Political Note #514 Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington elections

Electing a Republican governor of Oregon would be a surprise. So would electing a Democratic Attorney General of Idaho.

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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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Political Note #332 The Campaign for the Senate

Can Democrats complete this cycle with a 56-44 US Senate majority?

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Women Candidates for Whom Donations Could Make a Difference

A reader asked. Can you put together a list of 30 candidates for the House of Representatives for whom donations would make a difference? Some Senate candidates, too?

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Political Note #286   Kathleen Williams MT CD AL

Check out the website: https://lenspoliticalnotes.com  Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website.  A Bus Ride in Detroit.  Masks Political Note #286   Kathleen Williams MT CD AL 2020                             General Election In 1916 Montana elected Jeannette Rankin the first female Member of the United States Congress.  Kathleen Williams https://kathleenformontana.com is trying, for the second time, to be Montana's second female Member of Congress. Kathleen Williams is a distinctive character who could only come out of the American West.  She hunts and fishes. She skis, hikes and canoes. She…

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Political Note #279 Steve Bullock US Senate Montana

Check out the website: https://lenspoliticalnotes.com  Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website.  Let them die, says Dan Patrick; Dump Trump from TV, he doesn’t matter anymore Political Note #279   Steve Bullock US Senate Montana 2020                            General Election Choose the candidate.  Which presidential candidate denounced a corrupt system dependent on the corrupt distribution of campaign money?  How about Steve Bullock https://stevebullock.com? As Montana’s Attorney General, Steve Bullock attempted to prevent the use of Citizen’s United against Montana’s 1912 law prohibiting corporate contributions to candidates and political parties. …

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