Rep. Hakeem Jeffries elected to succeed Pelosi, will become 1st Black party leader in Congress
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was unanimously elected on Wednesday as the next leader of the House Democratic Caucus. The 52-year-old Brooklyn native, who succeeds 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , will be the first Black and first nonwhite party leader in Congress. In 2018 he defeated Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to become chair of the House Democratic Caucus, making him the fifth-ranking member of the Democratic leadership in the chamber. In 2002, Pelosi became the first woman elected as a party leader in Congress. Shortly after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was elected in 2018, a group closely allied with the congresswoman discussed recruiting a primary challenger to run against Jeffries.
wftv.comNew York emerges as exception to strong election for Dems
Republicans flipped four congressional seats, including one held by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who ran the House Democrats' campaign arm. It was the closest governor's race in the state since 1994 when incumbent Democrat Mario Cuomo lost to Republican George Pataki. But the New York challenges were especially disappointing because they happened in a state where Democrats have twice as many registered voters as Republicans. “It’s one thing for the Florida Democratic party to be an absolute neutered disgrace. It’s another thing to have deep problems in the Democratic Party in a state like New York,” Democratic strategist Jon Reinish said.
wftv.comNew York emerges as exception to strong election for Dems
While Democrats were celebrating a stronger-than-expected midterm performance across much of the U.S. this week, New York was emerging as a notable exception where losses and lackluster results prompted a round of soul-searching and finger-pointing inside the party.
2022 midterms live updates: Latest election news from AP
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Follow along for real-time, on-the-ground updates on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections from The Associated Press. Live updates — all times Eastern — are produced by AP journalists around the country. That was clear in AP VoteCast, an in-depth survey of more than 94,000 voters nationwide. ___ROLL TAPETed Johnson, the Senior Advisor of New America, provides analysis about the Black candidates making waves in this year’s election. And in Kentucky, a heavily Republican state, voters declared there is no state constitutional right to abortion.
wftv.comGOP nudges closer to House win; Senate could hinge on runoff
Either party could secure a Senate majority with wins in both Nevada and Arizona — where the races were too early to call. But Republicans notched several important victories in their bid to get to the 218 seats needed to reclaim the House majority. In a particularly symbolic victory, the GOP toppled House Democratic campaign chief Sean Patrick Maloney of New York. “As we sit here I can't, with 100% certainty, tell you who holds the House majority," said Maloney, whose defeat marks the first time since 1980 the head of the Democratic House campaign arm has been defeated. Trump lifted Republican Senate candidates to victory in Ohio and North Carolina.
wftv.comGOP edges closer to House win; Senate could hinge on runoff
Either party could secure a Senate majority with wins in both Nevada and Arizona — where the races were too early to call. In the House, Democrats kept seats in districts from Virginia to Pennsylvania to Kansas, while many in states like New York and California had not been called. But Republicans notched several important victories in their bid to get to the 218 seats needed to reclaim the House majority. In a particularly symbolic victory, the GOP toppled House Democratic campaign chief Sean Patrick Maloney of New York. A Republican House majority would likely trigger a spate of investigations into Biden and his family, while a GOP Senate takeover would hobble the president’s ability to make judicial appointments.
wftv.comGOP closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs
But Republicans notched several important victories in their bid to flip the five seats needed to reclaim the House majority. In a particularly symbolic victory, the GOP toppled House Democratic campaign chief Sean Patrick Maloney of New York. A Republican House majority would likely trigger a spate of investigations into Biden and his family, while a GOP Senate takeover would hobble the president’s ability to make judicial appointments. “As we sit here I can't, with 100% certainty, tell you who holds the House majority," said Maloney whose defeat marks the first time since 1980 the head of the Democratic House campaign arm has been defeated. Trump lifted Republican Senate candidates to victory in Ohio and North Carolina.
wftv.comGOP fights to retake House; Senate control too early to call
In the House, Democrats kept seats in districts from Virginia to Kansas to Rhode Island, while many districts in states like New York and California had not been called. But Republicans were also notching victories, including toppling House Democratic campaign chief Sean Patrick Maloney of New York. A Republican House majority would likely trigger a spate of investigations into Biden and his family, while a GOP Senate takeover would hobble the president’s ability to make judicial appointments. In battleground Pennsylvania Democrats won the governorship to go along with their Senate victory. Trump lifted Republican Senate candidates to victory in Ohio and North Carolina.
wftv.comDCCC Chair Maloney praises midterm wins for ‘common sense’ Republicans after ‘damage' of the 'Trump years'
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, championed wins of "common sense" candidates" -- included Republicans, after "damage" of the "Trump years."
foxnews.comDems defying expectations, but control of Congress unclear
In the House, Democrats kept seats in districts from Virginia to Kansas to Rhode Island, while many districts in states like New York and California had not been called. But Republicans held on to governors' mansions in Florida, Texas and Georgia, another battleground state Biden narrowly won two years ago. Votes were still being counted across the country, meaning Republicans could still emerge with control of both chambers of Congress. “As we sit here I can't, with 100% certainty, tell you who holds the House majority," said New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the Democrats House campaign organization, after conceding his own race Wednesday. Trump lifted Republican Senate candidates to victory in Ohio and North Carolina.
wftv.comBiden slams GOP, Trump warns of 'tyranny' ahead of midterms
“There's never been a time in my career where we've glorified violence based on a political preference," the president said. Earlier Sunday, as Trump addressed supporters in Miami, a reference to the House speaker prompted chants of “Lock her up!" Trump remains the most popular figure in the Republican Party. New York Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the Democrats’ House campaign arm, is in a tough contest for his seat. Federal intelligence agencies are warning of the possibility of political violence from far-right extremists.
wftv.comGOP predicts midterm wins; Biden warns of democracy threats
President Joe Biden and his two most recent Democratic predecessors said the prospect of GOP victories could undermine the very future of American democracy. More than 39 million people have already voted in an election that will decide control of Congress and key governorships. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the Democrats’ House campaign arm, is in a tough contest for his seat north of New York City. In Pennsylvania on Saturday night, Trump said he hoped the GOP would have “an historic victory” in the midterms. For national Democrats, the focus is on the fate of their narrow control of the House and Senate.
wftv.comThis week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," October 30, 2022: Emmer, Maloney, Easterly, Becker, Walter, Timiraos, Salvanto
Rep. Tom Emmer, Rep. Sean Patrick Malone, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly, and more, will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.
cbsnews.comDemocratic campaign chief Maloney at risk of losing House seat
In a sign of the potential Republican gains in next month’s midterm elections, House Democratic campaign chief Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is in danger of losing his upstate New York seat. The irony is that Maloney actually switched districts earlier this year to run in an easier seat for a Democratic candidate to win. The new 17th district encompasses part of the Hudson Valley and it includes Maloney’s home. President Biden won the new 17th district by 10 points in 2020, just a slightly larger margin than Biden’s advantage in the new 18th district. Maloney was challenged in the 17th district primary by progressive state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, who attacked Maloney for putting his own interests ahead of the party’s.
wftv.comRepublicans spend big to oust the Democrat trying to keep the House majority
Republicans are pumping millions of dollars into an upstate New York congressional district in hopes of taking down Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D), the chairman of the campaign committee scrambling to keep the House majority.
washingtonpost.comBiden: IBM investment to help in tech competition with China
That legislation was needed for national and economic security, Biden said in Poughkeepsie, adding that "the Chinese Communist Party actively lobbied against" it. Democratic candidates have largely avoided election-year appearances with Biden, whose approval ratings remain underwater. IBM's $20 billion investment over the next decade is intended to bolster research and development and the manufacture of semiconductors, mainframe technology, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In his remarks, Biden also celebrated Intel's plant groundbreaking in Ohio and an investment by WolfSpeed for chip production in North Carolina. Phil Murphy in support of the Democratic National Committee.
wftv.comBiden: IBM investment to help in tech competition with China
That legislation was needed for national and economic security, Biden said in Poughkeepsie, adding that "the Chinese Communist Party actively lobbied against" it. Democratic candidates have largely avoided election-year appearances with Biden, whose approval ratings remain underwater. IBM's $20 billion investment over the next decade is intended to bolster research and development and manufacturing of semiconductors, mainframe technology, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In his remarks, Biden also celebrated Intel's plant groundbreaking in Ohio and an investment by WolfSpeed for chip production in North Carolina. Phil Murphy in support of the Democratic National Committee.
wftv.comBiden to mark IBM investment with Democrats in tough races
WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to celebrate a new $20 billion investment by IBM in New York's Hudson River Valley with two House Democrats running in competitive races in next month's critical midterm elections. Biden is taking part in a Thursday afternoon announcement at the IBM facility in Poughkeepsie, New York. Democrats facing tough midterms races have largely avoided appearing with Biden in the leadup to November's elections. “When I heard @POTUS was looking to see the benefits of the CHIPS & Science Act first-hand, I told him that the Hudson Valley was the perfect place,” Maloney wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. His Hudson Valley home fell inside the new boundaries after redistricting.
wftv.comDems ask McCarthy to recant Pelosi taunt as tensions rise
Several House Democrats have called on House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to apologize to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or resign after audio surfaced of him saying at a fundraiser over the weekend that it would be “hard not to hit her” with a gavel if he’s sworn in as speaker after the 2022 midterm elections.
Top Dems call on Cuomo to resign amid harassment allegations
FILE - This Monday, March 8, 2021, file photo shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confronted a stunning series of defections Friday amid allegations of sexual harassment that left the high-profile Democrat fighting for his political survival, angry and alone. “Governor Cuomo should resign.”AdThe escalating political crisis has spawned an impeachment inquiry in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, and threatens to cast a cloud over President Joe Biden’s early days in office. Biden, a longtime ally of Cuomo and his father, former New York Gov. “The victims of sexual assault concern me more than politics or other narrow considerations, and I believe Governor Cuomo must step aside," Maloney said.
GOP eyes path to power by making peace with the far right
The votes also suggest that Washington Republicans are unable, or unwilling, to purge far-right radicals from their party, despite some GOP leaders' best wishes. And whether Washington Republicans like it or not, those who think like Greene make up a significant portion of the party's base. AdGiddy Democrats celebrated the obvious perils of their rivals' political dilemma, particularly after all but 11 House Republicans voted to defend Greene's committee assignments on Thursday. AdBut it was the House Republicans' refusal to distance themselves from Greene that threatened to haunt the party for the foreseeable future. Republican strategist and former White House aide Ari Fleischer was among the optimists.
House Dems' campaign chief a moderate who wins in Trump land
The party's House majority will be as meager as 222-213 next year, the tightest partisan gap in two decades. Maloney worked on Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign and joined the White House after Clinton's 1996 reelection. “Those of us in the LGBT community have seen the system work, and it has worked because we worked,” Maloney said. In 2018 he sought the House campaign committee chairmanship but withdrew when he was hospitalized for an infection. Farrell runs a consulting firm that he says was blacklisted by the campaign committee under Bustos after it helped candidates challenging Democratic incumbents.
House Dems pick moderate New Yorker to lead campaign arm
Maloney will lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps recruit House candidates, raises money and provides campaign guidance. The 2022 election looms as a difficult one for House Democrats. Also Thursday, Democrats elected Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., to chair the House Appropriations Committee. At the Agriculture panel, Scott replaces Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., who lost his House reelection after 15 House terms. Democrats went into November’s elections with a 232-197 House majority, along with an independent and five vacancies.
Trump, Lee, Tillis: Congress reconsiders testing its own
Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., became the latest members of Congress to test positive for the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans. All three attended the White House Rose Garden introduction Saturday of Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett. Nationally and on Capitol Hill, there are no comprehensive plans requiring testing or wearing masks. House members can vote by proxy through their colleagues, to cut down on the number of people milling around. Lee, Tillis and other Republican members of the panel were among those who attended the Rose Garden event on Saturday.
House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for documents on Biden's son
WASHINGTON The House Foreign Affairs Committee has subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents he turned over to a Senate panel that is investigating Hunter Biden, a son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The committee says Pompeo had delivered more than 16,000 pages of records to the Senate but refused to send the same materials to the Democrat-led House. The subpoena represents another escalation in an election-year battle between Democrats and the GOP Senate committees investigating Hunter Biden. Democrats have criticized Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Ron Johnson, R-Wis., in particular for his probe of Hunter Biden and the gas company Burisma. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by the Bidens, and Hunter Biden has denied using his influence with his father to aid Burisma.