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2026 Mid-Term Elections

An attack on Democrat running for Governor in Ohio (Amy Action) left some injured, though Amy Acton was left unharmed. Subsequent reporting indicates the man had two guns and a taser on him. Injuries were just due to mostly elderly people being shoved down as he tried to make his way to Acton.

Amy Acton was involved with the Pandemic response in the Dewine (R) administration. Republican Mike Dewine was one of the few GOP governors to take a global medical emergency like it was a global medical emergency. Friction still developed between Acton and Dewine.

Her actions regarding the pandemic are being used in negative attack ads against her. She apparently was solely responsible for job losses due to the closures during a global pandemic that killed over a million Americans.
 
Man, the GOP is going full blown trans on their ad against Sherrod Brown. They have absolutely nothing to sell Husted on, so now they are juxtapositioning Brown with cross dressers in the ad. The GOP is desperate! Amazing how much traction the GOP get out of transgenders. Granted, they did very well with gay bigotry too!
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Actually in reading the NY Times article, this is complicated! The primaries have already occurred. The GOP Is Missouri attempted to force their maps by rejecting the Referendum vote within the last hour possible. The paperwork for it was filed 12/9/25 and rejected 8/7/26 (1 hour before the legislated deadline). The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the map is invalid, the mid-term must be via the existing maps, and the referendum must be on the ballot.

SCOTUS typically stays out of it with state elections, but this one is quite bad. Granted, all the more reason to stay out of it, unless they want to suggest voting isn't a right anymore. Resolution of this is almost impossible, other than somehow they hold primaries in November and General elections in December, if that is even legal. The GOP has really stepped in it this time, but they are trying to seize control of our nation's government, so this might be a benefit rather than a cost.

This might be one of the most contested state elections since Kentucky in 1900.
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And Kavanaugh follows my suggestion.. I mean... Kavanaugh does as expected and tells Missouri AG to pound sand and rejects the case. No word on why, but as I noted, SCOTUS has generally not intervened in state matters for voting in the last several years. Yes, they diluted the Voting Rights Act and normalized disenfranchising voters, but when it comes intervening in State Supreme Court decisions, they've generally left it alone, and continue to do so here.

But this is where things get weird. The election is right around the corner, the primaries have already occurred... therefore, a Federal Judge has reinstated the dead re-gerrymandered map.
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But shortly after, U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark issued a temporary restraining order in a separate challenge to Missouri's Supreme Court decision, writing that the plaintiffs faced "irreparable harm" otherwise because "many Missouri voters would have to cast their general-election votes for candidates whom they had no role in nominating."
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In general, this isn't exactly crazy, but it is a manipulated outcome, as the AG waited to the last second (and 8 months) to illegally reject a referendum on the re-gerrymandered map. IE, the GOP is fucking with this election. There is no legal resolution that really works in this time frame. I'm reminded of 2000 where W et al kept delaying recounts with court orders, astro-turf protests, and legal cases. The clock finally ran out... err... kind of.

I would note that primaries aren't in the Constitution. So the Federal issue for the necessity to vote in primaries very likely doesn't exist. But that would likely require an open field for the General Election and the State Constitution or State Law might not allow that. People need to meet deadlines for elections. All of this is in the past by this point.

Missouri are headed towards a fake election. People will go to the polls to vote for representatives of districts that legally don't exist according to the Missouri Supreme Court. This is the sort of thing the GOP probably want (and others abroad want badly). The GOP has manipulated things so badly, it will be near impossible to seat any Missouri Representatives in 2027.
 
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