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Florida's congressional districts
Florida's 28 U.S. House districts, redrawn under the Fair Districts amendment; DeSantis's 2022 map eliminated a North Florida Black-opportunity district for a 20-8 GOP edge, and a 2026 mid-decade map adds up to four more Republican seats amid ongoing lawsuits.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference
The Four Seasons Total Landscaping press conference: Rudy Giuliani's November 7, 2020 Trump-campaign event in a Northeast Philadelphia parking lot, held after a venue mix-up as networks called the 2020 election for Biden.
George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign
George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign: the antiwar senator won the Democratic nomination under his own McGovern-Fraser reforms, then lost to Nixon in a landslide, carrying only Massachusetts and DC.
George Papadopoulos
George Papadopoulos, Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy adviser whose contacts with Joseph Mifsud and Russian intermediaries triggered the FBI's Russia investigation; he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was pardoned in 2020.
Georgia's 14th congressional district
Georgia's 14th congressional district, also known as GA-14, is a U.S. House district covering northwest Georgia and Atlanta's northwestern exurbs, created in 2011 and currently represented by Republican Clay Fuller.
Governor of New Hampshire
The governor of New Hampshire is the state's chief executive, elected every two years and ranked among the country's weakest governorships because a five-member Executive Council must approve appointments, pardons, and spending.
Hillary Clinton email controversy
Hillary Clinton email controversy: her exclusive use of a private Chappaqua server as secretary of state (2009-2013), the 2015 disclosure, FBI investigation, 2016 no-charge decisions, Weiner laptop reopening, and oversight findings.
Hunter Biden laptop controversy
Hunter Biden laptop controversy: MacBook Pro left at a Wilmington, Delaware repair shop in 2019, revealed by the New York Post in October 2020, suppressed by Twitter and Facebook, later authenticated by forensics, the FBI, and a 2024 DOJ filing.
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois General Assembly: bicameral state legislature of Illinois (Senate, House of Representatives), created by the 1818 constitution, meeting in the Springfield capitol; 59 senators, 118 representatives, no term limits, currently Democratic-controlled 104th General Assembly.
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the 59-member upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, meeting in Springfield. Senators serve staggered 2-4-4 or 4-4-2 decade term cycles from single-member districts; Democrats hold the majority.
Illinois's congressional delegations
Illinois's congressional delegations: the state's U.S. senators and House members since 1818. Currently two Democratic senators (Durbin, Duckworth) and 17 representatives, 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans, in the 119th Congress.
Indiana elections
Indiana elections are held in even-numbered years on November Election Day, with the governor elected in presidential years and half the State Senate up every two years.
Internet Research Agency (Агентство интернет-исследований)
Internet Research Agency (Агентство интернет-исследований, IRA, Trolls from Olgino): St Petersburg Russian troll farm founded 2013, funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, indicted by Mueller in 2018 for 2016 US election interference, disbanded 2023.
Jamie Whitten
Jamie Whitten, formally Jamie Lloyd Whitten (1910–1995), was a Mississippi Democrat who served in the US House from 1941 to 1995, longer than anyone before him.
Jason Palmer (politician)
Jason Michael Palmer (born 1971), Baltimore entrepreneur and impact investor, won the 2024 American Samoa Democratic caucus over Joe Biden, 51-40, becoming the first challenger to beat an incumbent president in a primary since 1980.
Jeremiah Wright controversy
The Jeremiah Wright controversy: 2008 political storm over sermons by Obama's Chicago pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, sparked by released "God damn America" video clips, Obama's race speech, and his May 2008 departure from the church.
Jesusland map
The Jesusland map, also called United States of Canada vs. Jesusland, is a satirical 2004 internet meme map created by G. Webb on yakyak.org after Bush's re-election, merging Kerry states with Canada and labeling red states Jesusland.
Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign
Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign: Green Party run announced November 9, 2023; nominated with Butch Ware August 17, 2024; received 862,049 votes (0.56%) after FEC matching funds and Democratic spoiler-focused counter-campaigning.
Jo Jorgensen 2020 presidential campaign
Jo Jorgensen's 2020 presidential campaign was the Libertarian Party ticket of Jorgensen and Spike Cohen, on all 50 state ballots plus DC, taking about 1.2% of the popular vote as the leading third-party candidate behind Trump and Biden.
Joe the Plumber
Joe the Plumber, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (1973-2023), Ohio plumbing worker famous for questioning Obama's tax plan in 2008; unlicensed, McCain debate icon, later tea party figure and 2012 House candidate.
John Edwards extramarital affair
John Edwards extramarital affair: the 2006 relationship between the Democratic senator and filmmaker Rielle Hunter, producing daughter Quinn, admitted in 2008, leading to a 2011 campaign-finance indictment and 2012 acquittal on one count with a mistrial on five.
John Murtha
John Murtha (Jack Murtha, 1932–2010), Pennsylvania's 12th District Democrat in the US House 1974–2010, Marine colonel, Defense Appropriations chair, 2005 Iraq withdrawal critic, Abscam figure, 'King of Pork.'
Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign
Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign: her Democratic run launched July 21, 2024 after Biden's withdrawal, nomination sealed in 32 hours with Tim Walz, over $1 billion raised, September 10 debate win, and a 226-312 electoral defeat by Trump.
Knock Down the House
Knock Down the House (2019) is Rachel Lears' Netflix documentary following Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Amy Vilela, and Paula Jean Swearengin in 2018 Democratic primaries; Sundance Audience Award winner sold to Netflix for a record $10 million.
Let's Go Brandon
Let's Go Brandon, also LGB, is an American political euphemism for "Fuck Joe Biden" that originated from NBC reporter Kelli Stavast's on-air mischaracterization of a crowd chant during a Talladega NASCAR interview with winner Brandon Brown on October 2, 2021.
Lieutenant governor elections in the United States
Lieutenant governor elections in the United States fill the office second in line to the governorship, held in 45 states, on a joint ticket in 26.
Lincoln–Douglas debates
The Lincoln–Douglas debates were seven formal Illinois Senate campaign debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, held August 21 to October 15 in Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and Alton, focused on slavery, with Douglas winning the seat and Lincoln gaining national fame.
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials: documented 2016 campaign and transition contacts (Trump Tower meeting, Manafort-Kilimnik polling data, Papadopoulos-Mifsud). Mueller found multiple links but no established coordination; the 2020 Senate report called the contacts a grave counterintelligence threat.
List of Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign endorsements: congressional backers Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Jayapal; unions APWU, NNU, UTLA, UE, NUHW; Super Tuesday celebrities; de Blasio's pre-Nevada endorsement; Sanders's April 13, 2020 Biden endorsement.
List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements
Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements: congressional, gubernatorial, state, media, and organizational backers. Over 30 of 271 congressional Republicans by February 2023; 120 House Republicans and nearly half the Senate by the Iowa caucuses.