2024 Elections

In a recent interview, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dodged a question about Donald Trump's claims of "presidential immunity."

ABC's Jonathan Karl asked Haley if she agreed Trump was immune from Jan. 6 prosecutions because he was president at the time he allegedly incited a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol.

With Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) deciding to not run for re-election the Republican leadership sees an easy pick-up to help them retake the Senate in 2024 but are, once again, worried about possible candidates in key states who could destroy those hopes.

According to a report from Politico, controversial candidates running in swing states could blow the party's chances at a majority and the leadership is trying to lock up nominations now before it gets out of hand.

As Politico's Ally Mutnick and Burgess Everett wrote, "The GOP is escalating its push to head off problematic nominees in a slate of critical states that could determine control of the Senate next year."

With the Democart's loss of Manchin's seat in deeply conservative West Virginia a foregone conclusion, Senate Democrats need a pick-up or two of their own to maintain control.

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As for Republicans, they have problems of their own.

"Republicans are still facing internecine battles in states like Arizona, Ohio and Montana that could upend their best-laid plans," the report states before adding, "In Arizona, some Republicans want to clear the field for Kari Lake by urging her opponent to primary a House member instead. In Ohio, GOP Sen. J.D. Vance is trying to sell party leaders on his preferred pick in a three-way contest."

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) suggested Republicans can be their own worst enemies when it comes to allowing fringe candidates to linger on the campaign trail too long.

“Usually what happens is the more extreme candidate wins. And a lot of damage is done to whoever emerges,” he explained.

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Hours after the publishing of an article in the Washington Post that described the internal dysfunction that has plagued the 2024 presidential campaign conducted by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the political strategist who headed the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down PAC abruptly quit late Saturday night.

Strategist Jeff Roe walked away on Saturday night, dealing yet another blow to the DeSantis campaign that has been plagued by firings and layoffs as the Florida governor's attempt to displace Donald Trump as the face of the Republican party went nowhere with conservative voters.

A swing Ohio House district Republicans were counting on winning to maintain their majority in the House of Representatives next year just became even more competitive.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who has represented her Toledo-area district since 1983, will face a steep reelection campaign in 2024 after the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature carved up her district in the wake of the 2020 Census. In 2022 she faced off against Air Force vetera JR Majewski, who ended up losing after it was discovered he lied about serving in Afghanistan (he actually served in Qatar, which the AP said was "a safe distance from the fighting"). After news of the scandal broke, Kaptur easily won reelection by 13 points.