Author: David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner

Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) will blame former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and urge Republicans to reject the former president in a speech viewed as a precursor to a 2024 White House bid. “Jan. 6 was not enthusiastic tourists misbehaving. It was an outrageous attack on our democracy, incited by the…

What do you do if you’re trying to oust a grassroots phenom in a Republican primary? If you’re state Sen. Chuck Edwards, running against Rep. Madison Cawthorn in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, you focus on meat-and-potato problems and, more specifically, “the mountains.” “I’m running because the 14-month experiment here in District 11 has concluded,…

As former President Donald Trump hopes to be celebrating the victory of his endorsed Senate candidate in Ohio’s Republican primary, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will be across the country delivering a blistering speech urging the GOP to shun the former president and choose new leadership. This split-screen scenario offers a preview of a 2024 White…

The super PAC aligned with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has reserved $125 million in television advertising for the fall campaign in what it billed as just the “first wave” of support for GOP efforts to win the majority. Congressional Leadership Fund said Thursday it would invest in traditional television and streaming platforms in 48…

For all the valid speculation that this year’s Republican primaries are poised to turn into a political disaster for Donald Trump that knocks him down a peg or two in the party, the former president is on track to score a rather consequential victory in Ohio. Public polling and private prognosticators point to J.D. Vance…

Rep. Madison Cawthorn is favored to win the Republican primary in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District despite several run-ins with the law and fresh allegations of insider trading. That is the reluctant assessment of frustrated North Carolina Republicans who oppose Cawthorn and are rooting for the first-term congressman to lose his bid for renomination on…

Sen. Raphael Warnock is in trouble this fall, according to an expansive poll conducted for the super PAC supporting the Georgia Democrat’s likely Republican rival, former professional athlete Herschel Walker. In a survey of 2,500 registered voters, Walker led Warnock 51.4% to 41%, with 7.6% undecided. The senator’s problem appears to be President Joe Biden,…

The new map of Florida congressional districts enacted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is a titanic blow to the Democratic Party but also leaves some GOP incumbents vulnerable. After decennial redistricting, just eight of Florida’s 28 House seats are hospitable to Democrats as drawn, while only two were designed to be competitive toss-ups. These boundaries,…

Top Republican operatives and a former GOP senator are behind a new Visa credit card catering to conservative consumers with plans to funnel a portion of its profits to right-of-center causes. Coign, pronounced “coin,” is launching Tuesday under the stewardship of Rob Collins, a Republican lobbyist and former executive director of the National Republican Senatorial…

Republican Jennifer Carnahan is hoping to follow an all-too-familiar path to Congress, but with a twist. Electing the widow of a recently deceased congressman to the House of Representatives is an American tradition. Cue Carnahan’s run for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, which opened unexpectedly in February when her husband, Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn, died after…