Tag: 2022 Elections
Restaurant Workers in D.C. Are Organizing To Overcome Corruption and Corporate Power
Restaurant workers in Washington D.C. could get a huge raise if voters pass a measure to end the tipped minimum wage next month. Restaurant workers…
October 12, 2022
Three Billionaires Are Spending a Fortune to Re-elect Ron Johnson
By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge Three billionaires who have benefited from tax cuts pushed through by Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson are funding…
October 11, 2022
Herschel Walker Is the Only Senate Candidate Giving Paid Speeches for Lobbyists
By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge Georgia Republican Herschel Walker is the only candidate in the upcoming Senate elections who gave paid speeches to…
October 4, 2022
JD Vance Claims He’s Taking on Elites. His Donor List Tells Another Story.
Video narrated by Brian Tyler Cohen JD Vance–the investment banker, author, and now politician–built a career for himself on the idea that he’s a man…
September 29, 2022
Rochelle Garza May Unseat Texas’s Corrupt Attorney General
Video edited by Josh Hirschfeld-Kroen More than one and a half years after the deadly power grid failure that knocked out electricity for millions of…
September 29, 2022
Maine’s Biggest City Will Vote on an Ambitious Economic Agenda in November
This November, Portland, Maine will get the chance to vote on an ambitious economic agenda, including ballot initiatives that would raise the minimum wage, eliminate…
September 28, 2022
Election To Watch: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on the Verge of Upsetting Pro-Trump Candidate
Video edited by Meg Herschlein In an under-the-radar congressional race, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a working class auto shop owner, is taking on pro-Trump Republican Joe…
September 26, 2022
Texas AG Ken Paxton Takes Campaign Cash From Power Companies Responsible for Grid Failure
Rochelle Garza, the Democratic nominee for Texas Attorney General, is pledging to investigate the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s faulty grid…
September 26, 2022
J.D. Vance Refuses To Side With Kroger Workers’ Fight For Higher Wages In Ohio
On September 13, 14, and 15, thousands of Kroger workers cast ballots at grocery stores across Central Ohio to reject a contract offer and authorize…
September 23, 2022
The Biggest Outside Spender On Election TV Ads Has A Dangerous Agenda — Kill Social Security And Medicare
By David Moore and Donald Shaw, Sludge A conservative anti-tax, anti-Social Security nonprofit that was founded in the late ‘90s has dramatically scaled up its…
September 21, 2022
The Ballot Initiatives to Watch in 2022
November's elections will determine control of the U.S. Senate and House, but there are also a number of key ballot measures that will shape the…
September 20, 2022
Pennsylvania Race Between Pro-Labor Voting Rights Attorney and Software Executive Will Be Crucial in Battle for House Majority
Pennsylvania will be crucial to Democrats’ chances of maintaining control of Congress in November. John Fetterman, the large, tattooed populist running against Trump-backed celebrity TV…
September 19, 2022