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RandySF's JournalKeller (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
https://x.com/VoteHub/status/1998574468478939531?s=20@VoteHub
Democrats have FLIPPED Georgia HD 121 in an upset.
DDHQ Calls the Miami Mayr race for Democrat Eileen Higgens.
https://x.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1998545461184221505?s=20Decision Desk HQ projects Eileen Higgins to win the Miami Mayoral Runoff election.
#DecisionMade: 7:08 pm ET
WI-GOV: Barnes aims to raise $50M for governor campaign, says big money in politics is a concern
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mandela Barnes says hes 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 didnt share how much hes raised since formally announcing his campaign last week, but told reporters at Black Saddle Bicycle Shop in Madison Monday hed 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 doesnt force voters to travel through treacherous weather to reach a polling place.
As you can tell, Im not an advocate for going back, Robinson said.
Not everyone agrees. An Oregon Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation to end the states 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 Trumps 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-Leaders webpage during the day of Trumps 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.
Its Election Day in ten municipalities where voters will take part in a special school referendum to authorize the expenditure of funds for capital projects.
Todays elections in four school districts it was supposed to be five, but last week, Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner abruptly canceled tomorrows election in Montclair mark the final elections of New Jerseys 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). Hes the fifth sitting elected official to jump into the race though his constituency is a bit smaller than those of his opponents.
But while Hecks constituency may not be large, hes 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 hed 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 hes running for New Jerseys 12th congressional district, said today that he raised more than $126,000 during his first 24 hours in the race.
Im 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, its impossible to compare Vaingankars 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 wont 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/
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