2025 Special Elections Archives

Tennessee 7th Race a Wake-up Call for GOP

December 3, 2025 Buck Banks

“This is one of the biggest flashing red light warning signs we’ve seen yet for Republicans. If every House district in the country shifted left by this same amount — about 15 points — we would be looking at a blue wave far worse than 2018.”

— Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, writing on X, on the Tennessee special House election last night.

Clueless in Kentucky

November 7, 2025 Buck Banks

Some people think of Kentuckians as uninformed, uneducated hicks,
But they want to exercise their right to vote, even in the sticks.
Kentucky’s secretary of state went to work,
Saying they couldn’t vote for mayor of New York,
But assured that Kentucky’s polls would open again for elections — in 2026.

Boss of the Loss

November 5, 2025November 5, 2025 Buck Banks

On Tuesday Republicans saw an undeniable exposure of their party’s flaws,
And it’s clear that inflation, jobs and the shutdown were the cause.
Despite his obvious culpability,
Trump shirked all responsibility,
Asserting with caustic certainty, “I WASN’T ON THE BALLOT!” (Oh, but he was!)

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Tennessee 7th Race a Wake-up Call for GOP

“This is one of the biggest flashing red light warning signs we’ve seen yet for Republicans. If every House district in the country shifted left by this same amount — about 15 points — we would be looking at a blue wave far worse than 2018.”

— Republican strategist Matt Whitlock, writing on X, on the Tennessee special House election last night.

Clueless in Kentucky

Boss of the Loss

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%