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Voters have few options to remove George Santos from Congress – aside from waiting until the next election
Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University There are mounting calls from both politicians and voters to force the newly elected apparent fabulist U.S. Rep. George Santos from Congress following revelations he fabricated his background and other details of his life. But New York’s 3rd Congressional District voters, who elected Santos as their representative in November 2022, cannot directly force him out of office until the next election, in November 2024. It appears that Santos, who beat Democrat Robert Zimmerman during
Trump announces he’ll run for president again as Murdoch turns on him – and it could be politically expensive for both
Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney No politician, journalist or media critic has ever been heard to utter the phrase “as subtle as a Murdoch tabloid”. So, when Murdoch’s New York Post responded to the Republicans’ unexpectedly meagre gains in the
‘Red wave’ fails to materialise as Democrats perform above expectations in tight midterm race
Jared Mondschein, University of Sydney On average, the US president’s political party loses 28 seats in the House of Representatives and four Senate seats in their first midterm elections. While votes continue to be tallied, early results indicate that President
Midterms 2022: 4 experts on the effects of voter intimidation laws, widespread mail-in voting – and what makes a winner
Thessalia Merivaki, Mississippi State University; Bertrall Ross, University of Virginia; Jeffrey Lazarus, Georgia State University, and Mara Suttmann-Lea, Connecticut College With control of Congress and statehouses at stake, voters across the nation headed to the polls on Election Day 2022.
Corporate spending in state politics and elections can affect everything from your wallet to your health
Richard A. Devine, DePaul University and R. Michael Holmes Jr., Florida State University Political spending by corporations is big business. As one corporate executive with experience in business-government relations says, “A company that is dependent on government that does not