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2024 Elections: The Race for the White House and Congress
Video: Things to Remember in Q1 when Preparing 2024 Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) Reports
Early Returns Law and Politics with Jan Baran: Sean Cooksey Shares FEC Menu for 2024
Should Your Company Take a Stand on Political and Social Issues?
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 1: Candidate Campaign Intervention
State AG Pulse | Season Finale: 2022 AG Election Wrap-Up
State AG Pulse | In Massachusetts, What Will Sway The Voters?
State AG Pulse | Winner Takes All in Kansas
State AG Pulse | Money Is The Mother’s Milk of Politics
State AG Pulse | The Democrats: Playing Their Best Chess Match
State AG Pulse | Legendary Former AGs Bemoan the State of Bipartisanship
State AG Pulse | New Mexico and the Plaintiffs' Bar Money-Go-Round
State AG Pulse | Republicans Forecast A Red Wave
Podcast: Discussing Florida’s Executive Office with Former Governor Bob Martinez
H.R. 1 – Disclosures, Disclaimers, and FEC Certifications: What Corporations, Non-Profits, and Trade Associations Need to Know
2020 Presidential Candidates' Tax Proposals
Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President just over two weeks ago, speculation has swirled about the identity of her pick for the Vice Presidential candidate....more
The Cozen Lens - •Young voters and progressives are a weak spot for President Biden’s re-election bid, particularly as Israel’s war with Hamas has left the Democratic Party deeply divided. •As the presidential election...more
The Cozen Lens - •Democrats would have to run the board in a bunch of vulnerable races to maintain control of the Senate. Although unlikely, it’s not impossible, as Republicans proved in the midterm elections. ...more
The Cozen Lens - • Former President Trump has no clear heir apparent after his political career is over, either in 2024 or 2028, but Trumpism is here to stay as a dominant force in the Republican Party. • Congress is...more
The Cozen Lens - •Senator Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) battle to stay in the Senate representing the red state of Ohio and former Governor Larry Hogan’s (R-MD) fight to represent his blue state of Maryland are different sides of...more
Ohio held its Primary Election on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Featuring several crowded races and many incumbents facing challengers, election night yielded some interesting results with fairly low voter turnout of about 1.1...more
The Cozen Lens- •With Super Tuesday, the State of the Union, and the release of President Biden’s FY25 budget, this past week has been a politically consequential one. This series of events mark the pivot to the general...more
With ballots arriving California voters’ mailboxes, this alert provides a snapshot analysis of the open seats in the California Legislature for the 2024 primary. It’s worth noting that in the secretary of state’s pre-primary...more
The Cozen Lens - • Michigan was a reliably blue state in national elections for much of the last 30 years until former President Trump broke through the “blue wall” in 2016. Although President Biden won the state in 2020, he...more
As the country gears up for the 2024 elections, 11 races for governor will be contested, offering a glimpse into the shifting political dynamics across the nation. Currently, Republicans hold 27 seats and Democrats 23. In the...more
The Cozen Lens- • On the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, both Democrats and Republicans argue that democracy is under threat, but from distinctly different perspectives. • Both parties...more
The Cozen Lens- •Republicans have been talking a big game about repealing the Inflation Reduction Act in its entirety but actually going through with it will be more difficult. •Non-defense spending is poised to be hit...more
Republican Liz Murrill won the runoff election for Louisiana AG, defeating Democrat Lindsey Cheek. AG-elect Murrill is the first woman to hold the state’s AG position....more
The Cozen Lens- •President Biden and the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, former President Trump, both have high unfavorability ratings, setting up next year’s election as a choice between the lesser of two...more
Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry announced that she will run for North Carolina AG next year. Deberry will face U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson, Duplin County attorney Charles M. Ingram, and Fayetteville lawyer...more
The 2023 Kentucky General Election featured Governor Andy Beshear (D) seeking his second term in office, as well as contested races for the Commonwealth’s other statewide executive offices. While the Democratic Governor...more
In this off-year election, voters across Colorado decided two statewide ballot measures and determined local races for mayors, city councils, school boards and local ballot measures. Below is a rundown of the results of the...more
The 2023 Ohio General Election reached an unusually high turnout for an odd-numbered election year, thanks to two statewide ballot issues. Issue 1 garnered national attention, as Ohio became the latest state to enshrine...more
On Tuesday, November 7th, citizens across the Commonwealth went back to the polls to vote in one of the most consequential elections in Virginia’s history. Following redistricting, primary elections, and a wave of retirements...more
Virginia Democrats sweep the General Assembly, now have majority in both chambers. All eyes were on Virginia Tuesday night as votes were tallied. The 2023 Virginia General Election saw all 100 House and 40 Senate seats on...more
The results from New Jersey’s 2023 general election delivered fascinating insights into the state’s political landscape. All 120 seats in the Legislature were on the ballot, contested under a newly redrawn legislative map....more
Today we see former state attorneys general (AGs) as leaders in every level of government and across the political spectrum from Congress to the White House to federal agencies. Currently, there are seven former state AGs in...more
BALTIMORE — AI to Help Baltimore Agencies Bridge Language Gaps- By year’s end, the City of Baltimore will be deploying a new AI-backed service to help 911 dispatchers communicate with callers in their native language...more
As far back as 1995, The Simpsons established that you don't win friends with salad. Even though you may not make any friends with salad, it still has a monetary value. This dichotomy can actually teach us something...more
With the first Republican Presidential debate behind us, we know that we are approaching the 2024 election season. Yesterday (Sunday, September 17), the season really kicked off as far as federal campaign finance is...more