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— Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the Democratic primary for the state's lone U.S. House seat on Tuesday, The Associated Press projected, putting her one step closer to becoming the first transgender member of Congress. She will be the favorite to win the general election to replace Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who is running for U.S. Senate, in heavily Democratic Delaware this November. "Nobody is more qualified than Sarah to represent the values of Delaware in Congress. Sarah McBride was elected in 2020 to represent Delaware’s 1st Senate District. In 2016, McBride became the first trans person to speak at a major political convention when she gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

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☆ Harris and Trump battle to be the 'change' candidate: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

In today’s edition, senior political editor Mark Murray looks at how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are trying to position themselves as the candidate of change. Poll shows Trump winning the 'change' argument — for nowBy Mark MurrayIt’s not too surprising that the latest national New York Times/Siena College poll finds a razor-close contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. In the NYT/Siena poll, 25% of likely voters said Harris represents major change and 15% said she represents minor change, while 55% said she represents more of the same. That’s compared with 53% of voters who see Trump as representing major change, 8% as minor change, and 34% as more the same. Breaking barriers in Delaware: State Sen. Sarah McBride is expected to take another step toward becoming the first transgender person elected to Congress.

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☆ Harris' campaign is transforming big crowds into volunteers on the ground in key swing states
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Yamiche Alcindor | Yamiche Alcindor Is An Nbc News Washington Correspondent. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“We have this very organic, very real, very palpable energy from people that want to support the ticket,” said Dan Kanninen, the Harris campaign’s battleground states director. Last week in Nevada, 1,000 of the 5,010 volunteer sign-ups were for the next day to join a series of weekly events the campaign holds on Sundays, a campaign official said. The campaign official said the burst of sign-ups made Sunday the biggest day yet for the weekly series. Harris’ campaign sees the moment of enthusiasm as one to build on, not squander. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., a national co-chair of the Harris campaign, also said the campaign has always had a plan to keep fighting until Election Day.

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☆ Democrats Aim for a Breakthrough for Black Women in the Senate
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Carol Moseley Braun, one of only two Black women to have been elected to the Senate in U.S. history, was in Paris on Wednesday when she was informed that another Black woman, Angela Alsobrooks, had won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat in Maryland. “That’s wonderful.”With Ms. Alsobrooks’s come-from-behind victory in Tuesday’s primary, voters in November will most likely have the chance to double the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate. Another Democrat, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, is the odds-on favorite to win her party’s nomination in September for an open Senate seat in heavily Democratic Delaware. If both win in November, for the first time, two Black women will serve in Congress’s upper chamber at the same time. Representative Barbara Lee, a seasoned political veteran and an antiwar icon, received barely a glance from the party apparatus this year when she ran for an open Senate seat in California.

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☆ In Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary, a high-stakes clash between a history-making pick and a candidate with deep pockets
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Silver Spring, Maryland CNN —The farmers market in this suburb of Washington, DC, was a ripe crowd for Angela Alsobrooks, who’s locked in an increasingly contentious Senate Democratic primary on Tuesday. “I would really like to see a Black woman in the Senate. If elected in November, Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George’s County, could become only the third Black woman ever elected to the Senate. (The one Black woman currently serving — California’s Laphonza Butler — was appointed and isn’t running to stay beyond this year.) “Electing women is not just good for Maryland,” Alsobrooks told supporters assembled outside her campaign office.

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☆ Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is running to become the nation's first transgender member of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride is running for a seat in the US House of Representatives. If she wins, she'll be the nation's first openly transgender member of Congress. McBride previously interned for the Obama Administration and was the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign. If she wins in November 2024, she'll become the nation's first openly-transgender member of Congress. Elected as a state senator in 2020, McBride is the highest-ranking transgender legislator in the United States.

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☆ Carper Says He Will Retire, Vacating Seat in Solidly Democratic Delaware
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Thomas R. Carper, a veteran Democrat from Delaware, announced on Monday that he would not seek re-election next year, opening up a seat in a deep-blue state that he said he hoped would go to his handpicked successor. Mr. Carper, 76, is in his fourth term in the Senate and is the last surviving Vietnam veteran to serve there. He has held public office since the 1970s, first as Delaware’s treasurer, then for a decade as a congressman, then as governor and, since 2001, as a senator. “This just seems like a good time just to turn the page and move on,” Mr. Carper said at a news conference in Wilmington, Del. He added, “I’ve got miles to go, and I’m going to make every day count.”The senator said he intended to do all he could to help Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, the Democrat who serves as the state’s only member of the House and was his former intern, win the race to succeed him.

A series of upcoming challenges, from the ongoing war in Ukraine to a still-uncertain economy, could provide hurdles to Biden’s reelection. The Washington beltway event may be indicative of what’s to come for the Biden reelection campaign strategy. “Just like four years ago—I’m off to teach and Joe’s launched his (re-election) campaign! Obama held his first reelection campaign rally in May 2012, 13 months after announcing his bid for a second term. The wait for a Biden reelection rally could be just as long.

☆ TikTok CEO got grilled by lawmakers from both parties on whether the Chinese-owned app can protect American privacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"Welcome to the most bipartisan committee in Congress," boomed Rep. Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind., noted this was the 32nd hearing Congress has held on privacy and Big Tech. A ban or forced sale of the app, which some members think is the only way to solve the immediate risks, is another matter. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) is reviewing ByteDance's acquisition of TikTok's predecessor app, Musical.ly. Or, the government could find other ways to try to ban the app.

☆ The TikTok CEO's day in Congress was a 'disaster' that means the app will still likely get banned or sold, Wall Street says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of US Congress, amid calls for a forced sale or ban. But after hours of grilling, the testimony likely had the opposite effect. A sale or ban of TikTok is still likelyWithout a radical shift in the conversation, the status quo is upheld. Which means that the same question is now being asked: Is TikTok more likely to be forced to sell, or will it be banned outright? "It's very possible that Congress advances these bills and, and passes them, but those bills won't ban TikTok," he said.

☆ The TikTok CEO's day in Congress was a 'disaster' that failed to prove a sale or ban isn't the only way forward, Wall Street says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of US Congress, amid calls for a forced sale or ban. But after hours of grilling, the testimony likely had the opposite effect. Thursday's hearing likely gave lawmakers even more fuel for the argument in favor of a sale or a ban. A sale or ban of TikTok is still likelyWithout a radical shift in the conversation, the status quo is upheld. "It's very possible that Congress advances these bills and, and passes them, but those bills won't ban TikTok," he said.

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☆ Biden and Democratic Norms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Democrats have spent six years warning about the threat to democratic norms and institutions, and sometimes they’re even right—the Jan. 6, 2021 riot being Exhibit A. But they’d have more credibility if they stopped undermining democratic institutions when it suits their political purposes. President Biden is a leading offender on that score these days, and he did it again last week by attacking the Supreme Court at a Democratic fundraiser. “I view this off-year election as one of the most important elections that I’ve been engaged in because a lot can change because the institutions have changed. The Supreme Court is more of an advocacy group these days than it is a, even-handed about it,” the President said at an event for Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester .

☆ Biden says Supreme Court is 'more of an advocacy group' than 'evenhanded'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued his most pointed criticism of the Supreme Court yet, describing the high court as "more of an advocacy group these days" than "evenhanded." "The Supreme Court is more of an advocacy group these days than it is ... evenhanded about it," Biden said when speaking about the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 8. Biden's comments come several months after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 decision that made abortions legal nationwide. Republican leaders changed the Senate rules in 2017, lowering the threshold to confirm Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to 51 and allowing then-President Donald Trump to put three justices on the high court. Biden this year nominated his first Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman on the court.

☆ Biden calls the Supreme Court 'more of an advocacy group' than an 'evenhanded' institution
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Biden criticized the Supreme Court as "more of an advocacy group." The court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. "The Supreme Court is more of an advocacy group these days than it is ... evenhanded," the president continued. Biden has publicly criticized the Supreme Court since June, when a 5-4 conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion nearly 50 years ago. "The president believes the Supreme Court must be nonpartisan," Jean-Pierre said, "and committed to upholding the Constitution and the rule of law regardless of politics."

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