It wasn't that many years ago that the court was broadly perceived as a good, non-political institution by the public at large. Despite being clearly conservative biased. The shift in perception is astounding.
Well, Citizens United, overtirning Roe, granting Trump immunity, countless selective applications of the Purcell principle, the shadow docket, and the unergical behavior if Thomas & Alito, + now killing the VRA, killing 50 years if Asministrative Law precedent, and lots of other stuff, will do that.
And quoting Judges who presided over witch trials while overturning Roe and proclaiming there is no racism so therefore we don't need any race based orotections gives away the game.
This isn't about an honest interpretation of law and statutute, it is about enacting a radical right wing agenda that no one vited for.
I'm not shocked by it, but I would have thought Georgia's white vote would be a bit less lopsided. I figured the Atlanta area white collar professionals would be enough to get it to still lopsided against us but not as badly as R+45.
White voters haven't shifted significantly from 2024; the Democratic shift between 2024 presidential general vote and 2026 primary ballot choice is being driven virtually entirely by non-white voters and among both genders (Republicans being barely ahead among men in Georgia is a big warning sign for them).
It helps that Sen. Cavanaugh didn't win the primary for Congress as the governor appoints replacement Senators. The NE Senate is unique in that it is both unicameral and nonpartisan (obviously candidates can advertise their affiliations, but on the ballot and in office they don't have partisan markers).
Tom Kean Jr is alive per his father, who says he’s recovering from a temporary illness and is under a doctor’s care, which does not suggest a psychiatric hold or anything of that extreme.
When he gets back is the question but I think Kean Sr’s statement is ruling out death for sure.
Terry is doing this to air graphic ads depicting aborted fetuses in the Philadelphia and NYC media markets (and possibly nationally). Terry currently lives in Tennessee and would have to move to any part of New Jersey at some point before the general election in order to actually be eligible to be elected to Congress in that state.
Although I would normally dismiss Terry's antics as a frequent political candidate as an extremely disgusting form of attention-seeking, there is a non-zero chance that Terry could end up being the de facto Republican candidate. Kean Jr. has no Republican primary opposition, and, if he dies before the general election, I don't know if New Jersey law allows for a major-party nominee to be replaced on the ballot after the primary. Even if New Jersey law allows for Republicans to replace a nominee post-primary, Republicans could decide to not nominate a replacement candidate and endorse Terry's independent bid if they wanted to.
Make light of Randall Terry at your own hazard, gentlemen. When he challenged President Obama’s renomination in 2012, he carried the ENTIRE Oklahoma panhandle!
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University's medical school of discriminating against white and Asian applicants in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.
Who wants to tell the non-doj that since to their stacked courts it is legal to discriminate against asians.
A while ago I read an article that said the same group of asians that sued harvard saying they had to many asian students and ended affinitive action sued harvard again this time claiming they did not have enough asian students.
Although not all white and Asian students at schools like Yale are this way, I just think these people in particular are whiners who give an excuse for why they didn’t get admitted.
As someone who was a teenager in Berkeley during the 90’s when affirmative action was still around (until Darrell Issa worked to end it), affirmative action was vital for those who were specifically underprivileged.
completely unclear how you square these claims with the Court's general rejection of disparate impact analyses in civil rights claims. Coming up with very low burdens of proof for anti-white discrimination but a presumption of good faith for southern state legislatures is so remarkably anti-originalist I'd be surprised if I wasn't so cynical.
Maybe it's just me but I've been noticing more moderate Democrats, especially those that are governors, pissing off Democrats and progressives or just chickening out more lately. There's been Josh Shapiro's relevation that he's been fighting with local Dems and backed a Republican for treasurer in 2024 and he's been maneuvering to try and block Chris Rabb in Philadelphia and pushing for more centrist candidates.
Then there's Gretchen Whitmer and her excessive willingness to play nice with Trump and big tech. And of course we also the less than amicable relations between the VA senate president Louise Lucas and governor Spanberger.
Not saying that the center hasn't shifted left, especially with the whole gerrymandering war, but there's still been much stubborn, selfish and foolish resistance.
Clemency and a pardon are different. I disagree with his decision. But as a long time public defender, I have a guy aversion to our tendency to incarcerate folks. Outside of the rare case, prison is almost never a place where we should want our fellow humans to suffer.
I only wish Polis had done that for the thousands of other nonviolent felons we put in cages instead of the right-wing nut job who tried to subvert democracy
Yeah, I'm a bit cynical over him choosing this sentence, specifically, I'm afraid. The net effect of this move is going to be pro-mass-incarceration, since it emboldens the far right. Particularly for non-citizens. Who are suffering in facilities that people who went from maximum security to a "detention center" (concentration camp) say are much MUCH worse.
A Florida judge on Friday heard arguments on a lawsuit to block a new congressional redistricting plan in Florida that could give Republicans a four-seat gain in the upcoming midterm elections.
Opponents are seeking a temporary injunction barring the state from using the new districts. They say the plan violates a state constitutional amendment approved by voters that prohibits using redistricting for partisan purposes.
Florida 2nd Judicial Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes did not issue an immediate ruling.
Twitter breadcrumbs suggest DeSantis’ case did not go over especially well, but considering the whole bench we should assume they’ll end up in his corner.
Investigative journalist Austin Ahlman is running as a left-wing independent for this seat. There is apparently concern he may split the Dem vote here - but this is a real reach seat if I remember right. Thoughts?
Yeah, this is a reach seat. Osborn won it in 2024, but it's probably around Likely R as of now. Democrat Chris Backemeyer has some credibility at the State Department, so that may boost him a little.
Two candidates I chipped in to help a wee bit I selected because of my impression that they were at the very top of Trump’s very large s*** list. Ilhan Omar and Letitia James. Anybody got any insight as to their respective fortunes and needs?
This makes me worried. Will they now make excuses to block all Dem redraws and allow GOP ones? If they do, do we have any recourse at all in the redistricting fight?
They can redistrict, but they're not going to stop the wave from coming. The House has got to flip, as does the Senate, and it has to be by convincing enough margins that we can hold them in 2028.
I really want to see some real movement from NY and CO on that front. They're our two biggest opportunities for counterbalance.
Hochul has made statements in favor of doing something, and there's talk for CO. I need to see something concrete start up for both, because the process isn't as trivial as passing something through the legislature. All while the clock is ticking.
Problem with that is the process doesn't give them time to wait until after 2026.
NY requires two separate legislatures to approve an amendment to the state constitution before it can go to voters. Colorado needs to either go through the whole ballot initiative process or get 2/3 votes in the state legislature before it goes to voters. In both cases they need a full separate election in front of voters, and potency of anger over redistricting is going to go down with time: we want to do this sooner rather than later.
We can talk and chew gum at the same time. State leaders can focus on getting this done on a quick enough time table while still giving appropriate attention to this year's elections. Waiting until after 2026 is a glorified way of, more likely than not, having nothing happen.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I wouldn’t assume anything is happening behind the scenes because not all of these Govs and lege leaders have committed to taking up the redistricting fight. Some of these states need action how, this November, to draw maps for 2028.
Convincing enough margins from one cycle to the other can happen for the senate, by building up enough of an advantage in held seats that the 1/3 up in the next cycle aren't practically capable of changing the balance of power. That is not possible for the house. Look at 2008 -> 2010. We won the popular vote for the house by 11 points in 2008 with 257 seats. We still lost it in the 2010 backlash.
For the senate, ideally we want to win the majority outright this cycle. If we do OK in 2028 we'd be almost certain to retain our majority, if not grow it. Less ideally but still good would be getting 2-3 pickups and having the majority in 2028 rely on the two most viable senate pickups in NC+WI from that cycle.
Yeah you would have thought winning 257 House seats in 2008 would have given us a huge buffer in 2010. Nope, that majority collapsed like a house made out of pixie sticks.
Obviously you'd need to nuke the filibuster first, which you need for pretty much anything meaningful at this point. A structural change like PR would, besides being good in itself, be one of the few things that made me feel better about nuking the filibuster; I think you get a much more solid chance of retaining power or at least averting another trifecta for longer that way.
You have nothing to worry about. There's a difference between SCOTUS not overturning a state court's decision to block a Dem redraw and them overturning a map themselves. The latter has thankfully not happened.
No; they already tried and failed with California--that is, GOP sued (on racial premise of all things) and SCOTUS unsurprisingly shot it down. The difference is, we didn't have state judges/supreme court shooting us down. VA's still swingy in that regard.
Any redistricting in solidly bluer states will not be overturned. The challenge will be getting it past initial intraparty objections. I suspect those will be much fewer now after Callais.
not a law person at all, but I had the impression that, outside of all other context, in itself this would be an expected move, I think? Federal not getting involved in state supreme court matters?
ah right, gotcha. well clearly this is one of those cases where it doesn't concern federal matters, except when it does -eyeroll-
I like that they've at least felt the need to get all defensive in public about how very not political they are. I hope Roberts is visited by the ghosts of SCOTUS past at Christmas.
TN-4: Nashville councilman Mike Cortese will challenge Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais, after previously running in the 5th.
TN-5: Republican Rep. Andy Ogles faces former state agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher in the primary, and Columbia mayor Chaz Molder and activist DeVante Hill (who previously ran in the now-open 9th) on the Democratic side.
TN-6: Former Rep. Van Hilleary and state Rep. Johnny Garrett will compete in the Republican primary, while former Nashville mayor Megan Barry will not run on the Democratic side after all.
TN-7: Republican Rep. Matt Van Epps faces surprisingly spirited Democratic challengers from state Rep. Vincent Dixie and businessman Darden Copeland. Nashville councilman Jacob Kupin initially said he would run but withdrew ahead of the filing deadline.
TN-9: Obviously, Rep. Steve Cohen isn't running here. That leaves state Rep. Justin Pearson and state Sen. London Lamar as the only major Democrats. State Sen. Brent Taylor, state Rep. Todd Warner, and conservative commentator Charlotte Bergman are the major Republicans running, and it's likely one of them will win the general against Pearson or Lamar.
The last two provisionals in the Deery vs Copenhaver primary for Indiana's 23rd State Senate district got rejected, meaning Deery has won by 3 votes, although Copenhaver will presumably request a recount, and it's possible that could change things.
And not a blue state amongst them save for IL.
Is that saying D+5.2 in absolute terms, or relative to 2024?
Well thanks to the alabama ruiling they can cancel these elections and rerun them and keep doing it until they win.
Yeah, SCOTUS is going to be on the menu in 2028. Callais and twenty other rulings pretty much cemented that in the eyes of Americans.
It wasn't that many years ago that the court was broadly perceived as a good, non-political institution by the public at large. Despite being clearly conservative biased. The shift in perception is astounding.
Well, Citizens United, overtirning Roe, granting Trump immunity, countless selective applications of the Purcell principle, the shadow docket, and the unergical behavior if Thomas & Alito, + now killing the VRA, killing 50 years if Asministrative Law precedent, and lots of other stuff, will do that.
And quoting Judges who presided over witch trials while overturning Roe and proclaiming there is no racism so therefore we don't need any race based orotections gives away the game.
This isn't about an honest interpretation of law and statutute, it is about enacting a radical right wing agenda that no one vited for.
old enough to remember Republicans yowling about "activist courts"
They stil ldo this.
I'm not shocked by it, but I would have thought Georgia's white vote would be a bit less lopsided. I figured the Atlanta area white collar professionals would be enough to get it to still lopsided against us but not as badly as R+45.
It still moves the needle compared to the R+80/90 margin it seems to be in the rurals.
White voters haven't shifted significantly from 2024; the Democratic shift between 2024 presidential general vote and 2026 primary ballot choice is being driven virtually entirely by non-white voters and among both genders (Republicans being barely ahead among men in Georgia is a big warning sign for them).
re white voters, are you talking U.S. as a whole or just GA? I've seen national polls showing a significant decline there too.
The one Democratic-leaning incumbent is Megan Hunt (SD-8), and she's term-limited.
It helps that Sen. Cavanaugh didn't win the primary for Congress as the governor appoints replacement Senators. The NE Senate is unique in that it is both unicameral and nonpartisan (obviously candidates can advertise their affiliations, but on the ballot and in office they don't have partisan markers).
If the supermajority is lost, Cavanaugh's replacement wouldn't matter, though.
If.
I hope the Dems have put out clear endorsements in the state Supreme Court races.
It came back with a "this page does not exist message for this and the links below.
Thank you Randall Terry for your service in helping elect Tom Kean Jr’s Democratic challenger.
Of course, that's implying it's Tom Kean Jr. someone is running against.
No proof he is even alive, let alone running for reelection.
Tom Kean Jr is alive per his father, who says he’s recovering from a temporary illness and is under a doctor’s care, which does not suggest a psychiatric hold or anything of that extreme.
When he gets back is the question but I think Kean Sr’s statement is ruling out death for sure.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/tom-kean-jr-absence-congress-under-doctors-care
“Under a doctor’s care” may not mean a hold, but it does suggest something psychiatric.
True. Could mean say a psychiatrist Kean Jr is seeing is doing monitoring and he’s seeing him weekly or monthly for check ups.
Terry is doing this to air graphic ads depicting aborted fetuses in the Philadelphia and NYC media markets (and possibly nationally). Terry currently lives in Tennessee and would have to move to any part of New Jersey at some point before the general election in order to actually be eligible to be elected to Congress in that state.
Although I would normally dismiss Terry's antics as a frequent political candidate as an extremely disgusting form of attention-seeking, there is a non-zero chance that Terry could end up being the de facto Republican candidate. Kean Jr. has no Republican primary opposition, and, if he dies before the general election, I don't know if New Jersey law allows for a major-party nominee to be replaced on the ballot after the primary. Even if New Jersey law allows for Republicans to replace a nominee post-primary, Republicans could decide to not nominate a replacement candidate and endorse Terry's independent bid if they wanted to.
If they do that (endorse him), well, that's...you keep thinking there's no further to fall with the current GOP. And then.
That said, it sounds like Kean's situation could be something more politically than existentially deadly, perhaps? I guess eventually we'll see.
jfc Terry's still around? Terry's still alive?
Make light of Randall Terry at your own hazard, gentlemen. When he challenged President Obama’s renomination in 2012, he carried the ENTIRE Oklahoma panhandle!
He should be getting nervous. Especially if Democrats flip the state legislature and governors seat this year after he rigs the 2028 maps.
Good!
I know that this is not strictly election related but I had to post it.
US Justice Department accuses Yale medical school of race-based discrimination in admissions
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/education/article/justice-department-trump-yale-medical-school-22259548.php
The Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University's medical school of discriminating against white and Asian applicants in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.
Who wants to tell the non-doj that since to their stacked courts it is legal to discriminate against asians.
A while ago I read an article that said the same group of asians that sued harvard saying they had to many asian students and ended affinitive action sued harvard again this time claiming they did not have enough asian students.
I sense privilege is at play here.
Although not all white and Asian students at schools like Yale are this way, I just think these people in particular are whiners who give an excuse for why they didn’t get admitted.
As someone who was a teenager in Berkeley during the 90’s when affirmative action was still around (until Darrell Issa worked to end it), affirmative action was vital for those who were specifically underprivileged.
completely unclear how you square these claims with the Court's general rejection of disparate impact analyses in civil rights claims. Coming up with very low burdens of proof for anti-white discrimination but a presumption of good faith for southern state legislatures is so remarkably anti-originalist I'd be surprised if I wasn't so cynical.
Polis grants Tina Peters clemency. Glad he’s on his way out.
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/15/colorado-gov-jared-polis-grants-clemency-to-tina-peters-makes-her-eligible-for-release-from-prison/
He should be impeached. Fuck him.
The republicans already hate him, could be a unanimous vote lol.
With allies like these, who needs enemies?
Thankfully he's an outlier in the Democrats.
I can't imagine anyone in the Colorado Democratic Party is cheering for this. Wouldn't say the same about the Pennsylvania one though.
Looks like Democrats have to do cleaning up in CO.
Do we have any real hope that Bennet will do that? He seems the most likely to win the primary. He's always come across as fairly milquetoast to me.
Which is why in this case Newsom has more balls than Polis.
In a lot of places.
Long overdue.
He’s probably got a good paying corporate gig already lined up.
We should send him into an early retirement. Impeach and Remove.
Yes, this rich fucking douchbag Dem with no spine.
he's worth half a billion, I think he's doing this out of genuine conviction and is just really stupid.
I remember when this guy was one of the rising stars of the party. Thank god he's on his way out.
What a disappointment this guy is.
Maybe it's just me but I've been noticing more moderate Democrats, especially those that are governors, pissing off Democrats and progressives or just chickening out more lately. There's been Josh Shapiro's relevation that he's been fighting with local Dems and backed a Republican for treasurer in 2024 and he's been maneuvering to try and block Chris Rabb in Philadelphia and pushing for more centrist candidates.
Then there's Gretchen Whitmer and her excessive willingness to play nice with Trump and big tech. And of course we also the less than amicable relations between the VA senate president Louise Lucas and governor Spanberger.
Not saying that the center hasn't shifted left, especially with the whole gerrymandering war, but there's still been much stubborn, selfish and foolish resistance.
You said it man.
Win elections, win elections and win more elections.
To be pedantic, Shapiro never "backed" the Republican in the Treasurer race. he just didn't endorse the Democrat.
Clemency and a pardon are different. I disagree with his decision. But as a long time public defender, I have a guy aversion to our tendency to incarcerate folks. Outside of the rare case, prison is almost never a place where we should want our fellow humans to suffer.
I only wish Polis had done that for the thousands of other nonviolent felons we put in cages instead of the right-wing nut job who tried to subvert democracy
Yeah, I'm a bit cynical over him choosing this sentence, specifically, I'm afraid. The net effect of this move is going to be pro-mass-incarceration, since it emboldens the far right. Particularly for non-citizens. Who are suffering in facilities that people who went from maximum security to a "detention center" (concentration camp) say are much MUCH worse.
International political news:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bahamas-prime-minister-re-elected-early-election-victory-2026-05-13/
Well, not that exciting news, but the PM of the Bahamas and his political party were re-elected.
I’m sure U.S. “Ambassador” Herschel Walker will be invited to attend.
A Florida judge on Friday heard arguments on a lawsuit to block a new congressional redistricting plan in Florida that could give Republicans a four-seat gain in the upcoming midterm elections.
Opponents are seeking a temporary injunction barring the state from using the new districts. They say the plan violates a state constitutional amendment approved by voters that prohibits using redistricting for partisan purposes.
Florida 2nd Judicial Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes did not issue an immediate ruling.
https://www.themountaineer.com/news/national/no-ruling-florida-judge-hears-arguments-in-redistricting-litigation/article_d1c4b338-2c1c-510f-ab7f-2196aa9edb1a.html
Twitter breadcrumbs suggest DeSantis’ case did not go over especially well, but considering the whole bench we should assume they’ll end up in his corner.
We can always hope for a rare example of justice from a Republican court.
NE-01:
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/independent-candidate-from-norfolk-launches-bid-for-1st-congressional-district-race/
Investigative journalist Austin Ahlman is running as a left-wing independent for this seat. There is apparently concern he may split the Dem vote here - but this is a real reach seat if I remember right. Thoughts?
Yeah, this is a reach seat. Osborn won it in 2024, but it's probably around Likely R as of now. Democrat Chris Backemeyer has some credibility at the State Department, so that may boost him a little.
He's a phony who feels like a plant. I hope he doesn't get on the ballot.
Given that this is the same state where they tried (and failed, I take it) that move for the U.S. Senate seat, it seems likely.
And this guy is NO Dan Osborn, who was a solid candidate statewide.
Looks like he will be again! Fingers crossed, maybe he'll make it this time.
Two candidates I chipped in to help a wee bit I selected because of my impression that they were at the very top of Trump’s very large s*** list. Ilhan Omar and Letitia James. Anybody got any insight as to their respective fortunes and needs?
They're both great progressives and should also be safe for re election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/politics/supreme-court-virginia-redistricting.html
SCOTUS rejected Virginia Democrats' challenge to the redistricting referendum being overturned.
This makes me worried. Will they now make excuses to block all Dem redraws and allow GOP ones? If they do, do we have any recourse at all in the redistricting fight?
They can redistrict, but they're not going to stop the wave from coming. The House has got to flip, as does the Senate, and it has to be by convincing enough margins that we can hold them in 2028.
I really want to see some real movement from NY and CO on that front. They're our two biggest opportunities for counterbalance.
Hochul has made statements in favor of doing something, and there's talk for CO. I need to see something concrete start up for both, because the process isn't as trivial as passing something through the legislature. All while the clock is ticking.
Don't forget CO-04.
Problem with that is the process doesn't give them time to wait until after 2026.
NY requires two separate legislatures to approve an amendment to the state constitution before it can go to voters. Colorado needs to either go through the whole ballot initiative process or get 2/3 votes in the state legislature before it goes to voters. In both cases they need a full separate election in front of voters, and potency of anger over redistricting is going to go down with time: we want to do this sooner rather than later.
We can talk and chew gum at the same time. State leaders can focus on getting this done on a quick enough time table while still giving appropriate attention to this year's elections. Waiting until after 2026 is a glorified way of, more likely than not, having nothing happen.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I wouldn’t assume anything is happening behind the scenes because not all of these Govs and lege leaders have committed to taking up the redistricting fight. Some of these states need action how, this November, to draw maps for 2028.
Convincing enough margins from one cycle to the other can happen for the senate, by building up enough of an advantage in held seats that the 1/3 up in the next cycle aren't practically capable of changing the balance of power. That is not possible for the house. Look at 2008 -> 2010. We won the popular vote for the house by 11 points in 2008 with 257 seats. We still lost it in the 2010 backlash.
For the senate, ideally we want to win the majority outright this cycle. If we do OK in 2028 we'd be almost certain to retain our majority, if not grow it. Less ideally but still good would be getting 2-3 pickups and having the majority in 2028 rely on the two most viable senate pickups in NC+WI from that cycle.
Yeah you would have thought winning 257 House seats in 2008 would have given us a huge buffer in 2010. Nope, that majority collapsed like a house made out of pixie sticks.
I was pretty impressed by the argument here for using the opportunity, once back in power, to push through proportional representation.
https://newrepublic.com/article/210428/democrats-can-fix-government-2029
Obviously you'd need to nuke the filibuster first, which you need for pretty much anything meaningful at this point. A structural change like PR would, besides being good in itself, be one of the few things that made me feel better about nuking the filibuster; I think you get a much more solid chance of retaining power or at least averting another trifecta for longer that way.
You have nothing to worry about. There's a difference between SCOTUS not overturning a state court's decision to block a Dem redraw and them overturning a map themselves. The latter has thankfully not happened.
No, the argument behind this was completely different and IMO not very strong.
No; they already tried and failed with California--that is, GOP sued (on racial premise of all things) and SCOTUS unsurprisingly shot it down. The difference is, we didn't have state judges/supreme court shooting us down. VA's still swingy in that regard.
Any redistricting in solidly bluer states will not be overturned. The challenge will be getting it past initial intraparty objections. I suspect those will be much fewer now after Callais.
not a law person at all, but I had the impression that, outside of all other context, in itself this would be an expected move, I think? Federal not getting involved in state supreme court matters?
You generally can't appeal a state decision to the federal Supreme Court unless it concerns federal matters, which this does.
ah right, gotcha. well clearly this is one of those cases where it doesn't concern federal matters, except when it does -eyeroll-
I like that they've at least felt the need to get all defensive in public about how very not political they are. I hope Roberts is visited by the ghosts of SCOTUS past at Christmas.
https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-releases-congressional-candidate-list-after-explosive-redistricting-session
Tennessee filing deadline:
TN-4: Nashville councilman Mike Cortese will challenge Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais, after previously running in the 5th.
TN-5: Republican Rep. Andy Ogles faces former state agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher in the primary, and Columbia mayor Chaz Molder and activist DeVante Hill (who previously ran in the now-open 9th) on the Democratic side.
TN-6: Former Rep. Van Hilleary and state Rep. Johnny Garrett will compete in the Republican primary, while former Nashville mayor Megan Barry will not run on the Democratic side after all.
TN-7: Republican Rep. Matt Van Epps faces surprisingly spirited Democratic challengers from state Rep. Vincent Dixie and businessman Darden Copeland. Nashville councilman Jacob Kupin initially said he would run but withdrew ahead of the filing deadline.
TN-9: Obviously, Rep. Steve Cohen isn't running here. That leaves state Rep. Justin Pearson and state Sen. London Lamar as the only major Democrats. State Sen. Brent Taylor, state Rep. Todd Warner, and conservative commentator Charlotte Bergman are the major Republicans running, and it's likely one of them will win the general against Pearson or Lamar.
https://www.wfyi.org/statewide/2026-05-15/deery-wins-race-for-indiana-district-23-by-3-votes-over-trump-backed-challenger
The last two provisionals in the Deery vs Copenhaver primary for Indiana's 23rd State Senate district got rejected, meaning Deery has won by 3 votes, although Copenhaver will presumably request a recount, and it's possible that could change things.
wow.