Outside the Beltway

Pete Buttigieg had a very successful fundraising quarter at the same time he is rising in the polls.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is basically a non-entity in the race for the Democratic nomination, will not be running for re-election.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

The Commission on Presidential Debates has released the schedule and criteria for the General Election debates. As usual, the criteria are heavily biased in favor of the major party candidates.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

Pete Buttigieg’s momendum in the polls has slowed, but his fundraising ability has not.

The latest Des Moines Register poll puts Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at the top of the pack in the Hawkeye State.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

Republicans managed to pull off a narrow win in North Carolina yesterday, but they shouldn’t be celebrating.

As the race for the Democratic nomination heads into the fall, it looks as if it has already winnowed itself down to a top three.

This timeline is just so weird.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

As was the case in June, the second night of the second Democratic debate was seen by more people than the first night.

For the second time in month, the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination will face off in a two-night debate, so it’s as good a time as any to look at the polls.

Dozens of well-off students from the Chicago area are getting college subsidies.

Dan Coats is stepping down as Director of National Intelligence, and President Trump wants to replace him with an inexperienced, obsequious toady.

In contrast to the idea of granting statehood to the District of Columbia, the American public appears to strongly support statehood for Puerto RIco.

The lineups for the second Democratic debate are set, and they include some interesting pairings.

Once again, twenty candidates will participate in the second debate scheduled to take place over two nights at the end of the month.

Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Primary by a huge margin in 2016. This time, he’s slipping in the polls as other candidates rise ahead of him.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

The numbers are in and there’s good news for some candidates and bad news for a lot of the others.

Senator Elizabeth Warren raised $19 million despite eschewing the high-dollar fundraisers her opponents have utilized.

We won’t have a little-known Congressman from somewhereoranother to kick around any more.

Kamala Harris lagged the top Democratic candidates in fundraising in the second quarter, but that’s likely to change.

It was a very successful fundraising quarter for the former Vice-President.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up, and Bernie Sanders is down, in the first state-level poll since the debates.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter of the year, trailing fellow candidate Pete Buttigieg.

News outlets are hyping small swings in their surveys but the race is pretty much where it was when it began.

Mayor Pete is raking in the dough.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Various federal and state agencies are enforcing existing laws while Congress scrambles to update them.

With the first Democratic debate set to begin tonight, it’s a good time to take a look at the state of the race.

Pete Butttigieg has spent the past week dealing with a crisis back in South Bend. How he handles it could have a significant impact on his campaign.