South Carolina governor’s race: State Senator Josh Kimbrell (R-Boiling Springs) has dropped out, per the South Carolina Daily Gazette. Early voting began May 26. Election Day for the primary is Tuesday, June 9.
NY-7, NY-10, NY-13: As the Knicks were beating the Spurs last night, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani released a basketball-themed ad where he stood with candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier, touting his endorsements of them.
The ad buy during the game (which saw many children watching thanks to Mamdani canceling their bedtimes) was orchestrated by Morris Katz.
Remember the shoddy job she made of the Clinton campaign? Basket of Deplorables, and only concentrating on the states that provided the best bang for the buck leaving the rest of us sitting in the dark. I would not be inclined to vote for her. And we should not be trying to push a female candidate right now, we need to win.
Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS) is a local real estate agent in Booneville, Mississippi. Maybe she can take after him and start a practice in her hometown of Weston.
In OC CA, Shari Freidenrich, the treasurer-tax collector has been in an ongoing feud with several members of the BOS and county personnel offices over claimed abusive treatment of staff. One of her staff ran against her and she retaliated.
The issues had no resonance with voters as Freidenrich currently has 73% of the vote.
(Disclosure, I'm a personal friend of Shari since the 1980s)
Is that true? If the independent candidate is conservative enough, he’ll take more R votes than D votes or at least give an out for disaffected Rs who can’t pull the trigger for Ds.
The candidate backed by Jon Tester is not going to take more votes from the candidate backed by Daines than from those who would otherwise vote for a Democrat.
Have we discussed that, last night, NY leg passed a redistricting amendment (38-22 in the senate and 91-47 in the assembly)? Has to be passed again next year to then have a referendum.
"Not only would it allow for new lines before the next Census, but it’d permanently remove the state’s restrictions on maps drawn to benefit parties or incumbents."
It's fully passed the leg! Both chambers moved very quickly. Now they need to pass it again after elections this November when session resumes in January.
I'm looking at Pennsylvania congressional elections, and noticed something interesting: in PA-14, both nominees were uncontested in their primaries, but incumbent Reschenthaler only got a little less than 52% of the total vote compared to his Dem opponent Alan Bradstock (52,447 votes to 48,523). Additionally, in PA-16, the Dem there actually got *more* votes than Mike Kelly, the Republican incumbent (both primaries were also uncontested). I know the focus is on 1, 7, 8, and 10 for the highest-priority flips, but I feel like 14 and 16 could be under-the-radar potential flips as well, especially in a wave year and with the Shapiro/Garrity match-up at the top of the ticket hopefully buoying downballot Dems further.
Both were contested in 2018, too. PA-14, a neighboring seat to my district that I drive through often, was the sight of Conor Lamb's shock upset in a 2018 special before a redraw placed him in the blue-leaning PA-17. Ron DiNicola held Kelly to a 4-point victory in the 16th.
South Carolina governor’s race: State Senator Josh Kimbrell (R-Boiling Springs) has dropped out, per the South Carolina Daily Gazette. Early voting began May 26. Election Day for the primary is Tuesday, June 9.
Lol. His 3% will do nothing for anyone else.
If anything, it'll just strengthen Evette and Norman, who seem to be leading the pack. They're from nearby areas to Kimbrell's district.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/nyregion/mamdani-knicks-ad-campaign.html
NY-7, NY-10, NY-13: As the Knicks were beating the Spurs last night, New York mayor Zohran Mamdani released a basketball-themed ad where he stood with candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander and Darializa Avila Chevalier, touting his endorsements of them.
The ad buy during the game (which saw many children watching thanks to Mamdani canceling their bedtimes) was orchestrated by Morris Katz.
Remember the shoddy job she made of the Clinton campaign? Basket of Deplorables, and only concentrating on the states that provided the best bang for the buck leaving the rest of us sitting in the dark. I would not be inclined to vote for her. And we should not be trying to push a female candidate right now, we need to win.
If you are confused, like I was momentarily, I believe Rosemary is referring to Wasserman Schultz :)
Thank you for filling in what I forgot. Many thanks
DWS should take the hint and retire. Go back to being a local community organizer in FL, instead of overstaying her career in Congress.
I could see her selling condos with construction defects.
Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS) is a local real estate agent in Booneville, Mississippi. Maybe she can take after him and start a practice in her hometown of Weston.
LOL.
It'd be a terrible career move, given how the housing market is imploding in FL.
Least affordable state in the country, which is a high bar.
Texas is pretty unaffordable as well.
This kind of sentiment isn't going to fly here: "And we should not be trying to push a female candidate right now, we need to win."
So many good reasons to despise DWS, not least this latest stunt.
In OC CA, Shari Freidenrich, the treasurer-tax collector has been in an ongoing feud with several members of the BOS and county personnel offices over claimed abusive treatment of staff. One of her staff ran against her and she retaliated.
The issues had no resonance with voters as Freidenrich currently has 73% of the vote.
(Disclosure, I'm a personal friend of Shari since the 1980s)
I wish Bankhead would drop out of the race.
I disagree. IIRC, the independent candidate in MT-Sen is quite a bit more conservative than Dan Osborn in Nebraska.
Would be better than Alme!
There's absolutely zero path to not having the GOP win if the indie and Dem are splitting non right wing votes.
Is that true? If the independent candidate is conservative enough, he’ll take more R votes than D votes or at least give an out for disaffected Rs who can’t pull the trigger for Ds.
The candidate backed by Jon Tester is not going to take more votes from the candidate backed by Daines than from those who would otherwise vote for a Democrat.
I don't care if Bodnar never votes with us as long as he doesn't vote for a Republican organizing resolution.
And Platner still ahead (albeit an internal poll)…
Have we discussed that, last night, NY leg passed a redistricting amendment (38-22 in the senate and 91-47 in the assembly)? Has to be passed again next year to then have a referendum.
"Not only would it allow for new lines before the next Census, but it’d permanently remove the state’s restrictions on maps drawn to benefit parties or incumbents."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/03/new-york-democrats-give-preliminary-approval-to-redistricting-amendment-00949674
I saw that on twitter but didn't see it here, excellent development, I imagine the Senate will follow suit.
It's fully passed the leg! Both chambers moved very quickly. Now they need to pass it again after elections this November when session resumes in January.
Oh nice! I only saw the Assembly (didn't read your whole comment because I'm dumb)
No prob at all haha
Did any Democratic state legislators vote against it?
There were 3 in the Senate and 12 in the Assembly that didn't vote at all. No Democrat voted against it, though, but all Republicans did.
The Morning Digest mentioned yesterday that Politico had reported it was scheduled to be passed by today at latest. Great to hear it's happened.
I'm looking at Pennsylvania congressional elections, and noticed something interesting: in PA-14, both nominees were uncontested in their primaries, but incumbent Reschenthaler only got a little less than 52% of the total vote compared to his Dem opponent Alan Bradstock (52,447 votes to 48,523). Additionally, in PA-16, the Dem there actually got *more* votes than Mike Kelly, the Republican incumbent (both primaries were also uncontested). I know the focus is on 1, 7, 8, and 10 for the highest-priority flips, but I feel like 14 and 16 could be under-the-radar potential flips as well, especially in a wave year and with the Shapiro/Garrity match-up at the top of the ticket hopefully buoying downballot Dems further.
Both were contested in 2018, too. PA-14, a neighboring seat to my district that I drive through often, was the sight of Conor Lamb's shock upset in a 2018 special before a redraw placed him in the blue-leaning PA-17. Ron DiNicola held Kelly to a 4-point victory in the 16th.