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Stansbury Surpasses Haaland and Biden in NM-01 Special Election
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In Short: In the NM-01 special election, Democrat Melanie Stansbury exceeded the vote shares of Deb Haaland and Joe Biden, taking 60 percent to Republican Mark Moores' 36 percent.
In the NM-01 special election, Democrat Melanie Stansbury exceeded the vote shares of Deb Haaland and Joe Biden, taking 60 percent to Republican state Sen. Mark Moores' 36 percent, according to Cook Political Report.
Republicans need to net five seats to take the majority in the 2022 midterms, and they are targeting Democrats who sit in Trump districts and those who took less than 55 percent in the last election.
Stansbury's victory also highlights the effectiveness of grassroots donor energy, which has not yet appeared for Republicans in this election.
Despite Moores being the first to air on TV, Stansbury outspent him in the last month of the campaign by an almost 10-1 margin.
Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, the Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who fled to neighboring India.
Interim leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has called for help from the UN rights chief Volker Turk, citing a flood of misinformation surrounding the elections.
Authorities in Bangladesh have created a special unit to curb false content, including sophisticated AI-generated images, due to the severe scale of online manipulation.
In Israel, political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin noted that polls are a reflection of who the people are, though they are not perfect.
She added that the more parties under risk, the more uncertainty it creates concerning the final result.
The Israeli voter generally tends to vote strategically for parties that have a certain level of certainty that they’ll cross the electoral threshold.
In the United States, President Donald Trump is facing serious warning signs for the Republican Party, with a strong majority of voters believing he is falling short at home and abroad.
Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s push to target law enforcement officials involved with his investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
What this adds
An early childhood special education paraprofessional still owed $389, even with good dental insurance, highlighting the financial struggles faced by many voters.
The postponement of Palestinian elections to September 11, 2027, raises questions about the stability and progress of the region.
Protests in Mumbai and Delhi demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid questions over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
What's confirmed
- In the NM-01 special election, Democrat Melanie Stansbury exceeded the vote shares of Deb Haaland and Joe Biden, taking 60 percent to Republican state Sen. Mark Moores' 36 percent, according to Cook Political Report.
- Republicans need to net five seats to take the majority in the 2022 midterms, and they are targeting Democrats who sit in Trump districts and those who took less than 55 percent in the last election.
- Stansbury's victory also highlights the effectiveness of grassroots donor energy, which has not yet appeared for Republicans in this election.
- Despite Moores being the first to air on TV, Stansbury outspent him in the last month of the campaign by an almost 10-1 margin.
- Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, the Muslim-majority nation of around 170 million people is preparing for its first election since a 2024 student-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who fled to neighboring India.
- Interim leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has called for help from the UN rights chief Volker Turk, citing a flood of misinformation surrounding the elections.
- Authorities in Bangladesh have created a special unit to curb false content, including sophisticated AI-generated images, due to the severe scale of online manipulation.
- In Israel, political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin noted that polls are a reflection of who the people are, though they are not perfect.
- She added that the more parties under risk, the more uncertainty it creates concerning the final result.
- The Israeli voter generally tends to vote strategically for parties that have a certain level of certainty that they’ll cross the electoral threshold.
- In the United States, President Donald Trump is facing serious warning signs for the Republican Party, with a strong majority of voters believing he is falling short at home and abroad.
- Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s push to target law enforcement officials involved with his investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
What's still developing
- Even so, the fact that a “defund the police” attack failed to get traction in an overwhelmingly blue district doesn't mean it won’t be successful in a more competitive district.
- Instead, the bigger question was whether she'd be able to match Haaland's (16 points) and Joe Biden's (23 points) 2020 margins of victory.
- Johnson said, “We’re in the middle of international conflicts right now, and we should not be playing games with national security,” according to ABC7 New York.
- Speaker Johnson described Massie’s move as a “publicity stunt by someone who wants attention” and stated that the resolution would be “immediately tabled” once the House returns after the elections.
- “The world is going backwards. We can barely afford anything,” said Diana Walker, a 65-year-old Democrat from Decatur, Georgia.
- “I’m like, ‘Tina, OK, you were in a position for this moment to do this,’” she said.
- An early childhood special education paraprofessional, she still owed $389, even with good dental insurance.
- Fox News correspondent Mark Meredith has the latest on the key storylines shaping the race to the 2026 midterm elections, including the political fallout from the Supreme Court's Missouri redistricting decision, the battle for control of Congress, and the issues driving voters as both parties intensify their push toward November on 'Special Report.' The Missouri Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that it was considering holding Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt amid an escalating battle over proposed congressional maps.
- Hoskins must appear in court Thursday to explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt for instructing election officials to use the 2025 congressional map despite an injunction barring its use.
- After a six-month layoff, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have rejoined the Russia-Ukraine negotiating process.
- The White House may be keen to achieve something ahead of the November midterm elections in the United States, but Washington officials face steep challenges unless they can bring a dramatically new approach to the process.
- Rather than take place as scheduled next month, the decree issued Friday pushes the elections back to Sept. 11, 2027, according to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency.