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Wisconsin Assembly advances redistricting bill in effort to bypass state Supreme Court
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court could throw out the current electoral maps, which give the GOP an advantage. → Read More
Texas Senate deliberations in AG Paxton impeachment trial spill into second day
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s political fate is in the hands of the state Senate, which will continue private deliberations in the Republican’s impeachment trial Saturday after ending Friday without taking a public vote on 16 articles of impeachment. → Read More
First on CNN: Third Republican debate will be in Miami, sources say
The third Republican presidential primary debate will be held in Miami in early November, sources familiar with the event tell CNN. → Read More
Wisconsin Senate votes to remove state's top elections official, setting off legal dispute
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the state’s top elections administrator, Meagan Wolfe – a move that immediately triggered a legal battle over who will oversee voting in one of the nation’s most important presidential swing states as the 2024 election approaches. → Read More
DeSantis warns against Covid-19 boosters for people under 65 contradicting CDC guidance
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is advising people under the age of 65 against getting the new Covid-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, contradicting federal health officials’ guidance. → Read More
GOP 2024 contenders court Iowa evangelicals while vying to be top Trump alternative
Republican presidential contenders aiming to position themselves as the party’s top alternative to former President Donald Trump will try to impress evangelicals in Iowa – a crucial voting bloc in the state that kicks off the GOP nominating process – at a major gathering Friday in Des Moines. → Read More
Iowa’s special session places abortion at forefront in 2024 GOP primary
Iowa’s legislature will kick off a special session Tuesday aimed at banning abortion in most cases after about six weeks of pregnancy, elevating the issue in a state blanketed by 2024 presidential contenders who have sought to avoid the kinds of specifics the Republican-led state House and Senate are poised to consider. → Read More
Democratic state senator launches challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz in Texas
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez entered the state’s US Senate race on Monday, becoming the second high-profile Democrat vying to take on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz next fall. → Read More
Republicans get top recruit in Nevada to take on Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen
Sam Brown, a retired Army captain who was severely burned by the explosion of a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, announced his plans to enter Nevada’s Republican primary Monday to take on Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen next fall. → Read More
Florida GOP will require 2024 candidates to sign loyalty pledge to qualify for primary ballot
Florida Republicans are requiring 2024 presidential candidates to sign a loyalty pledge to support the party’s eventual nominee in order to qualify for the primary ballot next year. → Read More
Ohio’s showdown over abortion rights intensifies as group files signatures for ballot measure
Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office. → Read More
Trump and DeSantis trade shots in New Hampshire showdown
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis described former President Donald Trump as having over-promised and under-delivered on Tuesday, vowing in New Hampshire to “break the swamp” in Washington while faulting Trump for failing to deliver on his 2016 campaign promises to “drain” it. → Read More
Trump courts evangelical voters at key 2024 GOP audition
Former President Donald Trump addressed evangelical Christian voters at a major gathering in Washington on Saturday, seeking to shore up their support as his legal troubles mount and rivals take aim at his character. → Read More
Results from Virginia’s primaries set up test of Youngkin’s influence and abortion’s salience with voters
The stage is now set in Virginia for the most important down-ballot election of 2023 – a battle for control of the split legislature that will offer an important window into the mood of swing-state voters as next year’s presidential race kicks off. → Read More
Wife of Texas AG Ken Paxton says she’ll participate in impeachment proceedings in capacity as state senator
The wife of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday she will “carry out (her) duties” as a state senator and not recuse herself ahead of her husband’s upcoming impeachment trial. → Read More
As Trump rails at prosecutors, his 2024 GOP rivals flail for a message of their own
Former President Donald Trump delivered a blunt message to Americans on Tuesday night, speaking outside his New Jersey club hours after pleading not guilty in a Miami courtroom to a vast and damning federal indictment. → Read More
Takeaways from CNN’s town hall with Chris Christie
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event’s opening minutes. → Read More
Trump's indictment divides 2024 Republican hopefuls
Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson Sunday articulated vastly different plans for how they’d approach the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump should either capture the White House in 2024. → Read More
Trump hits campaign trail as indictment roils 2024 race
Former President Donald Trump is set to return to the campaign trail Saturday, traveling to Georgia and North Carolina for speeches at a pair of state Republican conventions as news of his federal indictment roils the party’s 2024 presidential race. → Read More
Takeaways from CNN’s town hall with Mike Pence
Former Vice President Mike Pence staked out a series of clear differences with boss-turned-2024 rival Donald Trump, and needled other Republican contenders, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a CNN town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night. → Read More