Month: September 2020

John Legend to campaign in Ohio Sunday

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Singer John Legend will perform at a Democratic get-out-the-vote event in Ohio on Sunday, according to a local party officials in the Cincinnati area. 

“We’re obviously glad to have him here,” the executive director of the Hamilton County Democrats, Caleb Faux, told The Hill.

“The obvious intent of this event is to increase early vote turnout and I suspect it will definitely help with that,” Fox said.

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“Our early vote numbers…have been very, very strong and we hope to continue that,” he added.

The race for Ohio’s governorship has been extremely close between former Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Director Richard CordrayRichard Adams CordrayPoll: Biden, Trump neck and neck in Ohio On The Money: Trump officials struggle to get relief loans out the door | Dow soars more than 1600 points | Kudlow says officials ‘looking at’ offering coronavirus bonds Ex-CFPB director urges agency to ‘act immediately’ to help consumers during pandemic MORE (D) and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R), a former U.S. senator.

The polls give Cordray a little less than a 5-point lead over DeWine, according to RealClearPolitics average of surveys.

Geoffrey Skelley at FiveThirtyEight reported last Wednesday that the latest two latest polls show a “very close race” in the bellwether state.

Trump warns of 'maximum criminal penalties' for voter fraud in midterms

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President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE warned on Monday that anyone caught committing voter fraud in Tuesday’s midterm elections will be “subject to the maximum criminal penalties allowed by law.”

“Law Enforcement has been strongly notified to watch closely for any ILLEGAL VOTING which may take place in Tuesday’s Election (or Early Voting),” the president said in a tweet one day before the midterms.

Trump has frequently claimed that voter fraud is a significant issue.

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Shortly after his election in 2016, he insisted that he would have won the popular vote against Democratic candidate Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE if “millions of people” had not voted illegally.

Experts, however, have said that illegal voting does not occur on a large scale.

The White House launched the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in May 2017 to investigate Trump’s unfounded claims. It was led by conservative Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is now a GOP gubernatorial candidate in the state.

Trump dissolved the controversial commission in January after several states refused to hand over voter information and it was unable to prove a large number of votes were cast illegally.

Vern Buchanan holds on to Florida House seat

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Rep. Vern BuchananVernon Gale BuchananMORE (R-Fla.) secured a seventh term in the House on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from Democrat David Shapiro in Florida’s 16th District.

Democrats, who eyed Buchanan’s seat as a possible pick-up opportunity, sought to hit the GOP incumbent over his purchase of a multimillion-dollar yacht on the same day that House Republicans voted on a tax-cut measure.

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Despite those efforts, Buchanan led Shapiro, a Sarasota-based attorney, in virtually every public poll in the race.

A survey from the Public Opinion Research Lab at the University of North Florida released in early October showed Buchanan ahead by 9 points.

The Cook Political Report put the race in the “lean Republican” column. President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE won Florida’s 16th District by more than 10 points in 2016.

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Dem Scanlon wins House seat in Pennsylvania

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Democratic civil rights attorney Mary Gay Scanlon easily beat Republican former prosecutor Pearl Kim Tuesday in the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 5th District, in a pickup for Democrats.

The 5th district, which consists of mainly of suburban Philadelphia Delaware County, is a new district, owing to Pennsylvania’s court-mandated redistricting this year.

The district replaces the area represented by Republican Pat MeehanPatrick (Pat) Leo MeehanBottom line Freshman lawmaker jokes about pace of Washington politics Many authors of GOP tax law will not be returning to Congress MORE, who resigned amidst sexual harassment allegations by an aide.

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The race was seen early on as an easy win for Democrats in an area that voted heavily for Democrat Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE in 2016, though she lost the state to President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE.

The race was also one of only a handful in the country in which two women were running against each other. Scanlon will be the first woman representing Pennsylvania in Congress since then-Rep. Allyson SchwartzAllyson Young SchwartzEx-Democratic lawmaker: Medicare needs have changed ‘dramatically’ over last 50 years Dem Scanlon wins House seat in Pennsylvania House members in Tues. primaries miss votes MORE (D) resigned in 2015.

Scanlon ran on core Democratic issues like health care and gun rights. She earned former President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaHarris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Five ways America would take a hard left under Joe Biden Valerie Jarrett: ‘Democracy depends upon having law enforcement’ MORE’s backing.

Kim ran largely as a centrist, emphasizing her independence from the GOP on issues like immigration.

Scanlon will get to serve the remainder of Meehan’s term, and then serve a new term starting on Jan. 3. 

From 'Too Radical' to Spreading Nationwide: Maryland Becomes 6th State to Pass $15 Minimum Wage

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In the latest major victory for the Fight for $15 movement, Maryland on Thursday became the sixth state to pass $15 minimum wage legislation after lawmakers overrode the veto of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan.

“Just a few years ago we were told a $15 an hour was ‘too radical. Well, today, Maryland became the sixth state to send the loud and clear message that a job should lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.”
—Sen. Bernie Sanders

“More than six years ago, when we stood up and went on strike for $15 an hour and a union, our demands were dismissed,” Fight for $15 said in a statement. “But we kept marching and we kept fighting, forcing the country to see that we simply could not survive on $7.25.”

“Maryland is the sixth state to pass a $15 minimum wage—and the third in under two months,” Fight for $15 continued, referring to Illinois and New Jersey’s recent minimum wage hikes. “Nearly 30 percent of U.S. workers are now coSvered by a $15 minimum wage. It’s clear $15 an hour is the minimum any worker, anywhere, needs to get by, and we’ll keep standing up and fighting for $15 and union rights until we win everywhere.”

Under Maryland’s new law, the higher minimum will be phased in over several years, reaching $15 an hour for companies with 15 or more employees by 2025. Smaller companies will have to pay their workers $15 an hour by 2026.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—the lead Senate sponsor of the Raise the Wage Act, which would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024—applauded Maryland lawmakers for taking action.

“Just a few years ago we were told a $15 an hour was ‘too radical,” the senator and 2020 presidential candidate tweeted Thursday. “Well, today, Maryland became the sixth state to send the loud and clear message that a job should lift you out of poverty, not keep you in it.”

“We’re not done,” Sanders added. “Next we will pass a national $15 minimum wage.”

Maryland’s passage of $15 minimum wage legislation comes as centrist Democrats are reportedly threatening to oppose the House version of the Raise the Wage Act, led by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.).

Scott’s legislation is currently co-sponsored by over 200 House Democrats.

According to the National Employment Law Project (NELP), raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour “would lift pay for a quarter of all workers in the United States, including those in the 21 states stuck at the current federal level of $7.25.”

“The victory in Maryland… underscores that $15 is the new mainstream consensus in the United States,” Christine Owens, NELP’s executive director, said in a statement Thursday. “Workers are facing the same spiraling costs of living everywhere and we’re seeing voters demand progressive leadership on economic and other issues.”