Cory Booker

Here is a very early, initial look at the Democratic Party politicians considered to be potential 2028 presidential contenders in the next race for the White House.

Six days remain to campaign in the presidential race, and no stone is being left unturned.Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made multiple stops in New Hampshire Wednesday in support of Kamala Harris and Granite State gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig.“We feel good about where things are going, but you’ve got to run through the tape here in New Hampshire,” Shapiro said.The Granite State still appears to be a priority for the Harris-Walz campaign. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey have all passed through in recent weeks.Political analyst Scott Spradling says the strategy is smart.“This is an enthusiasm build for Democrats in New Hampshire,” Spradling said. “The idea here is, ‘We can win this thing if our people turn out.'”That said, it’s been an up-and-down week for the Harris campaign. At first, it seized on comments from a comedian who called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. But then, she had to respond after President Joe Biden seemed to counter that by disparaging Trump supporters.“That’s not a way I would ever speak about a fellow Pennsylvanian or a fellow American,” said Shapiro. “But the focus here is not on Joe Biden, it needs to be on the difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.”Shapiro will bring that mindset back to Pennsylvania, where Trump has ramped up baseless claims of election fraud in recent days.“The people who are working on this election, Republican and Democratic clerks alike, are doing an outstanding job,” Shapiro said. “Donald Trump keeps trying to do what he did in 2020, throw gasoline on the fire, make all kinds of noise, create chaos and undermine faith in the system.”The Keystone State is expected to play a pivotal role in deciding the election.“It’s a toss-up, it’s a close race,” said Shapiro. “We’re not afraid of that because in Pennsylvania, the last two races have come down to less than a point.”Shapiro won’t be the last high-profile Democratic surrogate coming through New Hampshire this year. Former President Bill Clinton is expected to pass through the Granite State in the final days before the election.Decision 2024Decision 2024Oct 29Harris says fear and division stirred by Trump is ‘not who we are'Decision 2024Oct 29Fact Focus: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 electionDonald TrumpOct 29Why it would be difficult for Trump to reverse the 2024 election results

The House Small Business Committee is issuing another attempt before Election Day to compel the Small Business Administration to cooperate with its oversight of Michigan electioneering claims.

Six days remain to campaign in the presidential race, and no stone is being left unturned.Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made multiple stops in New Hampshire Wednesday in support of Kamala Harris and Granite State gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig.“We feel good about where things are going, but you’ve got to run through the tape here in New Hampshire,” Shapiro said.The Granite State still appears to be a priority for the Harris-Walz campaign. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey have all passed through in recent weeks.Political analyst Scott Spradling says the strategy is smart.“This is an enthusiasm build for Democrats in New Hampshire,” Spradling said. “The idea here is, ‘We can win this thing if our people turn out.'”That said, it’s been an up-and-down week for the Harris campaign. At first, it seized on comments from a comedian who called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally. But then, she had to respond after President Joe Biden seemed to counter that by disparaging Trump supporters.“That’s not a way I would ever speak about a fellow Pennsylvanian or a fellow American,” said Shapiro. “But the focus here is not on Joe Biden, it needs to be on the difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.”Shapiro will bring that mindset back to Pennsylvania, where Trump has ramped up baseless claims of election fraud in recent days.“The people who are working on this election, Republican and Democratic clerks alike, are doing an outstanding job,” Shapiro said. “Donald Trump keeps trying to do what he did in 2020, throw gasoline on the fire, make all kinds of noise, create chaos and undermine faith in the system.”The Keystone State is expected to play a pivotal role in deciding the election.“It’s a toss-up, it’s a close race,” said Shapiro. “We’re not afraid of that because in Pennsylvania, the last two races have come down to less than a point.”Shapiro won’t be the last high-profile Democratic surrogate coming through New Hampshire this year. Former President Bill Clinton is expected to pass through the Granite State in the final days before the election.Decision 2024Decision 202424 hours agoHarris says fear and division stirred by Trump is ‘not who we are'Decision 2024Oct 29Fact Focus: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 electionDonald TrumpOct 29Why it would be difficult for Trump to reverse the 2024 election results

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) warned donors last week that internal polling for her Senate campaign shows Vice President Kamala Harris is "underwater" in Michigan, according to a video clip obtained by Axios.Why it matters: Winning Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania is Harris' simplest path to victory. If former President Trump sweeps the Sun Belt, he'd only need to pick off one of those Blue Wall states to win the election.FiveThirtyEight's average of polls has Harris up by about 2.4 points in Michigan. The latest New York Times/Siena College poll has her up by just one.Michigan is also a top pickup opportunity for Senate Republicans, with millions of dollars now flooding the race between Slotkin and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.).What she's saying: "I'm not feeling my best right now about where we are on Kamala Harris in a place like Michigan," Slotkin said during a virtual fundraiser on Wednesday with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), according to a recording."We have her underwater in our polling," Slotkin added.Spokespeople for Slotkin's campaign did not respond to requests for comment.Between the lines: It's not unusual for campaigns to paint themselves as the polling underdog as a fundraising tactic.RCP's polling average has Slotkin up 48% to 43%, and the recent NYT/Siena poll has her up by five points. Republicans have also raised alarm about Democrats' 2:1 money advantage in the state.But there are some signs the Senate race could be tightening — Republican internal polling shows the candidates are statistically tied, according to a source familiar with the matter.Senate races in ruby-red Ohio and Montana have been getting more money and attention, but a Republican win in Michigan would be a major upset and virtually guarantee a GOP majority.

The lines that have traditionally defined each party’s priorities are blurring as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fight to expand their political coalitions in the final days of the campaign.

Both candidates are taking stances that would have once been anathema to their bases.

Woodbine Mayor William Pikolycky welcomes a $1 million federal grant that will help get contaminated sites in the borough back into use, including a former hat factory that burned down in the 1970s, with the site left idle since then.

Democrats brought the bill back to the Senate floor after Republicans previously blocked the measure from advancing in June.

Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would have created a right to access IVF treatments and mandated that insurance plans cover the practice, deriding the vote as a political ploy. Senators voted against advancing the bill, 51-44, marking the second time Democrats have sought to put Republicans on the record on the contentious issue. [...]

Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, will campaign for Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election.

Former President Donald Trump has begun to shut down the possibility of a second match against Vice President Kamala Harris after debating her Tuesday night, claiming he doesn't need to debate her again because he won the debate.

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.,'s successor, George Helmy, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's former chief of staff, will be sworn into the Senate on Monday.

Democrats are finding their footing on football, promoting their pigskin backgrounds and talking up the game. Republicans, however, see an inauthentic rebrand.

Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, has called herself a "mother by marriage."

Transgender people and issues were mentioned by only two speakers during the convention’s main programming slate.

The Democrat from New Jersey was convicted on bribery and other charges last month. Gov. Phil Murphy will appoint Menendez’s replacement ahead of the November general election.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is slated to resign by the end of the day, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is expected to resign by the end of the day Tuesday, about a month after a jury convicted him on federal bribery charges.Menendez signaled his resignation last month in a letter to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who said Friday he’s tapping a former top aide to succeed the three-term incumbent.George Helmy will succeed Menendez until the November election results for the Senate seat are certified late in the month, the governor said. At that point, Murphy said Helmy will resign and he’ll name the winner of the election to the seat.The stakes in the Senate election are high, with Democrats holding on to a narrow majority. Republicans have not won a Senate election in Democratic-leaning New Jersey in over five decades.Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican hotel developer Curtis Bashaw are facing off in the general election.Helmy, 44, served as Murphy’s chief of staff from 2019 until 2023 and currently serves as an executive at one of the state’s largest health care providers, RWJBarnabas Health. He previously served as Sen. Cory Booker’s state director in the Senate.Menendez, 70, was convicted on charges that he used his influence to meddle in three different state and federal criminal investigations to protect the businessmen. Prosecutors said he helped one bribe-paying friend get a multimillion-dollar deal with a Qatari investment fund and another keep a contract to provide religious certification for meat bound for Egypt.He was also convicted of taking actions that benefited Egypt’s government in exchange for bribes, including providing details on personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and ghostwriting a letter to fellow senators regarding lifting a hold on military aid to Egypt. FBI agents also said they found stacks of gold bars and $480,000 hidden in Menendez’s house.Menendez denied all of the allegations, and in in a letter to Murphy last month, he said he’s planning to appeal the conviction.The resignation appears to mark the end of a nearly lifelong political career for Menendez, who was first elected to his local school board just a couple of years after his high school graduation. He was also elected to the state Legislature and Congress before heading to the Senate.Menendez is the only U.S. senator indicted twice.In 2015, he was charged with letting a wealthy Florida eye doctor buy his influence through luxury vacations and campaign contributions. After a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in 2017, New Jersey federal prosecutors dropped the case rather than put him on trial again.He served as a Democrat in Congress but decided not to run in the primary this year as his court case was unfolding. He filed to run as an independent in the fall, though he withdrew his name from the ballot on Friday, according to a letter he sent to state election officials.

Three presidents, leaders in Congress and other prominent members of the party are expected to address the Democratic National Convention.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seen after Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, is looking ahead to his next act.

Nevada — a battleground state whose six electoral votes could be the determining factor in determining the next presidency — will be of great importance at the Democratic National Convention.

Politicians often recalibrate in the face of shifting public opinion and circumstance. Across two decades in elected offices, Vice President Kamala Harris is no exception.

George Helmy will serve as a caretaker until January 2025.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped his former chief of staff to serve temporarily as a U.S. senator to replace convicted Sen. Bob Menendez. Murphy announced George Helmy's appointment on Friday. Helmy's term will end when a permanent...

As a U.S. senator, Harris pushed criminal justice reforms. Will she run on her ideas — or run away from them?The post Kamala Harris Wants to Distinguish Herself From Joe Biden. Criminal Justice Is a Place to Start. appeared first on The Intercept.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A person familiar with the decision...

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Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will reportedly tap former chief of staff, George Helmy, to hold Sen. Bob Menendez's seat until January.

From geographic balancing to making up for what the presidential candidate lacks, the considerations for picking a vice presidential candidate have changed and evolved since the 19th century.

Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

The vote on the bill, pushed by activist groups and Democrat senators for months, appears likely to be defeated amid opposition from some Republicans.

A coalition of 17 youth-led groups endorsed Kamala Harris, and groups in several states thanked President Joe Biden for stepping aside.

A proposal to expand the popular Child Tax Credit is being opposed by Senate Republicans, who claim it will discourage work and reward illegal immigrants.

The Arizona senator told HuffPost he would vote for the pro-labor legislation, voicing his commitment to unions as he's considered for the Democratic ticket.

In 2021, he referred to Democrats as "a bunch of childless cat ladies." He's also said parents should have more political say than people who don't have kids.

Photos through the years of Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for president in 2020 in Iowa and her visits to the Chicago area.

Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar speaks to reporters as she arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol.

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is reportedly planning to resign after he was found guilty on federal bribery charges.

Staff members were informed of the senator's decision Tuesday.

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez plans to resign after being convicted on federal corruption charges.

From “brat summer” to “coconut tree,” a tidal wave of Kamala Harris memes are flooding social media timelines. Here’s a primer to get in the know.

The presidential campaign seemed destined to be a slog featuring two candidates, Biden and Trump, who voters didn't really want. That changed on Sunday, just 107 days before the election.

President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton and former presidential candidate and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton all endorsed Harris on Sunday.

Top Democrats believe Biden could announce a decision to step down in the race as soon as this weekend, Axios reported Thursday.

President Biden testing positive for COVID-19 offers grim counterprogramming to an energetic Republican National Convention, during which former President Trump is set to give his first speech on Thursday since surviving an assassination attempt. While Biden is isolating at his home in Delaware, Trump bounced back from the shooting at his rally on Saturday to [...]

President Biden testing positive for COVID-19 offers grim counterprogramming to an energetic Republican National Convention, during which former President Trump is set to give his first speech on Thursday since surviving an assassination attempt. While Biden is isolating at his home in Delaware, Trump bounced back from the shooting at his rally on Saturday to [...]

President Biden testing positive for COVID-19 offers grim counterprogramming to an energetic Republican National Convention, during which former President Trump is set to give his first speech on Thursday since surviving an assassination attempt. While Biden is isolating at his home in Delaware, Trump bounced back from the shooting at his rally on Saturday to [...]

President Biden testing positive for COVID-19 offers grim counterprogramming to an energetic Republican National Convention, during which former President Trump is set to give his first speech on Thursday since surviving an assassination attempt. While Biden is isolating at his home in Delaware, Trump bounced back from the shooting at his rally on Saturday to [...]