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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…

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…
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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…
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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…

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…

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…
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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…

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…
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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…
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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…

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…
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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…
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