Tag / Claire McCaskill
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Splitting the Ticket: The Gap Between Statewide Races and Ballot Initiatives
Looking past the top line numbers in the House and Senate, one of the most interesting results of the midterm elections is the gap between ballot initiatives and statewide races in red and purple states. The results of the statewide races clearly show the strength of partisan polarization. Incumbent Democratic senators lost in Missouri and…
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Laryngitis of a Generation
BY ALISON SCHREIBER Four years and one fortnight ago the Supreme Court of the United States of America made a monumental and infamous decision. This verdict would disregard 100 years of precedent and would lead to an exceptionally expensive election. Overturning Austin and McConnell while affirming Buckley and Bellotti, this decision relied heavily upon the majority’s opinion in the latter cases and…
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Akin Pains in Missouri
If you don’t know Todd Akin’s name, that doesn’t mean you don’t know who he is. Remember the Missouri representative who claimed women’s bodies had a way to “shut down” rapes that are “legitimate?” That’s him. Todd Akin is the Republican representative from Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District, which begins just to the west of I-170…
