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Greg Giroux
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Bloomberg Government @BGOV reporter covering elections, redistricting, Congress • @PressClubDC member • @TCM, trivia buff • Views mine
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jun 25
    Members of Congress Defeated for Renomination, 1966-2026 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… (Updated to include Goldman, Espaillat)
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    Members of Congress Defeated for Renomination, 1966-2026 (prepared by Greg Giroux)
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jan 6, 2021
    Jon Ossoff now leads by 12,806 votes and 0.29 percentage points, both margins now larger than Biden's win over Trump in Georgia. #gasen #gapol
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jun 27, 2019
    U.S. House passed Democrats' election infrastructure/security legislation, 225-184 (D 224-0, R 1-184). Includes paper-ballot requirement and would establish new standards for voting machines.
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jan 12, 2023
    US House, in a 331-97 vote, passed bill that would ban sales of crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China Republicans 218-0 Democrats 113-97
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    Greg Giroux
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    Mar 4, 2020
    From @jmartNYT: Steve Bullock Is Poised to Run for Senate in Montana, Officials Say nyti.ms/2vHE4nh #mtsen
    Democrats see a chance to pick up a crucial Senate seat in Montana if Gov. Steve Bullock runs.
    Steve Bullock Is Running for Senate in Montana (Published 2020)
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jan 6, 2021
    DeKalb County just posted about 152,000 Advanced (early) votes, and Ossoff and Warnock each netted more than 100,000 votes: dekalbcountyga.gov/sites/default/…
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jul 19, 2022
    US House, in 267-157 vote, passed bill that would recognize same-sex marriage in federal law and also formally repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). D 220-0 R 47-157
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jun 8, 2017
    U.S. House passed Dodd-Frank rollback legislation, 233-186 Republicans 233-1 Democrats 0-185
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    Greg Giroux
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    Sep 23, 2024
    55 years ago this month, the US House voted 338-70 for a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College and switch to direct popular vote election (w/ 40% needed to win and avoid top 2 runoff) govtrack.us/congress/votes… (D 184-44, R 154-26). Died in Senate.
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    Greg Giroux
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    Aug 15, 2020
    Joe Kennedy received a $5,000 campaign contribution yesterday from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's PAC To The Future, per FEC filing today: docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/… #masen #mapoli
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    Greg Giroux
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    Jul 5, 2024
    Sunak said he called Starmer to offer congratulations. "Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in our country's stability and future."
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    Greg Giroux
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    Dec 21, 2021
    U.S. population grew by just 0.1% in the year ended July 1, 2021, "the lowest rate since the nation's founding," per Census Bureau population estimates released today. census.gov/library/storie…
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    Greg Giroux
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    Nov 4, 2020
    Maricopa County AZ: Biden 54%, Trump 45% after 1.47 million votes counted recorder.maricopa.gov/electionresult… In 2016, Maricopa voted 48%-45% for Trump and cast about 1.55 million votes Maricopa typically casts about 60% of the AZ vote
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    Election Results
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    Greg Giroux
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    Mar 2, 2021
    U.S. House, in 97-328 vote, rejected amendment by Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) that would have allowed individuals serving a felony prison sentence to vote in federal elections. Democrats 97-119 (or 45%-55% against) Republicans 0-209