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Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign
Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign: Arkansas Governor Clinton's Democratic run against George H. W. Bush and Ross Perot. Carville's 'It's the economy, stupid,' Gore as running mate, New Democrat positioning, and a 43%-370-electoral-vote win.
Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush (born 1946) is an American retired Democratic congressman for Illinois's 1st district, 1993-2023, former Illinois Black Panther Party co-founder, Chicago alderman, and the only politician to defeat Barack Obama in an election, in the 2000 primary.
Brooke Jenkins
Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco's 31st District Attorney: appointed by Mayor Breed July 8, 2022 after Chesa Boudin's recall, elected November 2022, re-elected 2024; former assistant DA known for tougher charging policies.
Brooks Brothers riot
The Brooks Brothers riot was a November 22, 2000 demonstration by Republican operatives that disrupted and ended the Miami-Dade County presidential ballot recount in Florida.
Bruce Harrell
Bruce Harrell, Seattle attorney and former three-term City Council president, served as Seattle's mayor from 2022 to January 2026 on a One Seattle agenda, created the CARE crisis-response department, and lost the 2025 mayoral election to Katie Wilson 49.47% to 50.20%.
Bushism
Bushism: a word or phrase characteristic of President George W. Bush's speaking style, especially verbal blunders and malapropisms, catalogued by Slate and analyzed by linguists such as Mark Liberman.
California State Assembly
California State Assembly: lower house of the California Legislature, 80 members serving two-year terms from population-based districts. Currently 60 Democrats, 19 Republicans, 1 vacant; Speaker Robert Rivas; most bills need 41 votes.
California State Controller
California State Controller: the state's chief fiscal officer, a statewide constitutional office elected every four years, held by Malia M. Cohen since 2023; audits claims, disburses state payments, and safeguards unclaimed property.
Checkers speech
The Checkers speech, also called the Fund speech, was Richard Nixon's September 23, 1952 televised defense of an $18,235 political fund that saved his 1952 vice-presidential nomination, named for his family's cocker spaniel.
Classes of United States senators
Classes of United States senators: Class I, II, III, the constitutional three-way division of the 100-member Senate (33-33-34) that staggers six-year terms so one third faces election every two years.
Claudia De la Cruz
Claudia De la Cruz is an American political organizer, popular educator, and theologian who ran for president in 2024 as the Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee.
Close-margin United States House election results
Close-margin United States House election results compile the narrowest certified House victories, including three one-vote races, Indiana's 4-vote race in 1984, and Iowa's 6-vote race in 2020.
Columbus mayoral elections
The Columbus mayoral elections are nonpartisan citywide contests electing Columbus, Ohio's strong mayor in odd-numbered years, under rules set by the 1914 charter; Andrew Ginther won in 2015, 2019, and 2023.
Covfefe
Covfefe: nonsense word from Donald Trump's May 31, 2017 midnight tweet "Despite the constant negative press covfefe," widely read as a typo for "coverage"; deleted after six hours, 2.6 million mentions, lasting meme and political shorthand.
Creator Economy Caucus
Creator Economy Caucus (Congressional Creators Caucus), bipartisan US House caucus launched June 2025 by Reps. Clarke and Van Duyne with MatPat; Senate counterpart by Booker and Kennedy in 2026; supports creator tax, AI, and likeness issues.
Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)
Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI counterintelligence investigation opened July 31, 2016 into Trump campaign Russia ties, examined by the DOJ Inspector General for Carter Page FISA failures and by Durham.
Daisy (advertisement)
Daisy, officially "Peace, Little Girl," is the 1964 Lyndon Johnson campaign ad against Barry Goldwater showing a girl counting flower petals before a nuclear explosion; it aired once on NBC and became a landmark of fear-based political advertising.
Daniel Kelly (Wisconsin judge)
Daniel Kelly (born 1964), former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice 2016-2020, appointed by Scott Walker, lost 2020 race to Jill Karofsky and 2023 race to Janet Protasiewicz; later paid by GOP for 2020 election work.
Dean Phillips
Dean Phillips, Minnesota congressman (MN-3, 2019–2025) and Phillips Distilling businessman, ran a long-shot 2024 Democratic primary challenge to Biden, launched October 27, 2023 in New Hampshire, suspended March 6, 2024, and endorsed Biden.
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), founded 1916, is the Democratic Party's Senate campaign arm recruiting candidates, fundraising, and making independent expenditures; counterpart to the NRSC, FEC ID C00042366, chaired by Kirsten Gillibrand for 2026.
Democrats Abroad
Democrats Abroad, formally the Democratic Party Committee Abroad, is the Democratic Party's organization for Americans living outside the United States, founded in 1964 and represented on the DNC by six voting members.
Detroit mayoral elections
Detroit mayoral elections are nonpartisan municipal contests choosing the mayor of Detroit, Michigan, held with an August primary and November general; Mary Sheffield won the 2025 race.
Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign
Donald Trump's 2000 presidential campaign was an exploratory bid for the Reform Party nomination, led with Roger Stone, featuring a 14.25% wealth tax proposal, and withdrawn February 14, 2000 before Buchanan took the nomination.
Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign
Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign: announced June 16, 2015, defeated 17 Republican rivals, and won the Electoral College 304-227 over Hillary Clinton while losing the popular vote; rally-centered, media-driven campaign with a Facebook-heavy digital operation.
Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
The Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign was the Republican incumbent's unsuccessful re-election bid with Mike Pence, losing to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November 2020.
Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign: announced November 15, 2022, won the GOP primary, chose JD Vance, defeated Kamala Harris 312-226 electoral votes on November 5, 2024, becoming the 47th president.
Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape
Access Hollywood tape: 2005 hot-mic recording of Donald Trump and Billy Bush bragging about groping women, published by the Washington Post Oct 7, 2016; drew GOP condemnations, a brief polling dip, and featured in Trump's hush-money trial.
Elections in the United States
Elections in the United States: decentralized state-run contests for president, Congress, and local offices, using the Electoral College, primaries, and federal laws like the VRA, NVRA, and HAVA.
Electoral history of Barack Obama
Barack Obama's electoral history includes three Illinois state senate victories, a 2004 U.S. Senate win, and two presidential elections, becoming the first Black president in 2008.
Faithless electors in the 2016 United States presidential election
Faithless electors in the 2016 US presidential election: seven electors voted against their pledges (five Clinton, two Trump), casting votes for Powell, Kasich, Ron Paul, Sanders, and Faith Spotted Eagle; the episode led to Chiafalo v. Washington (2020).