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House passes landmark legislation protecting same-sex marriage

Final vote was 258 to 169, with 39 Republican members joining every House Democrat

The Guardian - US

After 8 years, Baltimore hoping to have a reliable ally in Annapolis with Democrat Wes Moore as governor

BALTIMORE — Since the start of his campaign, Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore has stood firm in his call to be a partner to Baltimore as he prepares to move from his adopted home to the state capital early next year.

Tribune News Service

Ballotpedia Reports: How hot-button issues affected Nov. 8 school board elections

Welcome to the Thursday, December 8, Brew.

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"Trump would prevail": Dems alarmed by 2024 bipartisan spoilers

The so-called spoiler candidates threaten President Biden's future.

Axios

An election probe heightens the tension between Texas leaders and the Houston area

After a series of issues in Democratic-leaning Harris County on Election Day, Republican state leaders in Texas have suggested criminal charges may be warranted.

WEKU

MTG is taking Walker's loss personally

Greene complained that the Walker campaign rarely asked her to speak at events

Salon

Commentary: Youth rally in the midterms to carry on the fight for democracy

Now that the U.S. Senate race in Georgia is over, the 2022 elections have finally ended. It is time to recognize that youth are voting to save our democracy. In the midterm elections in November, youth and women, because of the abortion issue and ongoing worries about the state of…

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Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans haven’t solved their Herschel Walker problem

For a non-negligible minority of Americans, the biggest political story of the moment isn’t who won this week's runoff in Georgia. It’s the supposed conspiracy to suppress the truth about corrupt business dealings by President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

Tribune News Service

Jackie Calmes: Warnock won and Walker lost because voters judged on character

Even in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream — "one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood" — the civil rights martyr didn't foresee that in…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Congrats to Raphael Warnock. But Herschel Walker should never have even gotten close

If you listened closely, you could hear millions of Americans sighing with relief Tuesday night, as the results from Georgia’s runoff Senate election came in.

Tribune News Service

Georgia vote gives Harris reprieve as Senate tiebreaker

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate

The Independent UK

Biden approval, views of economy steady, sour: AP-NORC poll

President Joe Biden is facing consistent but critical assessments of his leadership and the national economy as his second year in the White House comes to a close

The Independent UK

Trump lawyer asserts ex-president's immunity to lawsuits, Jan. 6 accusations

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s lawyer argued that presidential immunity would protect him from lawsuits even if he had urged his supporters to “burn Congress down” while in office.

Tribune News Service

Trump is a 'real liability' for Republican candidates, GOP Senate whip says

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s persistent false claims about the 2020 election were an obstacle for GOP candidates and a leading reason the party performed poorly in the midterms, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican said.

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Rep. Lee Zeldin won’t run for Republican National Committee chair, trashes ‘pre-baked’ reelection of Ronna McDaniel

Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., said Wednesday that he won’t run for Republican National Committee chair even as he fired off a new salvo at party boss Ronna McDaniel over mounting GOP losses.

Axios

Biden will focus on his urgent political task after Georgia triumph

The new 51-49 Senate breakdown gives Biden more leeway to potentially rejigger his Cabinet.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House Democratic Caucus elects Trey Martinez Fischer as its new chair

Martinez Fischer replaces Rep. Chris Turner of Grand Prairie, who has led the caucus since 2017 and did not seek reelection.

The Independent UK

Warnock win makes it official: Georgia is a '24 battleground

Fresh off Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory, Georgia Democrats are embracing -- and Republicans are reluctantly accepting -- the state’s transition from GOP stronghold to premier battleground as the political calendar turns to the 2024 presidential cycle

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The Independent UK

Dem governor: Caring is key to connecting with rural voters

Kentucky's governor says Democrats have a better chance of connecting with rural voters when they talk about the things people need and the ways they can help them

The Independent UK

Republicans ‘disappointed’ after Georgia Senate flop but most won’t blame Trump

Herschel Walker’s loss in Georgia caps off a painful midterm for Senate Republicans

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court conservatives hint they may rule narrowly for GOP in election map dispute

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority hinted Wednesday they may rule narrowly for Republican state lawmakers in North Carolina who are claiming a right to set election maps and rules without review by state courts.

The Guardian - US

Trump lawyers find two more classified documents at Florida storage unit

Discovery appears to confirm DoJ’s suspicions that former president possessed additional government records, sources say

The Independent UK

Warnock delivers 51-seat Senate for Democrats, and much more

Raphael Warnock’s victory in swing-state Georgia gives Senate Democrats a 51-49 majority

The Conversation

Georgia runoff: Candidate quality meant fewer Republicans turned out for Walker

Runoff elections tend to be races of attrition. Turnout will most likely be lower, as voters are less accustomed to turning out for off-cycle elections. Candidates, then, must try to minimize attrition among their supporters, and the one with the least erosion is most likely to win.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gary LaPaille, former state senator, Democratic Party of Illinois chair, Madigan staffer, dies at 68

He was “a Democrat’s Democrat. ... His blood was blue,” said former Virginia Gov. and ex-Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe.

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