2018 midterms

We have so much going on in the world right now, but this morning I want to really hone in on some good news. With every single day that passes, it becomes increasingly clear that what we experienced last week on Election Day was not only a blue wave, with Democrats picking up more seats […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love sued Wednesday to halt vote counting in the Utah race where she is trailing her Democratic challenger by a razor-thin margin, saying her campaign must be allowed to issue challenges if they dispute the validity of mail-in ballots. In a contest where “every single vote […]

ATLANTA (AP) — After multiple federal court rulings and a flurry of legal filings, uncertainty looms over Georgia’s still-undecided race for governor. Unofficial results in one of the nation’s hottest midterm contests give Republican Brian Kemp a slim majority. But Democrat Stacey Abrams maintains that enough uncounted absentee, mail-in and provisional ballots remain to force […]

The issues surrounding the 2018 midterm elections are not isolated. According to Sybil, a lot of these issues are only being talked about because the races in Florida and Georgia were so close.  There have been reports of machines overheating, ballots going missing and mail in ballots not being counted. Hopefully these issues are actually […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t hire someone you can’t fire, like the son of a campaign donor or the child of the mayor. No matter what you may have said during the campaign about changing Congress, hire enough Hill veterans to make the office run smoothly. And make sure the person answering the phone sounds like […]

A lot of people were disappointed after Andrew Gillum lost, especially because he had been ahead in the polls for weeks. Roland Martin tells Willie that it’s okay to be upset about that but we also have to remember the good. Over 1 million formerly incarcerated people in the state of Florida will have their […]

I want to check in for just a few minutes to give us all an update on two races that were near and dear to our hearts on Election Day. First I’ll give us a full update on the Governor’s race in Georgia, then we’ll talk about the race in Florida, and I’ll conclude this […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A photo showing a smiling former death row inmate with a #VOTED sticker on his forehead has captured the social media spotlight. Anthony Hinton spent 28 years on Alabama’s death row before his release in 2015. The group that helped free him, Equal Justice Initiative, tweeted the picture with the message, […]

I have good news and bad news for us this morning. I think the good news is amazing and the bad news is pretty awful. For the sake of my own sanity – I’m going to start with the good news – and there’s a lot of it. Last night, Democrats won control of the […]

Reverend Al Sharpton is happy this morning, because we had some major wins! He’s happy to see amendment 4 pass in Florida, which will give over 1 million former felons their right to vote back. Reverend Sharpton says that he hopes Stacey Abrams comes out on top against Brian Kemp, because “you can’t be the […]

Yesterday was election day and Black America did suffer some big losses, but there were some big wins too! Democrats took back the house, “last night was a good night” he says. Elijah Cummings will be leading investigations into the Trump campaign and Black people will be vying to be speaker of the house. In […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Voters were deciding Tuesday whether to keep Florida under Republican control with a close Trump ally or elect its first Democratic governor since 1994 — and the first African-American — after a campaign marked by a deadly hurricane and gun violence. Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis hoped to ride President […]