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9:20 AM ET, November 8, 2023

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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Elections are more important than polls  —  President Biden's numbers aren't great.  But he and his party keep winning anyway. … Some 48 hours ago, pundits were rushing to explain how, why, where, and exactly to what extent the Democratic Party is doomed.
Discussion: Vox and NBC News
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Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear wins re-election in Kentucky  —  NBC News projects a victory for Beshear, who leaned on his work as governor and outspent opponent Daniel Cameron.  —  Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has won re-election, defying the usual political leanings of the red state, NBC News projects.
New York Times:
Abortion Rights Fuel Big Democratic Wins, and Hopes for 2024  —  Election results from Tuesday showed that Democrats, independents and even some moderate Republicans can coalesce around the issue.  —  Democrats won decisive victories in major races across the country on Tuesday evening …
Douglas Wood / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch  —  One year out from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Joe Biden, 49% to 45% among registered voters, in a hypothetical rematch in the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Politico:
Democrats romp, Youngkin flops: 4 takeaways from Tuesday's election  —  Joe Biden's party has had a very strong year at the ballot box.  Whether it extends to the president in 2024 is another matter.  —  Joe Biden has had a very bad few days.  His party just had a banner year.
Jahd Khalil / NPR:
Virginia Democrats win full control of the state legislature, AP reports  —  Virginia Democrats have maintained their control of the state Senate and flipped the state House, consolidating their grip on the state legislature in what will remain divided government.
Politico:
Playbook: What last night means for Joe Biden  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FOR YOUR RADAR — “Americans divided over Israel response to Hamas attacks, AP-NORC poll shows,” by AP's Chris Megerian and Linley Sanders …
Discussion: Puck and Political Wire
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrat Andy Beshear wins reelection in Kentucky governor's race
Washington Post:
Virginia Democrats projected to sweep General Assembly, dealing blow to GOP
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Top takeaways from 2023 election results — and what they mean for 2024
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Beshear hopes abortion debate will help him win another term as governor in GOP-leaning Kentucky
New York Times:
Ohio Issue 1 Election Results: Establish a Constitutional Right to Abortion  —  Ohio Issue 2 Passes  —  Ohio has voted to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana.  ›  —  Ohio Issue 1 Passes  —  Ohio has voted to make the right to an abortion protected by the State Constitution.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Ohio Votes to Establish Right to Abortion  —  The State Constitution will protect access to the procedure.  The result sends a strong signal that voters are still angry about the demise of Roe.  —  Ohio voters approved a ballot measure enshrining a right to abortion in the State Constitution on Tuesday …
Adam Klasfeld / The Messenger:
Trump Stepped Down From Trust Within Days of Allen Weisselberg's Post-Indictment Resignation  —  The revelation was largely subsumed by the former president's rambunctious and pugilistic testimony, insulting the judge and New York attorney general  —  Donald J. Trump's ongoing civil fraud trial …
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Edward Ring / American Greatness:   Trump's Popularity is Not Inexplicable
NBC News:
Ex-CIA officer pleads guilty to drugging, sexually abusing women  —  Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 47, will be sentenced to between 24 and 30 years in prison.  He drugged and abused women, including video recording them nude.  —  A former CIA agent pleaded guilty Tuesday to drugging and sexually abusing …
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US Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Government Employee Pleads Guilty to Sexual Offenses
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrat flips deep-red New Jersey Assembly seat in upset  —  Democrats have successfully flipped a seat in New Jersey's General Assembly in a a deep-red district that has not elected a Democratic legislator in three decades.  —  Decision Desk HQ projects that Democrat Avi Schnall has won …
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Brooke Migdon / The Hill:   New Jersey elects first openly LGBTQ woman to state legislature
Amy Cooper / Newsweek:
I Was Branded the ‘Central Park Karen’.  I Still Live in Hiding  —  “Slit your wrists,” strangers texted me.  —  “If anyone deserves prison rape, it's you,” people I had never met called me to say.  —  “The noble thing to do is to remove yourself from society...so please kill yourself.”
Fox News:
House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over anti-Israel comments  —  The House of Representatives has voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., in a 234 - 188 vote on Tuesday night.  —  The punishment, while largely symbolic, was a formal public rebuke of her most recent anti-Israel comments …
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Kayla Guo / New York Times:
House Censures Rashida Tlaib, Citing ‘River to the Sea’ Slogan
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Danica Roem becomes Virginia's first openly transgender state senator  —  Virginia Democrat Danica Roem was projected to win her election Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, becoming the commonwealth's first openly transgender state senator and the first out transgender person elected to a state Senate anywhere in the South.
Politico:
House GOP moves to reduce Buttigieg's salary to $1  —  It has no shot at becoming law, but it's not the first time Republicans have tried to use obscure spending rules this way.
Discussion: Insider and Raw Story
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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NBC News:
Top Biden adviser Mitch Landrieu expected to leave the White House
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Moms for Liberty Candidates Take a Beating in Some School Races
KTBS:
Homer police chief arrested
Eden Villalovas / Washington Examiner:
Clarksville, Indiana, town council candidate dead after collapsing at polling station
 Earlier Items: 
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What's up with Speaker Johnson not reporting a bank account?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
White House says Israel should not reoccupy Gaza, after Netanyahu remarks
Paul O'Donnell / Religion News Service:
Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals' embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring.
Anders Anglesey / Newsweek:
Republican Candidate Charged With Child Porn Offenses Hours Before Election
 

 
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