Former SD Sen. Tim Johnson's death immediately brought to mind his remarkable 2002 reelection, when he won by 524 votes. @joshtpm.bsky.social assiduously covered false GOP claims of voter fraud among Native voters—an early sign of voter suppression tactics to come
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Former three-term U.S. Senator and five-term U.S. Representative Tim Johnson has died. Johnson had a long career in politics that took him all the way from hi…
A very astute diagnosis from @joshtpm.bsky.social: "My point is that you thinking she's screwing up or stalling or whatever, if you are, is probably your angst talking more than some real analysis of what's happening in the campaign."
My jaw literally dropped open when Shekar Narasimhan told us why he got involved in politics on the latest episode of The Downballot podcast. I don't want to spoil anything, but it's about the most famous incident involving a campaign tracker of all time
Listen now | And Shekar Narasimhan tells us how the AAPI Victory Fund turns out a diverse and untapped constituency
This was an extremely enjoyable interview! @atrupar.bsky.social asked excellent questions. I’m usually so deep in the weeds of individual races, so I really appreciated the chance to discuss things from a 30,000-foot view.
"If there's one takeaway I hope readers of PN take from this, it’s to pay attention to these state supreme court races."
We truly could not do our work at The Downballot without the National Journal Hotline. I began reading it when I started the Swing State Project as a law student more than 20 years ago!
The latest episode of The Downballot podcast is nerd heaven: We get deep into the weeds where the real action is at—House races, of course—with @kirk-bado.bsky.social, editor of the National Journal's Hotline. Listen here!
Listen now | And we nerd out on House races with the Hotline's Kirk Bado
Last night, The Downballot co-hosted a phenomenal conversation on the importance of state legislative elections with Sister District, featuring VA state Sen. Danica Roem, TN state Rep. Justin Jones & historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social. You can watch the full event here!
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TONIGHT at 8 PM ET: Sister District & The Downballot are co-hosting a star-studded online panel on the importance of state legislative elections, featuring: • VA state Sen. Danica Roem • TN state Rep. Justin Jones & • Historian Heather Cox Richardson RSVP here:
Join **Sister District**, **Daily Kos** and **The Downballot** on **September 23** for a virtual event highlighting why voting downballot in 2024 is so critically important. The event will be moderate...
David Jarman once called the DLCC the "cool indie label" of party committees, since they're focused on all the races that never get Top 40 attention. We can relate!
Few topics are nearer and dearer to us than state legislative races, which is why we welcomed Heather Williams, the president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, on this week's podcast. A truly great conversation
No one knows better than the DLCC's Heather Williams
🧵 A major new special report from The Downballot: Estimates of the Haitian population in Springfield, OH are all over the place—and they're all wrong. David Jarman digs deep into the data to discover the real answer
Forget the sensationalized reports. The real figure is much smaller.