2026 Midterm Elections

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They're still going to have it.

Trump announces first-ever Republican midterm convention in Dallas ahead of 2026 elections

Two days in September where the GOP will be forced into glorifying Trump and his genius at handling... something. Democrats, don't waste this gift that's being given to you.

 

[Khamon]

They're still going to have it.

Trump announces first-ever Republican midterm convention in Dallas ahead of 2026 elections

Two days in September where the GOP will be forced into glorifying Trump and his genius at handling... something. Democrats, don't waste this gift that's being given to you.

Wow the male escort services will be booked solid all the way to Mobile.

 

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Looks like Graham Platner is out of the senate race in Maine.

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.

The woman, a 41-year-old Maine resident named Jenny Racicot, detailed the alleged incident to POLITICO in three interviews over the past two weeks. POLITICO also spoke with a man Racicot dated and confided in the years after the alleged incident, and reviewed documents, including emails between Racicot and her therapist and messages between Racicot and an acquaintance whom she warned against getting involved with Platner years before he ran for office.

Racicot comes off as credible, and Politico looks to have covered the important bits in their reporting.

I had a lot of difficulty getting behind Platner since the whole tattoo nonsense came out. He talked a good talk, but something about him continued to rub me wrong. I guess we still have Susan Collins around to deal with...

 

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Ken Paxton’s voter registration may violate Texas election law - The Texas Tribune

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”

www.texastribune.org

Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud.

“You must register to vote using the address where you reside,” the attorney general’s guidance stated.

Despite his own warnings, Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May’s runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator, according to records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

State Sen. Angela Paxton said in a 2025 divorce filing that Paxton, whom she accused of adultery, moved out of their Collin County home a year earlier. But Paxton continues to list the home’s address in the northern Dallas suburb on his voter registration. Angela Paxton declined to be interviewed. A source close to the Paxtons said the attorney general has not moved back into the home since leaving.

It is unclear where Paxton has lived for the past two years, but reporting by ProPublica and the Tribune has linked him to a home in neighboring Denton County since February.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I had a lot of difficulty getting behind Platner since the whole tattoo nonsense came out.

Yeah who'da thunk the guy who called himself a "military historian" and then said he had no idea his death's-head tattoo was a famous Nazi insignia was actually a POS.

I'll also say that he was also previously accused of being violent and abusive by another former girlfriend, but when that girlfriend turned out to be a Republican a lot of lefty commentators felt free to talk about her and her claims in such gross and dismissive ways that skeezed me out so badly I really stopped watching a lot of them altogether.

 

[Noodles]

Guy seemed shady just for running as "military man.". Which feels kind of awful, but the idea of pushing military and patriotism like that has become such an obvious tell for jackasses these days. Its like going around spouting off about IQ

 

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*sigh*

State commission disqualifies GOP candidates for AG, Lt. Gov. after signature fraud allegations

One candidate accused of signature fraud is appealing the decision, and the other has indicated she will as well.

www.boston.com

The State [Massaschusetts] Ballot Law Commission ruled late last week that two Republican candidates for statewide office are ineligible to appear on the primary ballot in September due to concerns regarding signature fraud. One of those candidates officially appealed that ruling this week, and the other has indicated that she intends to do so as well.

The rulings were made against lieutenant governor candidate Anne Manning Martin and attorney general candidate Michael Walsh. The executive director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party filed objections challenging the validity of signatures gathered by both campaigns. In objecting to Martin’s signatures, he was joined by one of Martin’s opponents in the primary race for lieutenant governor, Shawn Oliver.

The commission invalidated 1,279 of Martin’s 10,692 signatures and 1,021 of Walsh’s 10,677 signatures. Each candidate needed at least 10,000 signatures to appear on the primary ballot.

If the decision against Martin holds, Oliver would be the only Republican lieutenant governor candidate on the primary ballot.

Massaschusetts' Attorney General Andrea Campbell (D) could be going up against no one in the general election, thanks to this. Morons...

 

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Where there's smoke, that's proof Trump is working to burn everything to the ground.

Trump fires all commissioners of federal election agency

Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.

www.votebeat.org

President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.

The two Democratic commissioners, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland, were notified by email. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Commissioner of the Election Assistance Commission is terminated, effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” the email said. It was signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, deputy director of presidential personnel in the Executive Office of the President.

The third commissioner, Republican Christy McCormick, was allowed to resign, according to three sources within the agency. McCormick declined to comment when reached by phone. The agency’s fourth commissioner, Republican Donald Palmer, voluntarily departed the agency earlier this year to join the Heritage Foundation.

 

[Sheera Khan]

I find it cute|disturbing how y'all believe you'll have midterm elections after all what happened up to now... Is it a frog in a hot water bucket thingie?

 

[Noodles]

I find it cute|disturbing how y'all believe you'll have midterm elections after all what happened up to now... Is it a frog in a hot water bucket thingie?

Jokes on you, I lost hope back in 2024 when the country went screaming back to Fascism.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

I find it cute|disturbing how y'all believe you'll have midterm elections after all what happened up to now... Is it a frog in a hot water bucket thingie?

There's a reason Trump is refusing to sign legislation while pushing hard for his deranged SAVE act.

 

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I find it cute|disturbing how y'all believe you'll have midterm elections after all what happened up to now... Is it a frog in a hot water bucket thingie?

I find it adorable|tiresome how there are people who believe we should just give up and bury our heads because Trump always wins.

 

[Beebo Brink]

I find it cute|disturbing how y'all believe you'll have midterm elections after all what happened up to now... Is it a frog in a hot water bucket thingie?

There aren't many naive optimists on this forum, so you can shelve that "cute" comment. The prevailing wisdom is "IF there are midterms, then...." but it gets tedious to begin every post with that disclaimer. We pretty much take it as a given by now.

I'm more inclined to believe we will have midterms, but that the election results will be seriously attacked/questioned and that any Dems election winners simply won't be seated.

We are in the middle of a fascist takeover, and there are many avenues to lock it down. Or not. The outcome is not determined yet.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

We are still at the pretending to be a democracy stage. We will have them. It's just a question of how corrupt they are.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

We are still at the pretending to be a democracy stage. We will have them. It's just a question of how corrupt they are.

Right, I still think midterms will CERTAINLY happen. The big question is how trustworthy the vote will be. Trump is screaming for the SAVE act specifically because it will skew things very heavily in his favor.

 

[Khamon]

Right, I still think midterms will CERTAINLY happen. The big question is how trustworthy the vote will be. Trump is screaming for the SAVE act specifically because it will skew things very heavily in his favor.

and, if they are trustworthy, will the votes be honored or will we devolve into another civil war?