan Carney

November 6, 2023

House Republicans who want to prevent a handful of their members from
evicting another speaker could get help from a surprising group: the eight
of them who helped dethrone Kevin McCarthy.

Eager to avoid a repeat of their catastrophic October, Republicans are
discussing changing House rules to prevent a single member from forcing a
vote to fire the speaker. So far, the entire House GOP - but especially its
conservatives - trust Speaker Mike Johnson more than McCarthy.

But the Louisianan already faces many of the same headaches that doomed his
predecessor.

There's a very different mood lately among the hardliners who joined Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to oust McCarthy - or the "evil eight," as some
Republicans now call them. At least half of that group say they are now
open to making it harder to boot a speaker, a motion that currently
requires just one member to force a vote. [10]Read more

Donald Trump's strength is clear in Florida as Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to
move past 'nonsense'

Associated Press | Adriana Gomes Licon & Bill Barrow

November 4, 2023

A booth at the Florida Republican Party's Freedom Summit made swift
business of Donald Trump merchandise on Saturday, selling everything from
socks to bathtub rubber ducks that paid tribute to the former president.

Vendor Peter Crotty also had Ron DeSantis T-shirts. But he reduced those
items from their original $25 down to $5, an 80% discount on the Florida
governor's name. The excess inventory needed to go, Crotty said.

It was just one sign of DeSantis' challenges in the 2024 Republican primary
fight. Barley two months from the first nominating ballots being cast,
Trump is flaunting his advantages by trying to embarrass the governor in
the two rivals' shared home state, where party activists on Saturday
cheered any mention of the former president and booed any criticisms of the
GOP 2024 front-runner. [11]Read more

Tuscaloosa Gets Republican Presidential

Debate in December

The chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee has held her seat since
1997. She was the first Republican woman

from Texas elected to the U.S. House.

WVUA 23 | Kay Norred

November 3, 2023

It's been rumored for a couple of months now. Friday it became official.
The fourth GOP Presidential Primary debate is scheduled to take place in
Tuscaloosa on Dec. 6. There's no word yet on where the debate will take
place in T-town.

Each presidential candidate will need to earn 6% in national polls and have
at least 80,000 separate donors in order to qualify for the debate.
[12]Read more

NC House Speaker Tim Moore

announces congressional run

The new Republican-leaning 14th District includes Tim Moore's hometown of
Kings Mountain

Fox News | Associated Press

November 3, 2023

North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore is preparing to run for
Congress next year, his political adviser said Thursday

Moore, a Republican from Cleveland County, plans to make a formal
announcement next week that he will run in the recently reconfigured 14th
Congressional District, consultant Paul Shumaker said via text message.

Moore, who is currently in a record fifth two-year term as speaker, already
had announced that he wouldn't seek reelection to his state House seat in
2024 and was considering a bid for Washington. [13]Read more

Not just Jeff Landry. Louisiana Legislature will also take a hard turn to
the right.

'We can't undo everything John Bel did, but we're going to try'

Lousiana Illuminator | Julie O'Donoghue

October 30, 2023

In 2015, when Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter was the early favorite to
win the governor's race, then-Rep. Cameron Henry was considered the chosen
candidate for Louisiana House Speaker.

But Democrat John Bel Edwards beat Vitter in an upset election, and Henry's
hopes for the position were dashed. The House ended up selecting more
moderate Taylor Barras, a Democrat-turned-Republican from New Iberia, to be
speaker - in part because centrist House Republicans deemed Henry too
conservative.

Eight years later though, Henry is all but assured to ascend to one of the
top jobs in the Louisiana Legislature. Now a state senator, the Metairie
Republican is presumed to be the chamber's next president. No other
candidate is running for the job, and Henry is closely aligned with
incoming governor Jeff Landry. [14]Read more

Biden campaign heads to Miami to dig at 'MAGA extremism' during the GOP
debate

The Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee will be in Florida
to show a contrast with Trump, DeSantis and the other Republican
presidential candidates.

NBC News | Monica Alba

November 3, 2023

When Republicans take the stage next week in Miami for their party's third
presidential primary debate, President Joe Biden's campaign plans to make
Florida and some of its most famous residents a central part of its
response.

Although former President Donald Trump won't be on the stage Wednesday,
Democrats are expected to focus their message once again on his policies,
"made even worse by Ron DeSantis' extremism," according to a Biden campaign
official. [15]Read more

State Rep. Craig Goldman announces run for U.S. Rep. Kay Granger's North
Texas seat

Goldman chairs the Texas House Republican Caucus

and has served in the House since 2013.

The Texas Tribune | Patrick Svitek

November 3, 2023

State Rep. Craig Goldman announced Friday he is running to succeed retiring
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, a fellow Fort Worth Republican.

"My record proves I will be a conservative fighter who will prioritize
border security and the American taxpayer, and I am excited to announce I
am all in to serve the people of Tarrant and Parker counties as their next
Congressman," Goldman said in a news release.

Goldman, who chairs the Texas House Republican Caucus, announced his
campaign two days after Granger said she would not seek reelection. She has
served in Congress for nearly three decades. [16]Read more

The third Republican debate stage will be less crowded

Four candidates appear to have qualified,

while Tim Scott's status is uncertain

ABC News | Geoffrey Skelley

November 3, 2023

It takes a village - of donors and poll respondents - to qualify for a
presidential primary debate. As the presidential primary moves along,
marginal candidates slowly but surely drop out as it becomes clear that
they lack the financial or popular support to keep going. In recent years,
one factor in this winnowing process has been a candidate's ability to
qualify for primary debates - and a failure to qualify might portend the
near-term end of a candidate's campaign. Heading into the GOP's third
debate on Nov. 8 in Maimi, the Republican National Committee's requirements
to make the stage could prove too high a hurdle for some Republicans to
overcome. [17]Read more

WG Discussion Points: New Video Contrast of Biden Campaign Ad Vs. GOP
Economic Ad

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

November 3, 2023

With one year to go until the election, the Biden campaign is trying to
improve the issue environment around their economic agenda. They have been
running ads to show the steps they have taken to improve the economy and to
promote "Bidenomics." In our new video message contrast based on research
for Winning the Issues, we have taken a recent Biden ad that ran nationally
and in battleground states and matched it up to a Republican economic ad
that we developed. We had 1,000 registered voters view and rate both, and
asked them whether they were more or less favorable to the respective
parties and whether they believed statements in the videos. [18]WG
Discussion Points, November 3, 2023.pdf

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