Conservative California superintendent candidate Sonja Shaw told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that she would not back down from confronting the United Teachers Los Angeles union (UTLA), after a circulated video allegedly showed a union leader calling Shaw a “real threat” and warning that her election “would cause a huge problem for us.” Shaw, the […]
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Carville mocks Dem candidate staffers as ‘weak’ and ‘soft’ for complaining about treatment to New York Times
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville blasted staffers who complained to The New York Times about working for former Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola as she runs for the Senate. The Times article, “Angry Outbursts, Slurs and Firings: Tumult Rocks a Key Senate Campaign,” featured comments from former aides who described chaos in Peltola’s congressional office and […]
GOP candidate gets busted trying to plant drugs on his political rival
A Republican candidate for the Missouri state House is facing federal drug charges after newly unsealed court documents revealed an alleged plot to frame his political opponent by planting cocaine and prescription pills in her purse. Thomas Christopher Ross, 37, made his initial court appearance Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District […]
New Hampshire candidate John Sununu blasts Dems for moving ‘First in the Nation Primary’ on Ruthless
Former New Hampshire Senator and candidate John Sununu blasted the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for its decision to remove the state as the first primary in the party’s nominating process in an interview released Tuesday. “New Hampshire is the best place to hold that first primary because somebody without name recognition, without a huge bankroll, […]
Wisconsin Democratic candidate says her party ‘left behind’ rural America
Blue Dog Democrat Rebecca Cooke, a Wisconsin congressional candidate, discussed in an interview Thursday how she is trying to set things right after she accused her party of abandoning rural and working-class voters in recent years. She appeared on the “Politics War Room” podcast with co-hosts James Carville and Al Hunt, known for calling out […]
Michigan Dem senator throws support behind candidate to replace him in contentious primary
Retiring Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., has abandoned his neutrality in Michigan‘s high-stakes Democratic Senate primary, backing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens as party leaders rally to stop progressive rival Abdul El-Sayed from winning the nomination. Peters, who is retiring after two terms in the Senate, announced the endorsement Monday, saying Stevens “will be ready on day […]
Socialist Colorado candidate blames Israel for ‘putting Jewish people in great danger’
Socialist Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros blamed Israel’s activity in the Middle East for inspiring attacks on Jewish people in other countries during an interview on Wednesday. Kiros is part of a wave of anti-Israel, far-left candidates gaining popularity in the Democratic Party. She won her primary in her Denver-area district this week, ousting longtime […]
Mamdani’s suited pool plunge overshadowed by political clash with GOP gubernatorial candidate
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took a bizarre plunge into an East Harlem public pool fully dressed in a business suit to kick off summer Saturday, but the spectacle was quickly overshadowed by a fiery clash with a top New York Republican. Video captured the mayor jumping into the Thomas Jefferson Pool fully clothed […]
Trump switches support in Oklahoma congressional race as formerly endorsed pastor candidate suspends campaign
President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Oklahoma GOP congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer on Wednesday, and threw his support behind Republican rival Mark Tedford, a dramatic reversal that came shortly before Lahmeyer publicly announced he was suspending his campaign. Lahmeyer told Fox News Digital, however, that he made the decision to end his campaign the […]
Trump-endorsed congressional candidate pledges entire $174K salary to wounded Iraq War veteran’s family
Trump-endorsed Republican congressional candidate Anthony Constantino says he will donate $174,000 — the equivalent of one year’s congressional salary — to the family of Sgt. Eddie Ryan, a wounded Iraq War veteran, regardless of whether he wins his race in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Constantino, the CEO of Sticker Mule, made the surprise pledge […]
Dem Senate candidate makes stunning admission about antisemitism in her party: ‘Dangerous’
Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, wasted no time answering whether an antisemitism problem exists in the Democratic Party. “There is,” McMorrow answered bluntly at a debate Senate debate on Thursday. “At the Democratic convention, an attendee yelled an antisemitic slur at my husband, who is Jewish and was walking with my […]
Pirro doubles down on juvenile crime crackdown after DC mayor candidate calls Trump admin curfews ‘dangerous’
U.S. District Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Tuesday told Fox News that she plans to implement measures to crack down on juvenile crime with or without local D.C. officials. The three top Democratic candidates for mayor of the nation’s capital all said during a Monday night debate that they would refuse […]