Allegheny County Council President Patrick Catena (D) - who is running for a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives - sent out mailers last week criticizing his opponent for being supported by an "extreme left group" that supports allowing trans people to participate in sports.
The contributing writer Peter Slevin met with Barack Obama at the new Obama Presidential Center, which opens next month, in Chicago, and asked him the question on a lot of Democrats' minds: Where is he, and why isn't he doing more to help the country in a moment of crisis? Slevin shares excerpts from his interview, during which Obama explains the limits of his role, and why he should no longer be the figurehead for his party.
"Notably, groups that are more favorable toward Markey, including women and young voters, are also more undecided than their counterparts; women are ten points more undecided than men (33% to 23%), and 39% of voters under 50 are undecided compared to 21% of voters over 50," said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, in a statement.
“We have to completely change the direction of leadership of the Democratic party. We need a Democratic party that knows how to fight to stop authoritarian rule,” said Chakrabarti.
When I became a Democrat 10 months ago, I said the Democratic Party needs to be a big enough tent for Zoran Mamdani and Joe Walsh. But there is not a tent big enough for Joe Walsh and Graham Platner.
"The next two years will be full of debates about how to put the progress back in progressive," said Derek Kaufman, a philanthropist and former executive at J.P. Morgan Chase and Citadel who founded the nonprofit in 2023.
I am a lifelong Democrat. I started campaigning for the party's local candidates as a teenager in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been a registered Democrat for 67 years... Yet I've decided to bite the bullet and register as a Republican.
Analilia Mejia's win with a nearly 20-point margin over Hathaway is significant, indicating strong voter support for Democrats in the current political climate.
James Talarico, a Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, has raised a staggering $27 million so far this year, with California donors contributing just under $1.2 million to back his campaign - second only to Texas supporters among those donors whose names were disclosed.
