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Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Legislative Top 5 - Special Veepstakes Edition

Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President just over two weeks ago, speculation has swirled about the identity of her pick for the Vice Presidential candidate....more

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Cozen Currents: Biden Goes Off-label

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The Cozen Lens - •Young voters and progressives are a weak spot for President Biden’s re-election bid, particularly as Israel’s war with Hamas has left the Democratic Party deeply divided. •As the presidential election...more

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Cozen Currents: Biden's Second Wind

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The Cozen Lens - •Democrats would have to run the board in a bunch of vulnerable races to maintain control of the Senate. Although unlikely, it’s not impossible, as Republicans proved in the midterm elections. ...more

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Cozen Currents: MAGA After Trump

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The Cozen Lens - • Former President Trump has no clear heir apparent after his political career is over, either in 2024 or 2028, but Trumpism is here to stay as a dominant force in the Republican Party. • Congress is...more

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Cozen Currents: What Does It Mean to be a Republican or a Democrat Today?

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The Cozen Lens - •Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) battle to stay in the Senate representing the red state of Ohio and former Governor Larry Hogan’s (R-MD) fight to represent his blue state of Maryland are different sides of...more

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Cozen Currents: The General Election Begins

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The Cozen Lens- •With Super Tuesday, the State of the Union, and the release of President Biden’s FY25 budget, this past week has been a politically consequential one. This series of events mark the pivot to the general...more

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Cozen Currents: Will the Blue Wall Hold?

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The Cozen Lens - • Michigan was a reliably blue state in national elections for much of the last 30 years until former President Trump broke through the “blue wall” in 2016. Although President Biden won the state in 2020, he...more

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Cozen Currents: The Defining Threat (to Define the Threat) to Democracy

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The Cozen Lens- • On the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, both Democrats and Republicans argue that democracy is under threat, but from distinctly different perspectives. • Both parties...more

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Cozen Currents: The Best Defense is a Good Offense

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The Cozen Lens- •President Biden and the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, former President Trump, both have high unfavorability ratings, setting up next year’s election as a choice between the lesser of two...more

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2024 Election Campaign Finance by the Numbers: Coordination Bans and Electioneering Communication Windows

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With the first Republican Presidential debate behind us, we know that we are approaching the 2024 election season. Yesterday (Sunday, September 17), the season really kicked off as far as federal campaign finance is...more

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Cozen Currents: The Inseparable Line Between Governing and Campaigning

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The Cozen Lens- • Members of Congress have returned to Washington with a lengthy to-do list. Most pressing is appropriations given the potential for a government shutdown at the end of this month. Lawmakers will address...more

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Cozen Currents: Trump is Biden's Best (and Worst) Case for Re-election

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The Cozen Lens- •Presidential re-election campaigns are generally a referendum on the incumbent, but for President Biden, the negative case for a second term (i.e., he’s not former President Trump) is stronger than the...more

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Cozen Currents - 2023: The Year of the Moderates?

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The Cozen Lens- •Although former President Trump is the only declared candidate for 2024 thus far, several in the GOP will seek to claim the mantle of the MAGA movement. Meanwhile, President Biden will lay the groundwork...more

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Cozen Currents: Why Do People Hate President Biden?

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Republicans love to cuss out the president while Democrats aren’t feeling much love for their party leader. Yet the success and longevity of Joe Biden's presidency won't be measured by who he is and how many memes are...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Analysis of The 2020 Elections: Election Results and Policy Implications

As we have done for every U.S. national election since 2004, we are pleased to share with you Kelley Drye’s 2020 Election Analysis, prepared by the firm’s Government Relations and Public Policy team. This election has...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Don’t (Fully) Trust Public Opinion Polls

The 2020 election seems to be nearing the end of the vote-counting phase, with the final ballots in Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania being tallied as I write. But one clear loser is already evident: the preelection polls....more

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NC Legislative Update: Election Recap, November 4, 2020

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November 6th Update Overview As the dust begins to settle, there remains a lot of unknowns related to the results of Tuesday’s elections in North Carolina. While some key races have been called by the major news outlets,...more

McGuireWoods Consulting

Virginia Preliminary Election Results 2020

Overview - Virginia's 2020 election results — like numerous other states' — are still being tabulated given the unprecedented number of early votes cast in person and via mail-in ballots. Due to changes in election...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Replacing a Presidential Candidate on State Ballots

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House and, thankfully, appears to have a mild case of COVID-19. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is 77, has so far tested negative for the virus but, as we’ve seen, that...more

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Democratic Tax Policy Proposals - February 2020

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Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more

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Where the President and Democratic Candidates Stand on Collective Bargaining Rights of Gig Workers

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The Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus historically signals who the likely Democratic Presidential Candidate will be. As we dive in to the 2020 election season, we explore the potential candidates’ positions on key labor...more

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Democratic Tax Policy Proposals - January 2020

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Recently, several of the presidential candidates and other prominent Democrats have suggested a number of different tax policy proposals, including wealth taxes, mark-to-market taxation, a VAT, additional taxes, increased...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

How Can Any American Not Vote? — Getting off the couch

Get Out and Vote in 2018!! Why is it important to vote? Because it is an opportunity to change the future of the country. Voting is a privilege and a right, but, more aptly, it should be considered a duty — a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Podcast: Congressional Investigations and the Midterm Elections

In this episode, Akin Gump congressional investigations practice co-heads Rafi Prober and Steve Ross look at the history of Hill investigations and how the midterm elections may change their emphasis and targets. Among the...more

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2016 Presidential Conventions: What Congress Members and Attendees Need to Know

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With the 2016 presidential conventions underway and as the November presidential election draws near, this post is part of a series on what different entities and groups need to know about their political activity as the 2016...more

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