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RandySF's JournalNorth American Women's Soccer League final draws more than 1 million TV viewers, smashes audience record
Drawing an average of more than a million TV viewers for the first time, the NWSL smashed its all-time single-game TV audience record during its championship game Saturday.
Airing in primetime on CBS, the match — a 1-0 win for Gotham FC over the Washington Spirit in front of a sellout crowd of 18,000 at PayPal Park in San Jose, Calif. — delivered an average of 1.184 million viewers, a new high for any NWSL game airing on TV.
That represents a 22 percent increase over the 2024 title game, which set the previous record for the most-watched NWSL game. Younger audiences tuned in at astonishing rates, with a 70 percent increase in viewers aged 18-34 over the 2024 title game.
“Surpassing one million viewers for the 2025 NWSL Championship is an extraordinary achievement and a powerful reflection of the momentum behind our league and our product,” NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman said.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6838622/2025/11/25/nwsl-championship-tv-record-viewership/
Three GOP Seats at Severe Risk If Virginia Redistricts
David Wasserman: “Earlier this year, it looked like Republicans were poised to double or triple the size of their thin cushion in the House by launching a mid-decade redistricting war. But they may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push to set aside anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendments in blue states to fight back.”
“Now, if Virginia joins California in adopting a Democratic gerrymander to eliminate GOP seats, Republicans’ push to redraw district lines for 2026 could yield them little to no net benefit — or even backfire, in the event the Supreme Court upholds a three-judge panel’s ruling blocking Texas’s new map from taking effect.”
https://politicalwire.com/2025/11/26/three-gop-seats-at-severe-risk-if-virginia-redistricts/
Supreme Court poised to reshape next 3 election cycles
The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day on Texas's controversial congressional map, with a decision likely before Dec. 8, the filing deadline for candidates in Texas.
Why it matters: An anticipated ruling would mark the high court's first word on the redistricting wars that have defined the 2026 cycle. It wouldn't be the last.
Driving the news: On Tuesday night, Texas filed its final response for why its new map, drafted at President Trump's urging to give the GOP five new seats, should survive.
Justice Samuel A. Alito temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map last week, after a district court tossed it. Since then, briefs have been flooding the court, from the actual parties to outside interest groups to the state of Missouri.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/26/texas-supreme-court-2026-maps-gerrymandering
TN-07: Tennessee Special Election Is Close
A new Emerson/The Hill survey of the special election for US Congress in Tennessee’s 7th district finds 48% of voters support Matt Van Epps (R) and 46% support Aftyn Behn (D).
https://politicalwire.com/2025/11/26/tennessee-special-election-is-close/
Maricopa County leader concerned after signature rejection rate doubles in 2025 election
PHOENIX – Is a new signature verification process keeping legitimate votes from being counted in Maricopa County?
That’s a question Board of Supervisors Chairman Thomas Galvin is asking after the signature rejection rate doubled during the latest county elections.
Recorder Justin Heap’s office is responsible for verifying signatures on early ballot envelopes before the ballots counted. This month’s jurisdictional elections were the first since Heap took office.
“I’m just very concerned because he implemented a new system,” Galvin told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show. “No one believes that fraudulent votes should move forward. … What we want to do is make sure that everyone who votes, every valid voter sees their vote count.”
https://ktar.com/arizona-election-articles/signature-rejection-maricopa/5782719/
CT-GOV: UNH poll shows strong approval ratings for Gov. Ned Lamont in 2026 election
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — New opinion polling from the University of New Hampshire shows that Gov. Ned Lamont has a strong approval rating heading into the 2026 election.
The next gubernatorial election is now less than a year away, and Lamont has a net 17-point approval rating, with 55% giving him positive marks, 38% disapproving and another 7% with no opinion.
“A fifty five percent approval rating is obviously really solid,” political strategist Roy Occhiogrosso said. “He’s obviously one of the most popular governors in the country. So, good place to start.”
Occhiogrosso is a former campaign strategist for former Gov. Dan Malloy. Occhiogrosso helped Malloy defeat Lamont back in the 2010 Democratic primary.
https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/unh-poll-shows-strong-approval-ratings-for-gov-ned-lamont-in-2026-election/amp/
County Executive Chris Moss (R) Announces Re-Election for Third Term
ELMIRA, NY (WENY) — Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss has formally announced his plans to seek another term.
Moss is currently in his second term as county executive, having been elected in 2018. He says over his time in office, he has worked to keep taxes down, increase government transparency, and established term limits for the office of county executive and legislature, among other accomplishments.
Moss faces a primary challenge from republican Mark Margeson, who announced his candidacy last week at a campaign event in Horseheads. Margeson is the chairman of the Chemung County Legislature, and Industrial Development Agency.
Prior to his election to County Executive, Moss served as Chemung County Sheriff from 2006 to 2018.
https://www.tiogapublishing.com/news/state/county-executive-chris-moss-announces-re-election-for-third-term/article_2b31e446-714d-5ecd-b57e-5f64befd4754.html
Elmore County election winners unchanged after left-out ballots counted
Elmore County election results remained unchanged following a recount, officials announced.
The Secretary of State’s Office led the recount on Monday after it was discovered that hundreds of Elmore County ballots were not counted on election night.
Elmore County Clerk Shelley Essl notified the state on Nov. 14 that she found a discrepancy between the number of ballots cast and the number counted in the Nov. 4 election, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane told the Idaho Statesman.
McGrane told the Statesman that all ballots were in Elmore County’s possession, but some simply did not get tallied. On Monday, McGrane and a team of 17 election officials from his office led the recount, which was done by hand.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/election/article313137449.html#storylink=cpy
Update: State certifying municipal elections does not impact contested Morehead City mayor's race
RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The State Board of Elections this afternoon certified municipal election results, including in Carteret County, but county elections officials say that does not impact the contested Morehead City mayor’s race
A news release says all but two races in Hertford County were authenticated.
Just yesterday, the Carteret County Board of Elections decided to send the mayor’s election protest to Raleigh for further review.
The board voted 3-2 in favor of finding “substantial evidence” or potential voting irregularities during the board’s evidentiary hearing at the Carteret County Courthouse Monday morning.
https://www.witn.com/2025/11/25/state-certifying-municipal-elections-causes-confusion-contested-morehead-city-mayors-race/?outputType=amp
Murfreesboro election protest dismissed
AHOSKIE - James Byerly’s protest of the results of the Nov. 4 municipal election in Murfreesboro has been dismissed.
At a meeting held here Friday evening, the Hertford County Board of Elections dismissed the protest because it did not meet the statutory requirements outlined in G.S. 163-182.9.
“Specifically, the allegations presented were not eligible to be considered as an election protest under North Carolina law,” said Ka'Wania Parker, Director of the Hertford County Board of Elections.
Parker added that Byerly, an incumbent on the Murfreesboro Town Council, alleged that certain voters casting ballots in Murfreesboro registered to vote by using their mailing address rather than their physical residential address, particularly students attending Chowan University.
https://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/news/murfreesboro-election-protest-dismissed-0870abd4
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