Political Note #534 Kentucky Down Ballot Candidates 2023

Kentucky down ballot races are important for themselves -- overseeing elections, representing the state. They can also create a bench for the Democrats.

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Political Note #513 Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky elections

Check out the website: https://lenspoliticalnotes.com  Look at the recent Political Notes and Len’s Letters on the website:  October 13th   , 2022          Political Note #513 Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky elections 2022                          General Election This is the South.  Except for Georgia which is some kind of mixture of the South and an industrial state. Except for Tennessee and Kentucky which are border states.  South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi really are the South. Together, these states. Altogether, these states, which have a total population about half way between Texas and California, have 12 Senators to Texas’s 2.  Here is…

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091622 Political Note #504 The US Senate. Where the race stands.

There are enough good candidates here to create a substantial Democratic majority in the Senate. Will they?

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Political Note #501 State Supreme Courts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Montana, and New Mexico

Arguably, elections to state supreme courts are among the most important and most neglected at the same time. Consider Arkansas, Kentucky, Montana, and New Mexico.

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103120 Lens Letters #33 What should the Democrats do about the Federal Courts?

Joe Biden’s Commission should propose an expansion of the District Courts and the Circuit Courts of Appeals.

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