Progressives won in each of tonight's ideologically contrasted House primaries in Texas -- Mike Siegel in #TX10, Candace Valenzuela in #TX24. Each of these districts is GOP-held & Democratic-targeted, and should be hotly disputed this fall down and way-up the ballot.
But there's also a big loss for progressives in Texas: State Senator Eddie Lucio, a conservative Democrat who backed the 2017 'bathroom bill' for instance, beat back challenger Sara Barrera. Some context here: texastribune.org/2020/07/09/tex…
The DCCC was ready to go tonight with an internal showing Valenzuela leading in this GOP-held open seat (#TX24), so a quick way for them to signal they're ready to prioritize it.
2️⃣ In Arizona’s biggest county, there’s a big prosecutor election where the candidates differ starkly on abortion.
The GOP incumbent was prosecutor tapped by the Senate Republicans in 2018 during the Kavanaugh hearings to ask questions of Ford. boltsmag.org/arizona-aborti…
There was a big election night yesterday with many interesting results—but a wild amount has happened this week, so I can't blame you if you've missed them.
So let me walk you through them with a quick thread: ⬇️
1️⃣ in Kansas, a Dem lawmaker was ousted in the Dem primary after providing the GOP the decisive vote on a anti-trans bill, and a lot else.
2️⃣ in Missouri, voters approved a *statewide* referendum that forces Kansas City — and only Kansas City — to spend a large chunk of money on policing.
voters in Kansas City didn't like this, but no matter.
Today is Arizona’s primary! And it really is far-right fest.
Arpaio, Lake, Masters, and many more, are bidding for comebacks.
Here are some of the top primaries you should be watching. ⬇️
1. The senate race! Two years after she lost the governor’s race and refused to concede, Kari Lake wants to replace Sinema. Her opponent is Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, also known for fanning unfounded conspiracies and nativism. ()boltsmag.org/arizona-sherif…
2. Wendy Rogers’ legislative primary.
Who is Rogers? A a senator who spoke at a white supremacist conference and is a member of the Oath Keepers; she was censured by her fellow Republicans two years ago after she called for public hangings. Up for re-election today.
France's hyper-fragmented Assembly has been voting all day for its new leadership, & finished choosing its 'secretaries' at 4-5am. I'm not quite sure how but Left coalition won 10 of the 12 final spots, giving it an out-of-nowhere majority in chamber's overall leadership council.
Since France entered its latest constitutional structure in 1958, nothing like what's unfolding now has ever happened—there's never been a situation where a bloc hasn't effectively controlled proceedings (even in rare hung parliaments). So IMO no one really knows what's going on.
(Correction: 1st tweet should have said 9, not 10.)
If you missed today's earlier updates, thread below lays out how the Macronists & conservatives got lion's share of the top positions earlier.
(This all mostly adds to my prior tweet's sentiment: 🤷♂️)
JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise:
—Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!)
—Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well.
—No bloc close to majority.
Follow this 🧵 for results and more:
2nd leading pollster projects a similar result—if anything a higher range for the Left coalition.
This wld be a much stronger result than expected for the Macron bloc as well. Still, a big drop for them from outgoing Assembly (250, enough for governing with plurality).
Stepback: If you're getting to this thread & want background, here's a thread from this morning walking you through the big picture.
One key reminder: Left bloc & the Macron bloc are quite separate; as are conservatives (LR); as is far-right (RN).