The Georgia GOP secretary of state who bucked Donald Trump is up against serious resistance within his own party.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has become a symbol for discontent within the GOP. | Brynn Anderson/AP PhotoThe former president is obsessed with defeating him next year. He’s getting mauled by his own state party. Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he’d challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to .By most accounts, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger doesn’t have a prayer of being reelected.“He’s toast,” said Jay Williams,...…The Georgia GOP secretary of state who bucked Donald Trump is up against serious resistance within his own party.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has become a symbol for discontent within the GOP. | Brynn Anderson/AP PhotoThe former president is obsessed with defeating him next year. He’s getting mauled by his own state party. Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he’d challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to .By most accounts, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger doesn’t have a prayer of being reelected.“He’s toast,” said Jay Williams,...WW…

On everything from climate change to immigration and abortion rights, GOP attorneys general are leading the charge to dismantle White House policies.“We’re standing up and fighting back,” said Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who is leading a coalition of states suing Biden over an executive order pertaining to the “social cost” of greenhouse gas emissions. | Jeff Roberson/AP PhotoRepublican attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over the , and over its and . One is . Others have to the voting rights bill H.R. 1.And that’s just this month.With their party out of power...…On everything from climate change to immigration and abortion rights, GOP attorneys general are leading the charge to dismantle White House policies.“We’re standing up and fighting back,” said Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who is leading a coalition of states suing Biden over an executive order pertaining to the “social cost” of greenhouse gas emissions. | Jeff Roberson/AP PhotoRepublican attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over the , and over its and . One is . Others have to the voting rights bill H.R. 1.And that’s just this month.With their party out of power...WW…

For potential candidates, there is little choice but to prepare as though they are running and Trump isn’t — and then watch it all evaporate if he does.For former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other potential candidates now starting to network, there is little choice but to prepare as though former President Donald Trump isn’t running for reelection in 2024 — and then watch it all evaporate if he does. | John Raoux/AP PhotoMike Pompeo and Rick Scott are headed to Iowa this week and next, followed by Tim Scott in mid-April. Mike Pence plans to visit the early primary state of South...…For potential candidates, there is little choice but to prepare as though they are running and Trump isn’t — and then watch it all evaporate if he does.For former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other potential candidates now starting to network, there is little choice but to prepare as though former President Donald Trump isn’t running for reelection in 2024 — and then watch it all evaporate if he does. | John Raoux/AP PhotoMike Pompeo and Rick Scott are headed to Iowa this week and next, followed by Tim Scott in mid-April. Mike Pence plans to visit the early primary state of South...WW…

The New York Democrat’s reign as "America’s governor" may have come to an end, but it’s far less certain that his actual governorship is end-stage.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose time in public life dates back to his father's tenure as governor, is well aware how hard it is for wounded politicians to survive. | Seth Wenig/AP PhotoFrom all appearances, the implosion of Andrew Cuomo is near complete. Top aides are , and new revelations about his nursing home scandal continue to. Over the weekend, the newspaper of record in his adopted hometown while former aides came forward with...…The New York Democrat’s reign as "America’s governor" may have come to an end, but it’s far less certain that his actual governorship is end-stage.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose time in public life dates back to his father's tenure as governor, is well aware how hard it is for wounded politicians to survive. | Seth Wenig/AP PhotoFrom all appearances, the implosion of Andrew Cuomo is near complete. Top aides are , and new revelations about his nursing home scandal continue to. Over the weekend, the newspaper of record in his adopted hometown while former aides came forward with...WW…

The former president’s stolen election lie has channeled the party’s focus and energy toward voter restrictions.Conference attendees pose for a photo next to a statue of former President Donald Trump at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference. | John Raoux/AP PhotoRonald Reagan, the president who reinvigorated the Republican Party, promoted the GOP as the “” on his way to a landslide reelection in 1984.In the post-Donald Trump era, judging by the fare inside the Orlando ballroom where the Conservative Political Action Conference unfolded, the GOP has evolved...…The former president’s stolen election lie has channeled the party’s focus and energy toward voter restrictions.Conference attendees pose for a photo next to a statue of former President Donald Trump at the merchandise show at the Conservative Political Action Conference. | John Raoux/AP PhotoRonald Reagan, the president who reinvigorated the Republican Party, promoted the GOP as the “” on his way to a landslide reelection in 1984.In the post-Donald Trump era, judging by the fare inside the Orlando ballroom where the Conservative Political Action Conference unfolded, the GOP has evolved...WW…

The onetime Democratic sensation has new political life — and, perhaps, hope for the governorship.Former congressman and onetime Democratic sensation Beto O'Rourke acknowledged last month that he’s considering running for governor in 2022. | Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesWhile Ted Cruz was getting clobbered for fleeing Texas amid its historic winter storm, the Democrat he defeated in 2018, Beto O’Rourke, was already deep into disaster relief mode — soliciting donations for storm victims, delivering pallets of water from his pickup truck and once again broadcasting his movements on Facebook...…The onetime Democratic sensation has new political life — and, perhaps, hope for the governorship.Former congressman and onetime Democratic sensation Beto O'Rourke acknowledged last month that he’s considering running for governor in 2022. | Ron Jenkins/Getty ImagesWhile Ted Cruz was getting clobbered for fleeing Texas amid its historic winter storm, the Democrat he defeated in 2018, Beto O’Rourke, was already deep into disaster relief mode — soliciting donations for storm victims, delivering pallets of water from his pickup truck and once again broadcasting his movements on Facebook...WW…

Scores of Republicans are bolting the party in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But they’re discovering there’s really no place to go.Sen. Jim Hendren, a longtime Arkansas state legislator, has announced that he is leaving the GOP. | Danny Johnston/AP PhotoWhen Jim Hendren, a longtime Arkansas state legislator, announced on Thursday that he was leaving the GOP, it marked the latest in a flurry of recent defections from the party.Tens of thousands of Republicans across the country have in the weeks since the riot at the Capitol — many of them, like Hendren, becoming independents. Other...…Scores of Republicans are bolting the party in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But they’re discovering there’s really no place to go.Sen. Jim Hendren, a longtime Arkansas state legislator, has announced that he is leaving the GOP. | Danny Johnston/AP PhotoWhen Jim Hendren, a longtime Arkansas state legislator, announced on Thursday that he was leaving the GOP, it marked the latest in a flurry of recent defections from the party.Tens of thousands of Republicans across the country have in the weeks since the riot at the Capitol — many of them, like Hendren, becoming independents. Other...WW…

As many wonder how a party split by Trump can survive, one county outpost shows how time heals some wounds — or at least papers them over.Rohn Bishop at his home in Waupun, Wisconsin. | Narayan Mahon for Politico MagazineFor Rohn Bishop, chair of the Republican Party in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a low point in the party’s postelection civil war came one snowy December morning in the small town of Waupun.Republicans were challenging ballots cast in two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, Milwaukee and Dane, based on . It was part of Trump’s broader effort to overturn the results of...…As many wonder how a party split by Trump can survive, one county outpost shows how time heals some wounds — or at least papers them over.Rohn Bishop at his home in Waupun, Wisconsin. | Narayan Mahon for Politico MagazineFor Rohn Bishop, chair of the Republican Party in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, a low point in the party’s postelection civil war came one snowy December morning in the small town of Waupun.Republicans were challenging ballots cast in two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, Milwaukee and Dane, based on . It was part of Trump’s broader effort to overturn the results of...WW…

A new bill would convert the state’s nominating system to a primary election that would threaten New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status.In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, people wait in line to vote at a polling place on Election Day in Las Vegas. | John Locher, File/APNevada Democrats moved Monday to end the use of caucuses in presidential nominating contests, part of a concerted effort to push the state to the front of the primary calendar.The bill, which was introduced in the Assembly, would convert the nominating system in the state to a primary election instead of caucuses, a move...…A new bill would convert the state’s nominating system to a primary election that would threaten New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status.In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, people wait in line to vote at a polling place on Election Day in Las Vegas. | John Locher, File/APNevada Democrats moved Monday to end the use of caucuses in presidential nominating contests, part of a concerted effort to push the state to the front of the primary calendar.The bill, which was introduced in the Assembly, would convert the nominating system in the state to a primary election instead of caucuses, a move...WW…

There’s no evidence of election fraud in Georgia. Even so, the party rank and file is fixated on it — even if it costs them in the midterms.Attendees wait to hear President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally on Oct. 16, 2020 in Macon, Ga. | Elijah Nouvelage/Getty ImagesMARIETTA, Ga. — Nowhere has the post-Trump era been more painful for the Republican Party than in Georgia, where Trump loyalists’ war on Republican elected officials is still raging, at great cost.After the presidential election, lost by Republicans in Georgia for the first time since 1992, the party crumpled in the...…There’s no evidence of election fraud in Georgia. Even so, the party rank and file is fixated on it — even if it costs them in the midterms.Attendees wait to hear President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally on Oct. 16, 2020 in Macon, Ga. | Elijah Nouvelage/Getty ImagesMARIETTA, Ga. — Nowhere has the post-Trump era been more painful for the Republican Party than in Georgia, where Trump loyalists’ war on Republican elected officials is still raging, at great cost.After the presidential election, lost by Republicans in Georgia for the first time since 1992, the party crumpled in the...WW…