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Pols & Politics: Former Gov. Charlie Baker to headline Dem DA candidate’s fundraiser, snubs GOP hopeful

Charlie Baker is hosting a fundraiser for a Democratic DA candidate while snubbing the GOP challenger. Plus: Spilka responds to criticism of a veteran campaign sign and another Healey endorsement.

Aug 9 • 4:28 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com

Kawhi Leonard had multimillion deal with Clippers scoreboard-maker

The latest news surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard features additional evidence that the organization may have circumvented the salary cap via secret endorsement deals. While the Clippers...

Aug 6 • 11:09 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

MrBeast Sales Slow, Angel Stock Falls, MUBI and Neon Look for Hits, and Will an NBA Franchise Set a Sales Record?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) You probably remember egg prices spiking a few years ago. This led to a lot of debate between the pro-market/pro-competition/antitrust/Neo-Brandesian crowd and the center/center-right/center-left/abundance/libertarian crowd over the cause, whether it was the avian flu outbreak or whether industry consolidation led to price fixing, using avian flu as a convenient cover. Basel Musharbash wrote a whole investigation at BIG looking at it. Well, two years later, we have our answer: it was price fixing. The Justice Department found proof, via emails, of price fixing. Indeed, just the threat of an investigation brought prices down two years ago: I bring this up because at least half a dozen of my favorite political writers and pundits, who were skeptical about price fixing at the time, haven’t written any mea culpas on this issue. It’s really dispiriting and makes it much, much harder to trust their work on other issues. If you take a hard stand on an issue, then you get it wrong, you need to explain how and why you got it wrong. Or update your priors. This is how epistemological bubbles are formed! All of which is to say, it’s time for another installment of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. Last issue, I mostly focused on the “wrong” side of the equation, so today’s is a bit more balanced, but with one big mea culpa (though I still stand by my original concerns). Let’s dive right in! Subscribe CORRECTION: UFC Didn’t Release Subscriber Data (But Seems to Have Bragged About It Internally) In my analysis of the viewership of UFC Freedom 250, I wrote... “Paramount has also released datecdotes bragging about their subscriber numbers. Earlier this year, they claimed that the first UFC fight on Paramount+ brought in 1 million subscribers.” Well, that datecdote did not come from a PR rep, but from great reporting from James Faris at Business Insider. The actual quote was this: “Paramount’s flagship streaming service generated about a million new subscribers on the day of its first-ever UFC event, Paramount product chief Dane Glasgow told employees in a town hall on Tuesday morning, three staffers who attended the meeting told Business Insider.“ This wasn’t the biggest goof in the world; even Faris emphasized to me that this is more a “clarification” than a correction. Still, it sounds like, internally, the folks at Paramount were very happy about this result—and I’m guessing they were happy with this news getting out—even though the gains didn’t last through the quarter, dropping to 700K adds. RIGHT: MrBeast’s Struggles Continue... I’m very skeptical about MrBeast’s burgeoning media “empire” and, in particular, its $5 billion valuation, as I wrote earlier this year and last year. Sure enough, according to Business Insider, regarding its “booming” consumer products division_:_ “US sales volume grew 13% year-over-year in 2025, following a 33% leap the previous year, according to a presentation deck dated May 2026....A February 2025 investor deck viewed by Business Insider showed Feastables’ net revenue more than doubled in 2024 from 2023, to $215 million, and was forecast to grow 74% in 2025, to $375 million.” [Emphasis mine.] If you told investors that you projected 74% growth but delivered 13%,1 that’s not ideal. But it’s not just MrBeast. Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime had sales drop in half for their energy drinks. It’s one thing to build a successful entertainment company and an entirely different thing to succeed in the heavily-consolidated-but-also-very-competitive consumer packaged goods space! CPGs are dominated by a few firms with very wide moats compared to YouTube, which has few barriers to entry. These businesses require different skill sets and have completely different business environments. WRONG: Does the NBA Have an $8 Billion Bidder? Almost as soon as I published my article about the NBA’s finances, casting skepticism on NBA expansion, I saw this Front Office Sports headline: One group “claims to have already raised $8 billion” for the Vegas expansion team. I mean, wow. That’s just $2 billion less than what the Los Angeles Lakers were valued at when they were sold just last year. And they’re arguably the most popular team in the NBA. (Side note: the new owner is now under an investigation for fraud in how he went about financing the Lakers and the Dodgers purchases.) So much for the “dried up” language I used in that article. (This is why I usually stick to my “Entertainment Nuance Guy” tone in articles...) I went off old information—from April, when I read/heard about the NBA downplaying expansion efforts—instead of doing a quick double-check for new news. That said...if you read the article, the market for Seattle is “slow”, with just one reported bidder. So I wasn’t entirely off. This goof has annoyed me since I first published it, mainly because it undercut that article’s real point, which I stand by: NBA franchises are really overvalued right now. Now, I get why NBA teams are overvalued. When it comes to owning sports teams, it’s basically never wrong to assume that some rich person somewhere will care more about owning a team (or just being part of a group since they’re so expensive) than the actual financials. There are only so many teams to own, and opportunities to buy in preferred markets don’t come along very often. This explains why the teams sell for such high multiples (usually above a 10 to 12.5 revenue multiple, which is very high). You only need one person to overpay! Beyond the ultra-wealthy luxury good explanation, I worry NBA teams are becoming speculative assets. More and more private equity investors are buying into NBA teams. But the value, in owning a team, comes from selling it later, not any meaningful relationship to revenue or profit growth. In other words, the newer NBA owners are increasingly expecting someone later to buy their inflated asset. That’s not sound economics; that’s the “greater fool” theory at work.2 At some point, actually making money has to matter. Especially since revenue growth is now below the growth of the stock market. (And this matters because the NBA doesn’t have easy levers to pull to drastically lower their costs—half of their revenue has to go to players and then you actually have to run a team, including coaching, training, travel, media expenses, and more—or raise revenues aside from one-off expansions in America and overseas.) I just don’t see how investors make their money back buying NBA teams, except for selling at a higher price later on down the line. But if revenue/profit growth continues to slow, at some point, someone will be left holding the bag. RIGHT: Baseball and Basketball are about equally popular. Related to the above, I wanted to cite two quick pieces of evidence for one of my other theories: that the NBA and MLB are about as popular as each other, but the NBA gets much, much better media coverage. One YouGov survey has that fans prefer basketball to baseball by 52% to 48%, which I’m guessing is within the margin of error for that poll. That’s virtually even, meaning they’re about the same popularity. Over on NBC, a recent Red Sox-Yankees game averaged 4 million viewers, higher than Sunday Night Basketball’s average of 3.4 million on the same network. A Yankees-Dodgers game averaged 3.9 million two weeks ago. Not every game averages this much, but it shows you that baseball isn’t far off from basketball, depending on the matchup. Altogether, the NBA is just slightly more popular than baseball, but NBC is paying MLB a fraction of what they pay the NBA, a point I’ve made before. RIGHT: Angel, MUBI and Neon Updates... I’ve long been skeptical about many of Hollywood’s buzziest startups/smaller indie studios. It’s not that they don’t make great movies—films like Anora and Everything Everywhere All at Once are amazing—or that they’re not (rightfully) pushing the majors to make better films, but...they get a ton of hype, and that hype often doesn’t live up to the reality or difficulty in scaling up. Starting with MUBI, well, The Wall Street Journal wrote a feature on MUBI’s struggles last April, best summarized by the subheader “After Sequoia valued Mubi at $1 billion, a left-wing revolt sent the indie film company into a tailspin”. MUBI lost $7.3 million on $200 million in revenue in Q4 2025, but reportedly hit a record 1.7 million subscribers at the end of Q1. As for Neon, Department M purchased a “significant stake” in the company earlier this year. How much is that “stake” worth? According to Deadline, “No financial figures for the Neon-Department M deal were disclosed.” So...that’s not great! If it was a big valuation, we’d hear about. Also, I found this curious: “Both Neon and Department M already have separate partnerships with Qatar. The Qatar Film Committee has a slate deal in place with the former, and a biopic production pact with the latter.” Color me skeptical about much Middle Eastern investment dollars. See: LIV Golf. Finally, as for Angel (formerly Angel Studios), their stock very, very slightly popped last month after Young Washington ($20 million budget) which made $45 million in the US, but their stock is still way down from its opening. Smaller Updates RIGHT: The WGA should focus on antitrust concerns! I’ve been on this for years. Post-WGA/AMTPT deal in 2023, I wrote an article for the Ankler calling on the WGA to focus and organize against industry consolidation. Sure enough, the WGA filed a lawsuit against the Paramount-WBD merger, and people are organizing around this issue now. I wish this energy had coalesced earlier (specifically to lobby Washington much earlier), but better late than never! WRONG: Actually, the chip shortage might be due to market manipulation. In my last “Long Reads for the Long Summer” article, I shared an article about how LLMs are causing memory chip prices to spike, which will make all electronics more expensive. Well, turns out, three RAM manufacturers control 90% of the market, and now a private lawsuit accuses them of price-fixing. So yeah. WRONG/UPDATE: The Odyssey will hold! Two weeks ago, I wrote, “As of this moment, we haven’t had a super-blockbuster, though The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday could all cross the $500 million mark. (At this point, The Odyssey would need a very strong hold to get there.)” Well, it’s safe to say it’s going to have that hold! It only dropped 30% in weekend two and IMAX screenings are sold out all month. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is also off to a great start. RIGHT: People are rushing to get shows out yearly. I’ve long been bullish on yearly, weekly-released shows, and Leslie Goldberg at The Ankler wrote about how many people in town are now listening. WRONG: Mark Carney reverses Canada’s stance on homegrown production. After writing about Canada installing domestic production quotas, Canada has backed off. WRONG: I don’t trust Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s online “views”. When I originally wrote about the latest Spider-Man film’s record-breaking trailer, I thought this was just YouTube views, but after watching this Corridor Crew video and doing more research, well, it’s all social views of the trailer globally. Really? That stat includes TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts views. Basically, I don’t trust it anymore. (This film will probably set record, but I trust the pre-sales data more.) RIGHT: Celebrity Production companies are still struggling. I’ve written about this for years, but the company that I didn’t track was Kevin Hart’s HartBeat, which was valued at $650 million but is struggling now and might just end soon, especially after Kevin Hart pulled his endorsement deals. And Bad Robot is moving to NYC. CORRECTION: SpongeBob is a “second run” title. In my 2025 recap article, I had _SpongeBob SquarePants_labelled as a “library” title, when it is still a “second run” show, with new episodes still coming out on Nickelodeon. CORRECTION: In my last “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong” update, I offered a correction from Doug Creutz and misspelled TD Cowen. Thanks, Grammarly! 1 Though he could have increased prices to make up for the gap, he couldn’t have increased them that much. 2 There’s a theory, which I think that Daryl Morey created and Bill Simmons popularized, that, to be successful building your team, you only need a handful of bad GMs in the league to take advantage of. To be clear, Daryl Morey’s theory was also for signing bad contracts, that you could always get out of bad contracts. Basically, there’s always someone who will make a bad trade. It’s not the same exact thing, but similar enough to the Greater Fool Theory that I really like it.

Aug 4 • 11:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com

3 officials rescind endorsements in Mass. Senate race

Here’s a political rarity: Three local elected officials are taking back their endorsement of an incumbent in the stretch run before the election.

Aug 4 • 6:19 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com

If Not AOC, Then Who?

What do we do if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decides not to run for president in 2028? It makes sense that many leftists are currently focused on calling on her to take the plunge. But the absence of a Plan B, or even much discussion about one, is worrisome. The US Left can’t afford to sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. Doing so in 2024 was a disaster: our abstention self-marginalized anti-billionaire politics from the national conversation and thereby gave space for Harris to pivot to the “center” (i.e. the policy preferences of corporate donors, establishment hacks, and AIPAC). Abstaining again in 2028 would be especially counterproductive since democratic socialists now have so much wind in our sails after our big electoral wins in NYC and across the country. It’s time to deepen our momentum, organization, and profile — not to retreat to the margins during America’s single most important political battle. Even more urgently, keeping Trump’s heir out of the White House may depend on whether leftists and the party’s unprecedentedly disenchanted base can force the Democrats in 2028 to take meaningful steps towards a very angry electorate and away from the corporate-consultant blob that has helped get us into this mess. If AOC (or Abdul El-Sayed) decides to run, we should enthusiastically go all in — DSA, fighting unions, progressive organizations, anybody who wants to see a better country and world. But, as far as I can tell from the outside, there’s a real chance that she doesn’t run. And we can’t just wait and see where she lands before discussing alternatives, since AOC’s decision might not come for quite a while, giving us little time to scramble at the last minute for an alternative. So we should start working now on getting a Plan B into motion, and recruiting a good candidate for the role. Here’s one idea. A Worker Candidate — Healthcare Not Warfare 2028 Run a union worker Leftists don’t need to always run experienced, well-known socialist politicians for high-profile contests. Lula, the current president of Brazil, began his political career as a metalworker militant who ran for governor of São Paulo in 1982. Especially in an era of institutional distrust, it’s possible to lean hard into making a virtue out of a working-class comrade’s distance from traditional politics. Experience abroad shows this clearly. Rachel Kéké — an immigrant hotel housekeeper — ran as the candidate of the leftist La France Insoumise for the National Assembly in 2022, defeating a former minister in the Macron government. The Belgian Workers’ Party in 2024 won its first Flemish seat in the European Parliament by running Rudi Kennes, a three-decade veteran of the Opel Antwerp auto factory. And the South Korean left in 2024 elected auto factory militant Yoon Jong-oh to the National Assembly. If a tiny French Trotskyist organization could make such a big splash in 2002 and 2007 by running a well-spoken postal worker cadre for office — the LCR’s Olivier Besancenot received about 1.5 million first-round votes — it’s not far-fetched to expect that a much larger organization like DSA, together with a broader coalition of the willing, could run this playbook to much greater effect. This is especially the case now that almost everything DSA does immediately becomes a national news story. We don’t need someone famous. We just need a charismatic, well-vetted comrade who works in a relatable working-class occupation — e.g. a nurse, or a worker in auto or construction, or at Amazon. Ideally, they have a compelling personal story or have been part of a significant strike or organizing campaign, but even those criteria don’t necessarily have to be deal-breakers. The main lesson of the Graham Platner fiasco isn’t that we should never run outsiders for office (the momentum he generated proves the exact opposite), but that they need proper vetting and roots in democratic membership organizations like DSA or a union. In any case, there are plenty of ways to signal working-class authenticity without resorting to Platner’s or Fetterman’s performative macho white dude affect. Better to have someone of any gender or race who is actually working class, with firm socialist politics, who can speak from experience about the day-to-day realities of trying to make it in America. There are surely at least a dozen such worker leaders in our movement nationwide; we just need to sit down and convince one that their personal sacrifice for the greater good (i.e. running for president) will be worth it. If we don’t have a frontrunner with a clear path to victory like AOC (or El-Sayed, were he to win Michigan), it’s better to embrace someone whose decision to run in itself tells an important story about US politics: workers have been iced out of our political system and are now fighting hard to break back in. The novelty factor, in itself, would generate press. And it would help democratic socialists signal to the American public that our movement’s defining characteristic is that we represent workers vs. bosses, not that we’re “the furthest left” force in American politics — a framework that suggests we’re extremists and that helps our opponents isolate us from non-college-educated voters by highlighting extremely minoritarian (and misguided) stances included in DSA’s platform like prison abolition. We don’t get many opportunities to speak to tens of millions of Americans; we need to use these opportunities to broaden our appeal beyond those already in our orbit. Run to polarize the 2028 primary and general election around “Medicare for All” and “End All Aid to Israel” Why should democratic socialists use our scarce time and volunteer energy to run in a race we’re unlikely to win? Running in the 2028 primary will not only recruit us scores of members (imagine having a DSA member intervening in eleven nationally televised primary debates!), but — more importantly — it has the potential to be a decisive leap forward towards an America that finally starts meeting the needs of working people instead of HMO and AIPAC billionaire donors. Polarizing litmus tests are good, actually — as long as they’re fought for around popular demands in a thoughtful and strategic way. Democratic socialists have an opportunity and responsibility to make the 2028 primary about two of the most widely and deeply felt issues of our moment: domestically, America’s unaffordable, family-breaking private healthcare system; internationally, America’s bankrolling of the genocidal Israeli government. A candidacy relentlessly demanding Medicare for All and No Aid to Israel would pose a sharp question to the American public, the Democratic Party, and other 2028 contenders: Why can’t working-class Americans afford their healthcare bills at the same time that our government is spending at least $3.8 billion yearly to fund an Israeli regime eager to keep dragging us and the world into more forever wars? Our candidate can agitate around a clear message: I’m running to give voice to all those working-class Americans who are struggling to get by. No matter what state you live in, who you voted for in 2024, or your background, it’s just plain common sense that we should make healthcare more affordable instead of spending billions to enable the Israeli government’s crimes against humanity. Every American who agrees with me when I say ‘Medicare for All — Not a Dime for Israel’ should make their voice heard through our campaign. Racking up a high number of votes for this agenda is a crucial way to show the Democratic Party and the country as a whole that we can’t keep supporting a life-destroying status quo in our healthcare system and in the Middle East. If we want to defeat Trump’s handpicked crony this coming November, we need to speak to ordinary people’s frustrations with the status quo — we can’t keep running the same tired establishment playbook and expecting a different result. For those highly engaged voters (or skeptical media pundits) who raise concerns about wasting votes, the candidate can take the time to explain why this isn’t the case: It's true I'm a long shot. But Zohran showed anything can happen — and voting for me is a pragmatic decision, not a wasted vote. In a heavily divided primary with a large number of candidates and a very discredited establishment, my campaign and the democratic socialist movement I’m part of are positioned to be the balance of power if we can get a large enough number of voters to loudly demand Healthcare Not Warfare. Since there’s a high chance no candidate will get to 50% in the 2028 primaries, the Democrats could very well be heading towards a brokered convention, where a disciplined, principled current committed to breaking from corporate donors can play an outsized role in making sure whoever ends up with the nomination raises the banner of single-payer healthcare and cutting aid to Israel. How exactly could running this sort of primary campaign be translated into actual leverage? The candidate replies: I’m aiming to win the nomination, but if I don’t achieve that goal, my delegates and I will pledge our support in the primary only for a candidate who agrees in the general election to call for ending US aid to Israel and establishing Medicare for All at home. These are both winning planks for November against the Republicans, and the only reason I can see that other candidates haven’t yet raised these is that they’re still more scared of the donor class than they are of the people. That needs to change. If Democratic leaders want young people, workers, and those sick of the status quo to show up in big numbers this November, they need to meet us halfway. In this way, whether or not we win the nomination, democratic socialists could still play a decisive role in 2028. The approach outlined here is similar to what radical left parties periodically do in parliamentary democracies like Denmark or Sweden when they find themselves as a junior partner electorally: they dictate to center-left allies what their terms would be for enabling, from the outside, the formation of a new government. Running a Healthcare Not Warfare candidate will make it significantly more likely that the 2028 Democratic candidate stands with ordinary people instead of donors on these two pivotal planks — a shift that will, in turn, make it easier to achieve the existentially important task of defeating MAGA’s heir in November. Look at how much popular traction the Uncommitted movement got with a similar strategy in 2024 with so little on-the-ground organization — surely we can go much further with a working-class candidate, a much bigger DSA, and a Democratic Party base that has turned against Israel, billionaires, and the hacks in the party who prop them up. Objections and Responses There are quite a few objections to this proposal, many of which are very reasonable. Let me briefly address each here. Socialists shouldn’t waste their scarce time and resources on a candidate unlikely to win. This is a good rule in general, but there are important exceptions, and presidential elections are the main one. There’s no other political contest that gets anything like this level of attention and engagement in the US, so if you want to be a serious force in nationwide politics, you basically can’t afford not to have a candidate. Far from being an overall drain on our resources, running a dynamic 2028 campaign would likely result in a major net increase in members and capacity. In that spirit, the very pragmatic Milwaukee sewer socialists — who mostly ran to win at home in Wisconsin — supported Eugene Debs’s propagandistic presidential campaigns, which they correctly saw as a crucial means of recruiting to the Socialist Party. And now that the (post-1972) Democratic Party gives more weight to voters than party operatives in determining its presidential nomination, it’s become feasible to run as a socialist in primaries without risking a split in the vote against the Republicans in November. We should just support Ro Khanna, who also supports M4A and ending aid to Israel. I like Ro Khanna and would enthusiastically vote and canvass for him for president were he to get the nomination. But there’s a real chance that Khanna’s bid for office doesn’t catch on; he lacks the grassroots organizational apparatus of DSA, and, because he’s not really of the Left or labor (despite his current very good positions), he’s unlikely to generate the type of buy-in and enthusiasm that a DSA candidate would. Moreover, Khanna would be running as an individual, not as someone emerging from and building an organized movement — his campaign would not likely focus on building sustained power from below, nor would it likely polarize the 2028 primary around M4A and Israel aid. Also, and not inconsequentially, the poor electoral results for Tom Steyer and Saikat Chakrabarti this spring suggest that there’s perhaps not much of a popular appetite in the Democrats’ base to support multi-millionaire class traitors. Much better, then, to run a democratic socialist worker. If by Super Tuesday it’s clear that our campaign has captured the main left lane in the primary, Khanna should drop out and endorse us; conversely, if he’s managed to capture this lane, DSA could at that point transform its Healthcare Not Warfare campaign into an independent campaign to elect Ro Khanna focused on winning (and holding him accountable to) those two critical planks. An openness to consolidating an anti-corporate candidate by Super Tuesday is a necessary component of the strategy I’m proposing, because otherwise we risk splitting the primary votes (per DNC rules, you need at least 15% to get any delegates to convention). We should convince Shawn Fain or Sara Nelson to run for president instead. I agree it’d be great if either ran for president, but my impression is that there’s basically no chance that will happen in 2028, because both are firmly focused on their union leadership duties (and, in the case of Fain, beating back a federal witch-hunt). This plan could have DSA end up endorsing a non-socialist, non-DSAer for president. That’s against our principles. It’s a myth, and bad politics, that socialists can’t ever support candidates who aren’t members of their organization and/or who don’t call themselves socialists. Bernie, after all, was not a DSAer. And socialists abroad regularly make tactical decisions about if and when supporting a non-socialist candidate makes sense from the standpoint of promoting working-class interests, defending democracy, and building a socialist current in the process. If your “principles” prevent you and DSA from helping achieve the momentous stride forward of having a Democratic candidate in 2028 run on Medicare for All and ending aid to Israel, those “principles” are not very good. In fact, they actively undermine the causes they’re aiming to support. We shouldn’t confuse principles (working-class independence) with tactics (the best way to advance this in a given context). In my recent article in Catalyst on Milwaukee sewer socialism (I’ve uploaded the full text here), I have a section showing how similarly rigid rules about endorsements had to be eventually discarded in the old Socialist Party nationwide after WWI because they tended to lead socialists towards a sectarian abstention from broader anti-corporate electoral insurgencies beyond their party’s control. For what it’s worth, Lenin’s current under Tsarism frequently backed bourgeois candidates in the second round of elections and Lenin himself advocated that British Communists support Labour Party candidates; for his part, Kautsky in 1912 defended the German Social Democracy’s electoral pact with the Progressives in the runoffs. If our predecessors could be that tactically flexible in an era before the limits of their underlying strategic assumptions about intransigent class politics in capitalist democracies were made clear, then there’s no need to insist on being more tactically rigid today, after a century’s worth of accumulated experience. As long as you maintain your own political profile and organization while engaging in broader coalitional efforts, there’s zero inherent contradiction with the principle of political independence. More specifically: DSA and allied organizations should enthusiastically back Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed if AOC declines to run and he throws his hat in the presidential ring. (I have no idea whether he’s even considering this path, but there’ll surely be chatter about it if he wins his Senate race this November.) Though he doesn’t call himself a socialist, El-Sayed is a principled Berniecrat, a consistent fighter for Palestine, and would have a clear path to victory. Using the “s” word is far less important than whether a campaign fights for the interests of working people at home and abroad — and whether actively participating in it can grow the organized working class and the Left. And the same holds true if a less anti-corporate candidate were, under pressure, to adopt our two Healthcare Not Warfare planks. Why focus only on M4A and ending US aid to Israel? There are so many other important issues to fight for! Obviously there are many pivotal issues beyond healthcare and Israel, and our candidate — and especially our organizations involved in the campaign — should be prepared to speak on all of these. But one of the crucial lessons of the Zohran campaign is that you have to relentlessly stay on message if you want to cut through the noise. CNN and Fox News will want to talk about DSA’s views on Venezuela and abolishing the police; we need to polarize the debate on the widely and deeply felt issues that are most favorable for growing the Left, isolating our opponents, and winning urgently needed changes. One recent poll found 63% of Americans support M4A, even after respondents were told it would raise taxes and eliminate most private insurance. Another found that 74% of Democrats opposed “providing additional economic and military support to Israel.” And focusing on two demands sets the campaign up to be able to leverage its mandate to make clear demands upon other candidates (which we can’t do if we run with a laundry list of demands). Talking about a Plan B is a distraction from the more urgent work of building a groundswell of calls on AOC to run. It’s good for DSAers, fightback unionists, and progressive organizations to try to convince AOC to run. This proposal is meant as an addendum to pushes to get AOC to run and to line DSA up for that eventuality, not as a substitute for those efforts. But I’m worried that, like in 2024, we might eventually find ourselves with no time to find a viable alternative unless we start now. DSA, with its abundant deliberative processes, moves slowly. The approach you’re suggesting seems risky. If a DSA candidate runs but doesn’t receive a lot of votes, it’ll undercut our current national momentum. This is a reasonable worry. All big initiatives always carry risks, and the path I’m advocating is certainly not free of these. That said, if a Healthcare Not Warfare campaign doesn’t catch on like we envisioned, it’s a pretty simple pivot in March 2028 to explain that in the future we really need our standard-bearers like AOC, or our growing bench of national electeds, to step up in presidential primaries. Moreover, it’s worth noting that the risk of my Plan B proposal is on the whole significantly less than the risk entailed by an AOC run. We should all back her if she runs, since she’d fire up the base, provide huge openings for organizing, have a real shot at defeating a Republican (especially given MAGA’s unpopularity), be a great standard-bearer for our issues, particularly M4A and ending aid to Israel, and be less willing than mainstream candidates to capitulate to any anti-democratic machinations from Trump and co. But it’s also true that AOC could lose, which would be a devastating setback to the country and the Left. Or she could win and find herself unable to pass much, if any, of her (and our) program, a demoralizing prospect. So if we’re willing to take these risks with AOC (and we should), it follows that we should be able to take lower-level risks if she doesn’t throw her hat in the ring. What’s Your Plan B? The US Left is facing its biggest opening for growth and influence since the 1930s. Initiatives that would have been impossible a few months ago are now potentially feasible. A President AOC is now easier to imagine, but if she ultimately assesses that the risks aren’t worth the potential reward in 2028, we can’t be left flat-footed. So even if you’re not convinced by the specifics of my Plan B, I hope you can at least agree that it’d be a disaster for us not to have one — and not to start getting a Plan B into motion. Hopefully other organizers and political currents will put forward their responses and alternative ideas ASAP. The stakes are too high to just wait and see. More As always, please share this article widely. This newsletter depends on all you lovely people to get the word out. Thank you! I uploaded the full text of my Catalyst article on Milwaukee sewer socialism here (it’s updated and 3x as long as the version published earlier on this substack). If you haven’t yet, please make sure to subscribe to Catalyst here; I read every issue front to back, highly recommend. 🌹🎵 Ivan Lins (arranged by Arthur Verocai) — “General da Banda” 🌹🎵

Aug 3 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com

GOP congressman defies Trump on Iran but keeps his endorsement

GOP Rep. Tom Barrett voted for the third time to limit President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers in late July — attempting to help drive a stinging rebuke of the commander-in-chief that can only pass if members of his own party sign on.

Aug 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Sen Darline Graham drops campaign video on heels of brother's funeral services amid tight primary timeline

Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, dropped a campaign video as she runs for U.S. Senate with President Donald Trump's endorsement.

Jul 30 • 2:55 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Tampa Bay Times splits St. Pete Mayor endorsement, but snubs Ken Welch twice

The recommendations arrived after a particularly combative stretch in the race.

Jul 30 • 1:43 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Business owner criticized over picture with Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson

People are calling for a boycott, but the owner says it's not an endorsement.

Jul 29 • 9:21 PM EDT • Business • wsbtv.com

Obama makes one of his first midterm endorsements with a basketball video

The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.

Jul 29 • 9:05 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com

AAUP Embraces Political Role With Candidate Endorsements

The group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality.

Jul 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • insidehighered.com

Kansas State Football Gets Another Major Endorsement For Next Season

Kansas State football has undergone major changes in the past few months, following coach Chris Klieman's retirement after a rollercoaster 2025 season.

Jul 28 • 8:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Decoder Replay: Do stars have super powers in politics?

Endorsements by big stars in the 2024 U.S. election didn't change the outcome. Can British movie stars stop a big media merger?

Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • news-decoder.com

Claude chats exposed in Google searches – another endorsement of Apple privacy

We’ve long cautioned against disclosing sensitive personal data in AI chatbot sessions, given that most companies use these as training...

Jul 28 • 8:16 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com

The State of Politics: What Explains Evers Endorsement of David Crowley for Governor?

He had expressly avoided endorsing anyone for governor, including 3 Democrats who worked for him.

Jul 27 • 8:27 AM EDT • Politics • urbanmilwaukee.com

Wu-backed state Sen. candidate is Beacon Hill lobbyist, secured millions for nonprofit

A Democratic state Sen. candidate backed by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is a registered lobbyist who has secured tens of millions of taxpayer dollars for the nonprofit organization she works for.

Jul 27 • 5:10 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com

Planned Parenthood endorses Pingree for governor

After receiving the Planned Parenthood endorsement, Pingree said she will push for a state constitutional amendment to guarantee a right to abortion, look to partner with other states to ensure access to medication abortion and work to backfill gaps in federal funding.

Jul 22 • 2:08 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

New Super PAC with ties to Boston Mayor Wu draws rebuke from the senator she’s trying to defeat

A new Super PAC that appears to be aligned with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has emerged ahead of the state primary, where two Wu-backed challengers are vying to expel the two senators Wu blames for killing her tax bill.

Jul 21 • 5:14 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com

Warren’s latest ‘kiss of death’ endorsement sparks mockery over disastrous political picks

Elizabeth Warren's endorsement of Abdul El Sayed in the Michigan Democratic primary sparks backlash over her track record with failed candidates.

Jul 20 • 3:55 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Crowley reenters Wisconsin’s Democratic governor primary

David Crowley has reentered Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, two weeks after suspending his campaign, after receiving the endorsement of Gov. Tony Evers.

Jul 19 • 5:20 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com

Bernie blowback: How Sanders’ primary endorsements have sparked a Democratic midterm war

Sen. Bernie Sanders had just announced his intent to unseat a sitting House Democrat — this time, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus from North Carolina — when Rep. Hakeem Jeffries decided it was time to confront Sanders himself.

Jul 19 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Miss Manners: How do I tactfully avoid giving someone a political endorsement?

Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.

Jul 17 • 4:19 AM EDT • Politics • adn.com

'Block out the noise': Byron Donalds takes political lessons from Donald Trump

Endorsements aren't the end. They're just the beginning.

Jul 15 • 5:25 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Trump drops political bomb on Minnesota Republicans with Lindell endorsement

President Trump’s endorsement of Mike Lindell is a five-alarm fire for many in the GOP. The MyPillow CEO is widely seen as the worst candidate to take on U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

Jul 15 • 2:47 PM EDT • Politics • startribune.com

Christian Pulisic's Endorsements At 'Serious Risk' After World Cup

Christian Pulisic had a World Cup to forget. The U.S. men's national team star had to leave his team's 4-1 loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 last Monday with a leg injury. Pulisic was later diagnosed with a bone bruise and a microfracture in his leg. He was disappointed by the result, while much ...

Jul 13 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Trump's endorsements put government fingers on the scale of business

Ethics watchdogs are worried that Trump's actions could incentivize companies to view the government as transactional.

Jul 13 • 3:37 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

US Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed responds to Peters’ endorsement for Haley Stevens

‘Nothing says change like the last two senators trying to pick the next one,’ a spokesperson for El-Sayed’s campaign said Monday.

Jul 13 • 1:35 PM EDT • Politics • clickondetroit.com

Lorde AI glasses criticism Sparks Privacy Debate

Lorde AI glasses criticism highlights public discomfort with smart glasses amid privacy concerns and celebrity endorsements at major music festivals.

Jul 12 • 4:31 PM EDT • Technology • en.cryptonomist.ch

Steelers Legend Hines Ward's Max Iheanachor Endorsement Raises Expectations

One of the Pittsburgh Steelers' biggest long-term projects is first-round pick Max Iheanachor. The athletic offensive tackle possesses tremendous upside, but much of that potential stems from the fact that he only began playing football a few years ago. A national analyst and a Steelers legend both believe that potential is real, offering strong endorsements of Iheanachor's future.

Jul 11 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

‘I don’t know anything about his politics, but I think he should be popular’: Trump dodges question on Netanyahu endorsement

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Jul 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • timesofisrael.com

Democrats begin pulling Platner endorsements after Maine Senate candidate faces sexual assault allegation

Graham Platner denied the allegation on Monday, but said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.

Jul 7 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

After missing Wilson endorsement, Shevrin Jones wins support from Black clergy

More than a dozen pastors gave Jones their endorsement at an event at Greater New Bethel Church in Miami Gardens.

Jul 7 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • miamiherald.com

Top Platner ally turns on him after bombshell rape allegation rocks campaign: 'Red line'

Rep. Ro Khanna withdrew his endorsement and called on Graham Platner to drop out after a sexual assault allegation surfaced against the Maine candidate.

Jul 6 • 6:35 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Democrats begin pulling Platner endorsements

Politico reports that a woman has accused Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault.

Jul 6 • 5:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Pols & Politics: Aging Ed Markey highlights endorsement from aging Jane Fonda

An aging Sen. Ed Markey is showing off a new endorsement of his reelection campaign by 88-year old celebrity and longtime political activist Jane Fonda.

Jul 5 • 4:17 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com

Ocasio-Cortez endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave her coveted endorsement Thursday to Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Senate candidate in Michigan who party leaders have worried might be too left-leaning to win in the swing state.

Jul 2 • 9:45 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race

The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.

Jul 2 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Byron Donalds' front-runner wall grows with Blaise Ingoglia endorsement

Ingoglia joins James Uthmeier, Jim Boyd and Sam Garrison behind the Donald Trump-backed front-runner.

Jul 2 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

New requirements for sports agents in Louisiana aim to protect student-athletes

The launch of the online portal comes after a state law went into effect last month, increasing regulatory oversight of endorsement contracts and sports agents.

Jul 1 • 11:16 PM EDT • Sports • wdsu.com

Read Michener’s ‘Centennial’

If you’ve been reading my columns, you’ve noticed I’m basically illiterate. I blame my dyslexia and public education, but my Olympic-level laziness could be the driving factor. Anyway, I basically can’t read (and, still, I graduated from CU Boulder, so another endorsement of public higher education). So, for me to recommend a book is like […]

Jun 28 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com

Maryland Primary Politics

After months of campaign rallies, ads, mailers, endorsements, debates, and yes, some political mudslinging; maryland voters are getting the final say on this primary Tuesday. Polls will be closing soon and we could be just hours away from getting a clear picture of who won, lost, and what it all means for the future of […]

Jun 23 • 6:46 PM EDT • Politics • whur.com

Primary election 2026 live: Races to watch in New York, Utah, Maryland and South Carolina

Today’s primary elections will be a test of the influence of establishment Democrats, progressive challengers and President Donald Trump’s endorsement power.

Jun 23 • 5:00 PM EDT • Politics • ms.now

Trump endorses John James in Michigan governor race as GOP rival exits primary

President Donald Trump issues full-throated endorsement of U.S. Rep. John James for Michigan governor prior to the Republican gubernatorial primary

Jun 23 • 6:01 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Analysis | Mamdani views 2026 House endorsements as a 2028 test

The New York mayor wants to remake the Democratic Party.

Jun 23 • 5:39 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Polls open as New Yorkers vote in several contested congressional races

Several contests feature open seats, high-profile endorsements and millions of dollars in campaign spending, making this one of the most consequential primary days in recent years.

Jun 23 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • abc7ny.com

Fentrice Driskell lands trove of labor, environmental group endorsements

Driskell earned support from one of the state's largest labor unions.

Jun 22 • 8:39 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

After recent losing endorsements, Donald Trump hedges his bet in South Carolina governor’s race

After recent losses by other candidates he backed, President Donald Trump hedged a major bet Friday by endorsing both of the Republican candidates for South Carolina governor.

Jun 19 • 9:52 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Business group backs Becerra, sparking GOP anger as progressives preach caution

Republican Steve Hilton blasted CalChamber’s endorsement as “Stockholm syndrome,” saying business groups are chasing access, not change.

Jun 19 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • sacbee.com

Politics Unusual: Mayor Mamdani, NYC primary roundtable

In this episode of Politics Unusual, FOX 5 NY's political reporter Morgan McKay speaks exclusively with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to discuss the city's budget, the rent freeze vote and the upcoming primary election. Then, two political strategists talk hot races in the primary, and the impact of the mayor's endorsement.

Jun 19 • 7:04 PM EDT • Politics • fox5ny.com

Double endorsement drama: Trump backs second candidate in red state’s GOP gubernatorial runoff

Trump endorses both Wilson and Evette in South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial runoff, hedging his bets ahead of the high-profile Tuesday contest.

Jun 19 • 5:35 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Brent Nelsen comments on the importance of political endorsements

Furman's Nelsen weighs in on the impact of a key endorsement for South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and what it means for the SC governor's race.

Jun 19 • 4:51 PM EDT • Politics • furman.edu

Trump switches support in Oklahoma congressional race as formerly endorsed pastor candidate suspends campaign

Trump withdrew his endorsement of Oklahoma GOP congressional candidate and pastor Jackson Lahmeyer to back rival Mark Tedford in a dramatic 2026 midterm reversal.

Jun 17 • 6:11 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

The price tag of overcoming a Trump endorsement, and other takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

Rick Jackson's campaign spent more than $100 million, largely out of his own pocket, to defeat Trump-endorsed Burt Jones in the Republican runoff for Georgia governor.

Jun 17 • 4:36 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Trump wins two, loses one: Georgia billionaire delivers rare blow to endorsement machine

Trump-backed candidates won two of three key GOP runoffs in Georgia and Alabama, but lost the gubernatorial race to billionaire Rick Jackson.

Jun 17 • 1:57 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Trump’s endorsement is the ‘gold standard’ in politics, Sen Thune says

Jun 16 • 6:44 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Trump-backed U.S. Rep. Barry Moore battles ex-Navy SEAL Jared Hudson in GOP Senate runoff in Alabama

The Alabama race will be another test of Trump's endorsement powers, as his picks have largely prevailed in Republican primaries this year.

Jun 16 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

Trump mulls co-endorsement in South Carolina as governor’s race proves tight

An endorsement of both candidates would be the latest example of the president hedging his bets to avoid a fight with conservative activists.

Jun 16 • 1:03 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

48 Arizona Legislative Candidates Earn Crucial Small Business Endorsement

NFIB Arizona PAC endorses 48 pro-small business candidates running for the state legislature

Jun 16 • 10:19 AM EDT • Business • nfib.com

We’re about to find out how powerful Brian Kemp really is with Georgia Republicans

Tuesday will prove whether he has the juice to overcome a Trump endorsement in the Senate race and overcome a firehose of cash in the race to succeed him.

Jun 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • politico.com

Can $100 million overcome a Trump endorsement? What to watch in Tuesday's elections

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries

Jun 16 • 12:07 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Can $100 million overcome a Trump endorsement? What to watch in Tuesday's elections

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries.

Jun 16 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com

Can $100 Million Overcome a Trump Endorsement? What to Watch in Tuesday's Elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries. But is it worth more than $100 million in Georgia? Can it propel a sitting congressman past an insurgent outsider in Alabama? Can it transform a candidate into a front-runner in Oklahoma? Trump has ...

Jun 16 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com

Kemp stuns political world with Jones endorsement as Jackson picks up some of his own

Jones now has the endorsement of Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump.

Jun 15 • 5:56 PM EDT • Politics • wsbtv.com

Mamdani boosts his congressional picks with early voting underway

One endorsement has put him in conflict with Rep. Nydia Velázquez.

Jun 15 • 9:25 AM EDT • Politics • ny1.com

Trump's endorsement of Mike Collins for US Senate creates ‘Georgia politics Jenga game’

Georgia Republicans are weighing in on President Donald Trump's 11th-hour endorsement of U.S. Senate candidate, current U.S. Rep. Mike Collins.

Jun 15 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • wabe.org

In a surprise twist, Brian Kemp endorses Burt Jones for governor

Kemp's endorsement gives Jones a significant boost in the closing days of his bitter runoff against billionaire Rick Jackson

Jun 14 • 5:57 PM EDT • Politics • ajc.com

Trump endorses Collins in Georgia Senate runoff. It's his latest 'MAGA' pick in Republican primaries

Days before the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia, President Donald Trump has made an endorsement

Jun 14 • 8:33 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Sheriff Grady Judd's nod hands Kevin Steele another edge in crowded CD 14 GOP Primary

Polk Sheriff's endorsement adds to Steele's sweep of Tampa Bay law enforcement and Cabinet support.

Jun 12 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Constantino leans into Trump support, business record in NY-21 Republican primary

Constantino is touting his endorsement from President Donald Trump in the race to represent NY-21. He will face Robert Smullen in the Republican primary.

Jun 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • northcountrypublicradio.org

Florida Chamber rolls out first wave of legislative endorsements

The pro-business group largely backed incumbent Republicans alongside a handful of Democrats.

Jun 11 • 2:01 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Defying Trump could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine

Collins has managed to stay close enough to benefit politically while maintaining an independent streak. This strategy has helped her survive Trump's frequent personal attacks and his primary endorsements of opponents3.

Jun 10 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Evette and Wilson Advance to Runoff in South Carolina Republican Primary for Governor

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette had gotten an endorsement from President Trump, but it was not enough to help her clinch a victory outright. She now faces Alan Wilson, the state attorney general, in a runoff on June 23.

Jun 9 • 9:06 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Republican Steve Hilton will advance to November election in California governor’s race, CNN projects

Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the November election in California’s gubernatorial race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Hilton, a former Fox News host who has President Donald Trump’s endorsement, will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat.

Jun 9 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

CFHLA endorses 4 incumbents in Orange, Osceola and Seminoles races

Mike Scott, Viviana Janer, Jay Zembower and Amy Lockhart picked up the endorsements.

Jun 8 • 5:35 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Belinda Keiser rolls out four congressional endorsements in CD 22 as qualifying week begins

'She has been a champion for our nation-leading higher education system and the future of every Florida student.'

Jun 8 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

St. Pete faith leaders endorse Ken Welch for re-election

The endorsements add to backing from many local elected officials, unions and community figures already supporting Welch's campaign.

Jun 8 • 12:23 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Candidate endorsements in Maine and NH and national politics: Letters

Letter writers endorse Manzur in NH and Meyer in Maine, decry laws restricting abortion and assert congressional Republicans enable Trump corruption.

Jun 8 • 5:09 AM EDT • Politics • fosters.com

Rep. Mace: If price of an endorsement was ‘to not vote to release the Epstein files, that is a price I am unwilling to pay.’

Jun 7 • 11:21 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

An endorsement parade U-turn, an electric bill break - sort of - in political notes

Gov. Wes Moore makes a U-turn in his latest round of endorsements and weighs in on a high-profile county executive race, and federal officials make a U-turn in their assessment of Maryland electricity prices -- but they're still high -- in political notes.

Jun 6 • 10:18 AM EDT • Politics • marylandmatters.org

Democratic activist withdraws Platner endorsement amid latest revelations

Jun 5 • 7:21 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

What the June 2 primary results tell us about politics in Montana

New faces advance, outside money exerts outsized influence, the continuing power of a Trump endorsement, and other key takeaways from Tuesday’s primary election

Jun 5 • 6:27 PM EDT • Politics • montanafreepress.org

Steak n Shake says it ‘remains undefeated in political endorsements’ after Trump-backed candidate loses in Iowa

Fast food chain Steak n’ Shake is touting its political prowess after the Republican candidate it endorsed for Iowa governor defeated a challenger backed by President Trump. The restaurant posted o…

Jun 5 • 3:01 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com

Lindsay Polega-Quigley launches HD 60 bid with Lindsay Cross’ endorsement

Cross' departure creates an open race in a competitive district.

Jun 4 • 12:03 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Michael Grant launches 2028 bid for Ben Albritton's Senate seat with 20-plus endorsements in hand

Michael Grant is making his move for 2028 — and he isn't being subtle about it. The former House Majority Leader and Punta Gorda Republican filed Tuesday

Jun 4 • 3:50 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

Jacksonville Bold for 6.3.26: Join the crowd

Jacksonville politics heat up with elections, endorsements, housing and growth.

Jun 3 • 4:49 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

In race for Pelosi's seat, her famed political influence was a factor

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), 86 and retiring, is still a political influence in the Bay Area, as seen by her endorsement of her replacement.

Jun 3 • 1:24 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com

A rare Trump setback, a missing congressman and Spencer Pratt: 6 takeaways from the latest midterm primaries

The contours of a premier Senate race took shape in Iowa, while President Donald Trump’s endorsement streak ran into a roadblock there.

Jun 3 • 10:59 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org

A Trump Endorsement Falls Flat: 4 Election Takeaways From Iowa and Beyond

The president’s pick for governor of Iowa lost his primary, while Democrats in the state chose their nominee in what they hope will be a competitive Senate race.

Jun 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Trump-backed candidate 'confident' Republicans will have great night in California: 'Very excited'

Steve Hilton, one of two main Republicans running in California's jungle primary on Tuesday, said that he appreciated endorsements from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Jun 2 • 7:52 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Bernie Sanders refuses to back away from Graham Platner endorsement despite report of explicit texts to women

Bernie Sanders stands by Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, saying he will "certainly not" be reconsidering his endorsement, reports said.

Jun 2 • 8:57 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers

Wisconsin Democrat Rebecca Cooke promotes ties to AFSCME, which published a toolkit on circumventing CDL restrictions for undocumented immigrants.

Jun 1 • 9:03 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Ron DeSantis backs ‘strong conservative voice’ Chris Nocco for SD 21

Nocco's endorsements are stacking up with big names in GOP politics.

Jun 1 • 4:15 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

AFSCME Florida announces fleet of mostly Miami-focused endorsements ahead of Midterms

The endorsements span state and county contests.

Jun 1 • 3:26 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com