Keller (D) wins Albuquerque mayoral election

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque voters have chosen incumbent Mayor Tim Keller to serve a third term as mayor.

Challenger Darren White offered a concession speech Tuesday evening.


https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/keller-wins-albuquerque-mayoral-election/?cb=1765335683711

GEORGIA DEMOCRATS FLIP STATE HOUSE SEAT FROM RED TO BLUE

DDHQ Calls the Miami Mayr race for Democrat Eileen Higgens.

WI-GOV: Barnes aims to raise $50M for governor campaign, says big money in politics is a concern

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says he’s shooting to raise “closer to $50 million” for his campaign cycle, which would be a significant uptick from his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate.

Barnes didn’t share how much he’s raised since formally announcing his campaign last week, but told reporters at Black Saddle Bicycle Shop in Madison Monday he’d had a “strong haul” that would “make (his) mom proud.”

Despite that, Barnes called his fundraising goal “not a good sign” for Wisconsin and said state officials should be taking more steps to reduce the impact of money in politics.

“The goal is to get big money out of politics. The goal is for campaign and ethics reform,” Barnes said.



https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/barnes-aims-to-raise-50m-for-governor-campaign-says-big-money-in-politics-is-a-concern/

Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Derrin Robinson has worked in Oregon elections for more than 30 years, long enough to remember when voters in the state cast their ballots at physical polling sites instead of by mail.

As the nonpartisan clerk of Harney County, a vast, rural expanse larger than Massachusetts, Robinson oversees elections with about 6,000 registered voters. Oregon has exclusively conducted elections by mail since 2000, a system he thinks works well, requires fewer staff and doesn’t force voters to travel through treacherous weather to reach a polling place.

“As you can tell, I’m not an advocate for going back,” Robinson said.

Not everyone agrees. An Oregon Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation to end the state’s mail voting law, and organizers of a ballot measure campaign seeking to ban mail-in voting say they have gathered thousands of signatures.




https://penncapital-star.com/2025/12/09/repub/voting-by-mail-faces-uncertain-moment-ahead-of-midterm-elections/

Half of Bucks County Republican Voters Sat Out '25 Election, Data Says

“Democrats outnumbered Republican voters at the polls in the 2025 municipal election that saw the highest overall turnout in more than two decades amid a “blue wave” across Bucks County.”


https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2025/12/09/voter-turnout-higher-for-democrats-in-bucks-county-2025-municipal-election-results/87667524007/

PA-08: Ahead of Trump NEPA Visit, DCCC Launches Ad Takeover Blasting Bresnahan

Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is launching a digital ad takeover of the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader website to remind readers that stock-trading Congressman Rob Bresnahan (R-08) has become the poster-child of the swamp that Trump – who won this district – promised to drain.

The digital ads, which will blanket the Times-Leader’s webpage during the day of Trump’s visit, read: “Donald Trump campaigned on draining the swamp. Stock trading Rep. Rob Bresnahan is part of the problem.”

“Congressman Rob Bresnahan has become the exact kind of corrupt Washington politician that candidate Donald Trump warned about when he campaigned on draining the swamp,” said DCCC spokesperson Eli Cousin. “Bresnahan ran on a pledge to ban congressional stock trading, but has instead become one of the worst offenders – looking out for his own bottom line while doing nothing to lower costs for hardworking Northeastern Pennsylvanians. If you want to drain the swamp, firing Bresnahan is a good place to start.”

Bresnahan has drawn the ire of Democrats and Republicans alike for his continued trading of securities since assuming his seat in the U.S. House in January.




https://www.politicspa.com/ahead-of-trump-nepa-visit-dccc-launches-ad-takeover-blasting-bresnahan/145150/

Voters in four N.J. school districts head to the polls today

Good morning, New Jersey.

It’s Election Day in ten municipalities where voters will take part in a special school referendum to authorize the expenditure of funds for capital projects.

Today’s elections in four school districts – it was supposed to be five, but last week, Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner abruptly canceled tomorrow’s election in Montclair – mark the final elections of New Jersey’s 2025 political calendar.

Shamong in Burlington County, Woodbine in Cape May County, Cumberland Regional in Cumberland County, and Mantua Township in Gloucester County are moving forward. Statewide, voters will decide roughly $66.6 million in borrowing tied to about $20.2 million in state aid. The municipalities in the Cumberland Regional school district include Deerfield, Fairfield, Greenwich, Hopewell, Shiloh, Stow Creek, and Upper Deerfield.




https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/voters-in-four-n-j-school-districts-head-to-the-polls-today/

NJ-12: Mayor of tiny Somerset County borough adds name to Democratic primary

The mayor of Millstone, population 448, is running for the 12th congressional district, population 773,584.

Raymond Heck, who has led his tiny Somerset County borough since 2007, announced this morning that he will enter the Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing). He’s the fifth sitting elected official to jump into the race – though his constituency is a bit smaller than those of his opponents.

But while Heck’s constituency may not be large, he’s held some notable statewide roles over the years as the president of the New Jersey League of Municipalities and the New Jersey Conference of Mayors. A labor leader and public safety official, Heck is also a commissioner on the New Jersey Fire Safety Commission and the New Jersey Police Training Commission.

If elected to Congress, Heck said that he’d focus on protecting LGBTQ and minority communities, increasing federal resources for education and public safety, and “ensuring that good paying jobs are available, affordable healthcare is attainable and aggressively protecting our social security benefits.”


https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/mayor-of-tiny-somerset-county-borough-adds-name-to-nj-12-democratic-primary/

NJ-12: Vaingankar (D) raises $126k to kick off campaign

Jay Vaingankar, a Biden administration Energy Department official who announced yesterday that he’s running for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, said today that he raised more than $126,000 during his first 24 hours in the race.

“I’m grateful for the backing of so many grassroots supporters, especially young people,” Vaingankar said in a statement. “Their enthusiasm allows our campaign to focus on the voters of Central Jersey – and not special interests.”

The strong fundraising haul establishes the 27-year-old Vaingankar, who has never sought elected office before, as a candidate to take seriously in the increasingly crowded Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing). For now, though, it’s impossible to compare Vaingankar’s fundraising to that of his opponents, since none of them announced any of their own fundraising numbers after launching their campaigns to replace Watson Coleman.

It may be a while before that changes. The Federal Election Commission deadline for filing reports covering October through December 2025 – the quarter during which nearly every 12th district candidate entered the race – won’t be until January 31, 2026, though some candidates could choose to announce their fundraising totals earlier.



https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/vaingankar-raises-126k-to-kick-off-nj-12-campaign/