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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.'
Joint List (القائمة المشتركة)
The Joint List (القائمة المشتركة) is an Israeli electoral alliance of Arab parties (Hadash, Ta'al, Balad, formerly Ra'am) formed in 2015 after the 3.25% threshold; it peaked at 15 Knesset seats in 2020.
July 1932 German federal election
The July 1932 German federal election, held 31 July 1932, made the Nazi Party the largest party in the Reichstag with 37.3 percent of the vote.
Justin Huntly McCarthy
Justin Huntly McCarthy, also known as Justin H. McCarthy, was an Irish nationalist writer and Home Rule MP for Athlone and Newry, best known for If I Were King (1901).
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.
Kamala is for they/them
"Kamala is for they/them" is the tagline of Donald Trump's most-aired 2024 attack ad against Kamala Harris, based on her 2019 ACLU answer supporting gender-affirming care for prisoners and detainees; Future Forward measured a 2.7-point shift toward Trump.
King of the Romans
King of the Romans (Latin: Rex Romanorum) was the title of the elected German sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire before papal coronation as emperor.
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.
Kurultai (Kazakhstan)
Kurultai (Құрылтай) is Kazakhstan's unicameral parliament created by the 2026 constitution, replacing the bicameral Mazhilis and Senate. Its 145 deputies are elected for five years by proportional party-list vote in one nationwide district; Adilet won the first 2026 election.
Landslide victory
Landslide victory: an election won by an exceptionally large margin, with no fixed legal definition; common benchmarks are 10-20 point popular-vote margins or about 70% of U.S. electoral votes, with examples from 1936, 1984, and recent global elections.
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK): head of the Conservative and Unionist Party, currently Kemi Badenoch (elected November 2024). Distinguished by its two-stage selection, MPs then members, and the 15% no-confidence trigger via the 1922 Committee.
Leadership approval opinion polling for the next Australian federal election
Leadership approval polling for Australia's next federal election tracks Anthony Albanese, Liberal leaders Sussan Ley then Angus Taylor, and Pauline Hanson via approval, favourability, and preferred-PM questions, with Albanese's net approval falling from +6 in 2025 to about −17 by late 2026.
Leadership approval opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election
Leadership approval polling for the next UK general election: YouGov, Ipsos and More in Common net ratings of party leaders during the 2024–29 Parliament, including Starmer's fall to -44, Farage's -32 low, and Denyer's +8.
Leadership opinion polling for the 2026 Israeli legislative election
Opinion polling for the 2026 Israeli legislative election, also called Knesset election polls, tracks seat projections before the 27 October 2026 vote. Averages show Likud and Yashar near 22 seats each, Netanyahu's bloc short of 61, and documented Channel 14 house effects.
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta, also called the Assembly or House, is Alberta's unicameral legislature: 87 MLAs from 87 constituencies, first elected in 1905, passing laws and holding the Premier and Executive Council accountable.
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories is Canada's 19-seat, non-partisan consensus legislature in Yellowknife; MLAs elect the Premier, Speaker, and Cabinet publicly, a system shared only with Nunavut.
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.
Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne is the British Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North, first elected in 2004, a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and chair of the Commons Business and Trade Committee since 2024.
Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election: 308 confirmed candidates, one per riding, led by Paul Martin. Liberals took 30.2% of the vote, lost to Harper's Conservatives, and Martin resigned before Dion's December 2006 leadership win.
Liechtenstein general elections, 1862–2021
Liechtenstein general elections choose the 25 members of the Landtag and have been held since the 1862 constitution, evolving from indirect male suffrage to proportional representation.
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.