5 GOP governor candidates should be disqualified for faulty paperwork, state says
Five of the 10 Republican candidates for governor don’t have enough valid signatures to make the ballot, according to a report from the Michigan Bureau of Elections after a thorough review. The five candidates without enough valid signatures are James Craig, Perry Johnson, Michael Brown, Michael Markey Jr. and Donna Brandenburg. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers will vote Thursday, May 26, to determine which candidates have enough valid signatures. Governor candidates need at least 15,000 signatures, and 100 from each congressional district, to qualify for the primary ballot. RELATED STORIESDeVos family endorses GOP governor candidate Tudor Dixon5 takeaways from Republican candidates for governor in first 2022 debateMichigan governor candidates ‘can’t read Trump’s mind,’ but many think he will endorse themGOP governor candidate boycotts debate, cites ‘extremist’ COVID policy
mlive.comGOP threatens to release Jan. 5 footage — but obtaining it will cost them
House Republicans are threatening to release Capitol Police video taken on Jan. 5 in order to clear the name of a colleague accused of leading tours the day before the deadly riot – but they do not yet have the footage. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol last week asked…
news.yahoo.comNewt Gingrich says Georgia GOP gubernatorial candidate David Perdue thought Trump was 'a magic wand' in the race against Brian Kemp
"In retrospect, it's hard to understand David's campaign, and it's certainly not the campaign those of us who were for him expected," Gingrich told The New York Times of Perdue's race.
news.yahoo.comArkansas governor is odd man out in his own state's primary
Based on the barrage of television ads and mailers leading up to Tuesday's primary election in Arkansas, it's obvious who the most influential Republicans in the state are. Tom Cotton's making the case for fellow Sen. John Boozman, talking up his conservative bona fides while the two-term senator fends off challenges from the right. Donald Trump's image appears in ads for Boozman and for Sarah Sanders, who served as the former president's White House press secretary and is now running for governor.
news.yahoo.comFlorida reinstates controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis
A Florida appeals court reinstated a new and controversial congressional map backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who calls the map "race-neutral." CBS News anchor Lana Zak spoke with William March, a Florida political reporter and analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, about what sparked the controversy.
news.yahoo.comGeorgia Republicans who despise Gov. Brian Kemp threaten to stay home this November if Trump-backed challenger David Perdue loses Tuesday's primary
MAGA world would rather sit out the Georgia governor's race in November than vote for the incumbent who certified President Joe Biden's 2020 win.
news.yahoo.comNational school board group says it wrongly took sides in political debate
An independent report commissioned by the National School Boards Association details communications with the Biden administration ahead of a controversial call for the federal response to help stop violence at school board meetings.
washingtonpost.comGOP governor candidate boycotts debate, cites ‘extremist’ COVID policy
Ryan Kelley is backing out of a June 2 governor debate for Republican candidates due to a disagreement over COVID-19 policies. Kelley was one of five Republican candidates invited to the debate at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Kelley said he would participate in the debate if the conference removes the COVID vaccine/test requirement for all attendees. The governor debate is just one component of the Mackinac Policy Conference, which is hosted at Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel. 8 northern Michigan counties see cases double: Michigan COVID data for Thursday, May 19Democrat challenge could disqualify top GOP candidates for Michigan governor5 takeaways from Republican candidates for governor in first 2022 debate
mlive.comRepublican Panic Grows After Mastriano Wins
The aftershocks of Tuesday’s big primaries are still rumbling across Pennsylvania, but one impact is already clear: Republican voters’ choice of Doug Mastriano in the governor’s race is giving the GOP fits. Conversations with Republican strategists, donors and lobbyists in and outside of Pennsylvania in recent days reveal a party seething with anxiety, dissension and score-settling over Mastriano’s nomination. In the run-up to Tuesday night, Republicans openly used words and phrases such as “sui
news.yahoo.comWhat the Jan. 6 Committee Has Done, and What’s Next
The US House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation’s Capitol is nearing a more public phase of its work. A series of eight prime-time televised hearings will begin on June 9. Afterward, the committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans will report its findings sometime before the midterm elections on Nov. 8. Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies continue to call the probe a witch hunt focused on scoring political points.
washingtonpost.comPrimaries spotlight coming battles over state supreme courts
Upcoming primary elections for state supreme court seats in North Carolina and Arkansas are putting the spotlight on how such races across the U.S. have grown in importance in recent years and led to high-dollar, partisan battles for control.
Michigan Senate passes 5% base funding increase for schools
The Republican-led Michigan Senate has approved a 5% increase in base funding for K-12 schools but pared back Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposals to recruit and retain teachers and didn't include her proposed $1 billion fund for school infrastructure projects.