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Two weeks later, Democrats said that Feinstein would return to Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 89-year-old senator, the longest-serving Democrat in the current Senate, returned Wednesday and cast a vote on the Senate floor looking noticeably thinner and using a wheelchair. Her office said she would operate on a reduced schedule as she continues to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Judiciary meeting Thursday, she walked to her seat on the dais, receiving a standing ovation. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), said he spoke for all “with feelings of relief and support for our colleague Senator Feinstein.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel did not hold a vote on \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-judicial-nominee-delaney-abortion-new-hampshire-68f2a0ed839c743873a16924a8bce148\">Michael Delaney\u003c/a>, a nominee for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who has generated some rare concern from Democrats and advocacy groups over his signature on a legal brief defending a parental notification law for abortion in New Hampshire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin said after the vote that the nomination currently doesn’t have enough support — meaning some Democrats are not ready to vote for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t the right moment,” Durbin said of Thursday’s meeting. “We’ll see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans railed against the three judicial nominees approved along party lines. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said the nominees were part of a “small subset” of Biden’s judicial nominations who are so extreme that they “could not have a prayer of getting even a single Republican vote on this committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz noted that South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, votes for most of Biden’s judicial picks. But Graham did not support those judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP senators, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, had criticized the three judges for their partisan ideologies or what they said was a lack of experience and knowledge of the law. Bjelkengren was unable to answer basic questions from Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy about articles of the Constitution during her confirmation hearing earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin defended the nominees, including Bjelkengren’s stumbles during her questioning from Kennedy. “One response during a hearing does not negate a lifetime of service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11949241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg\" alt=\"A seated older woman with a blue suit dress shakes hands with a smiling white man in a suit while others behind them clap their hands in a Senate judicial committee session.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) shakes hands with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) as she arrives and takes her seat at a business hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill May 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The committee approved three other federal judge nominations with bipartisan support at the beginning of the meeting. 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John Fetterman, a Democrat, who received treatment for clinical depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m energized and ecstatic” to move forward on Biden’s nominees and other Democratic priorities, Blumenthal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Following Sen. Dianne Feinstein's recovery from shingles and return to the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Biden's judicial nominees were advanced along party lines on Thursday after weeks of delay.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1683853444,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":800},"headData":{"title":"With Sen. Feinstein Back, 3 of Biden's Stalled Judicial Nominees Move Forward | KQED","description":"Following Sen. 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Feinstein Back, 3 of Biden's Stalled Judicial Nominees Move Forward","datePublished":"2023-05-12T01:04:04.000Z","dateModified":"2023-05-12T01:04:04.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"Mary Clare Jalonick\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11949204/with-sen-feinstein-back-3-of-bidens-stalled-judicial-nominees-move-forward","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Senate Democrats advanced three of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees along party lines Thursday after weeks of delay due to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s extended absence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/feinstein-return-absence-senate-48a17d5f7de9af2f4e705f89faefc67a\">Feinstein back in the Senate\u003c/a>, and voting in the committee, the panel approved three federal district court judge nominations that had been stalled: Charnelle Bjelkengren of the state of Washington, S. Kato Crews of Colorado and Marian Gaston of California. Feinstein’s 10-week absence recovering from shingles meant that the committee’s votes were tied along party lines and Democrats could not move forward with any nominees without Republican support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein’s return came after weeks of angst among Democrats and liberal advocacy groups about a backlog of nominations on the panel, even as the committee voted out several judges with bipartisan support.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11948930,news_11947049,news_11946976"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In an unusual request, Feinstein had asked to be temporarily replaced on the panel while she remained out of the Senate. But \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/feinstein-mcconnell-judiciary-temporary-replacement-66d8a1614e962ccfb7c9252c0ccf2a96\">Republicans last month blocked a vote\u003c/a>, saying there was little precedent for a temporary committee replacement and that they didn’t want to help Democrats confirm the most partisan judges. Two weeks later, Democrats said that Feinstein would return to Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 89-year-old senator, the longest-serving Democrat in the current Senate, returned Wednesday and cast a vote on the Senate floor looking noticeably thinner and using a wheelchair. Her office said she would operate on a reduced schedule as she continues to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Judiciary meeting Thursday, she walked to her seat on the dais, receiving a standing ovation. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), said he spoke for all “with feelings of relief and support for our colleague Senator Feinstein.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel did not hold a vote on \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-judicial-nominee-delaney-abortion-new-hampshire-68f2a0ed839c743873a16924a8bce148\">Michael Delaney\u003c/a>, a nominee for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who has generated some rare concern from Democrats and advocacy groups over his signature on a legal brief defending a parental notification law for abortion in New Hampshire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin said after the vote that the nomination currently doesn’t have enough support — meaning some Democrats are not ready to vote for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t the right moment,” Durbin said of Thursday’s meeting. “We’ll see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans railed against the three judicial nominees approved along party lines. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said the nominees were part of a “small subset” of Biden’s judicial nominations who are so extreme that they “could not have a prayer of getting even a single Republican vote on this committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruz noted that South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Judiciary panel, votes for most of Biden’s judicial picks. But Graham did not support those judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GOP senators, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, had criticized the three judges for their partisan ideologies or what they said was a lack of experience and knowledge of the law. Bjelkengren was unable to answer basic questions from Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy about articles of the Constitution during her confirmation hearing earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durbin defended the nominees, including Bjelkengren’s stumbles during her questioning from Kennedy. “One response during a hearing does not negate a lifetime of service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11949241\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11949241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg\" alt=\"A seated older woman with a blue suit dress shakes hands with a smiling white man in a suit while others behind them clap their hands in a Senate judicial committee session.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/GettyImages-1253788126-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Committee chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) shakes hands with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) as she arrives and takes her seat at a business hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill May 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The committee approved three other federal judge nominations with bipartisan support at the beginning of the meeting. Feinstein, who arrived around an hour and a half after the hearing started, was not present for those votes but voiced her support once she arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All six judge nominations approved by the panel on Thursday will now move to the Senate floor for final confirmation votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with a reduced schedule, Feinstein’s return will give Democrats more room to maneuver in their narrow 49–51 majority — not only on the Judiciary panel but on the Senate floor and during the upcoming negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Judiciary panel, said Feinstein’s return enables Democrats to have their full majority again. Several other senators have been absent for medical reasons this year, including Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat, who received treatment for clinical depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m energized and ecstatic” to move forward on Biden’s nominees and other Democratic priorities, Blumenthal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11949204/with-sen-feinstein-back-3-of-bidens-stalled-judicial-nominees-move-forward","authors":["byline_news_11949204"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_21983","news_29063","news_24071","news_24023","news_21246"],"featImg":"news_11949238","label":"news"},"news_11946577":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11946577","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11946577","score":null,"sort":[1681404825000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"feinsteins-prolonged-absence-frustrates-senate-democrats","title":"Feinstein's Prolonged Absence Frustrates Senate Democrats","publishDate":1681404825,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Feinstein’s Prolonged Absence Frustrates Senate Democrats | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>With a growing backlog of unconfirmed judicial nominees bottled up in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941047/sen-dianne-feinstein-wont-seek-reelection-ending-groundbreaking-political-career\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u003c/a> issued a statement Wednesday saying she’s asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily name another Democrat to the panel until she is able to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was first diagnosed with shingles, I expected to return by the end of the March work period. Unfortunately, my return to Washington has been delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that my absence could delay the important work of the Judiciary Committee, so I’ve asked Leader Schumer to ask the Senate to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve until I’m able to resume my committee work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pressure on Feinstein to step aside more permanently is mounting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Democrat Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) on Wednesday called on Feinstein to give up the seat she has held for more than 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna, who has endorsed East Bay U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee in the race to replace Feinstein after she leaves at the end of next year, called on Feinstein to resign to enable the Senate to confirm a backlog of judicial nominations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11946548 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An Indian man with dark hair and eyes wears a light blue business suit and busy orange and green tie sits on a wooden bench outside. He sits crossed-legged with his arms folded on his knee. He looks to the right of the camera. Crowds of people and children are pictured behind him.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Rep. Ro Khanna of California’s 17th District on Aug. 24, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty. While she has had a lifetime of public service, it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties,” Khanna said on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna noted the recent decision from a Trump-appointed judge to reverse the FDA’s 2000 approval of the drug mifepristone, which is used in medical abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ruling by an extremist judge in Texas has made it clear that Democrats must act with speed and urgency to confirm judicial nominees who will protect the right to an abortion. Senator Feinstein is unable to fulfill her duties and for the good of the people, she should resign,” Khanna said.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"US Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont)\"]‘Senator Feinstein is unable to fulfill her duties and for the good of the people, she should resign.’[/pullquote]Even if Schumer appoints another Democrat to take Feinstein’s spot on the Judiciary Committee, it’s by no means certain that would fix the problem with confirming judges. Senate rules require unanimous consent from all senators to change a committee member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem with that is that any Republican can object to that,” said Khanna. “I anticipate they will object to that. And that is what is my concern. Now, what happens if they object to it and we have the same problem, that we don’t have our judges being confirmed?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without unanimous consent to replace Feinstein on the committee, Democrats would need to pursue another track, which would require 60 votes, meaning several Republicans would need to cooperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna is often out of lockstep with his party. In 2021, he was the last Democrat in California’s congressional delegation to endorse U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, who was up for election after being appointed to the job by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked for her thoughts on Feinstein’s status and whether she should step aside, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi pushed back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s interesting to me, I don’t know what political agendas are at work that are going after Senator Feinstein in that way,” Pelosi said in San Francisco Wednesday. “I’ve never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Khanna is the first elected Democrat from California to openly call on Feinstein to step down, he is unlikely to be the last. Her absence from the evenly divided Senate Judiciary Committee blocks Democrats’ ability to move President Joe Biden’s nominations for the federal bench to a confirmation vote of the full Senate floor.[aside label='More on California' tag='california']Feinstein’s legacy as a groundbreaking Democrat — she was the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee — has kept most Democrats from speaking out. But for more than a year, there have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940460/long-before-feinstein-another-california-senator-faced-questions-about-mental-fitness\">whispers from her Senate colleagues\u003c/a> — mostly unnamed — that the 89-year-old senator has been losing her mental acuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been some deterioration in her mental acuity. Many senators, many of her colleagues, have mentioned that to me,” said congressional scholar Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot force her to resign,” he added. “You cannot expel her. But what you can do is move her off the [Judiciary] committee. Replace her with another Democrat to get that necessary one-vote margin to begin to move these confirmations through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein has missed most of the Senate votes this year, which includes more than two dozen for judicial nominations with some of those from California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can be very, very difficult to fill those vacancies,” said Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “So for the Democrats, I think it makes every sense in the world to take the steps necessary to be able to move these judicial nominations,” especially given that “there’s this looming clock that just is starting to tick faster and faster and faster\u003ci>” \u003c/i>as the 2024 election approaches.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Norman Ornstein, congressional scholar, American Enterprise Institute\"]‘We need to have judges confirmed so that we can recapture some of the balance of the federal judiciary. And right now, Dianne Feinstein, not because of her own choosing, nonetheless, is an obstacle.’[/pullquote]“We need to have judges confirmed so that we can recapture some of the balance of the federal judiciary,” Ornstein said. “And right now, Dianne Feinstein, not because of her own choosing, nonetheless, is an obstacle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Constitution Society (ACS) tracks vacancies in the federal judiciary and the progress of judicial nominations. According to the ACS, there are now 36 pending vacancies awaiting a vote by the Judiciary Committee and 18 awaiting a vote on the Senate floor. Six more nominees are waiting for a hearing by the Judiciary Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ongoing absences are impairing not only the Senate’s ability to confirm judges, but the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ability to advance nominations,” said ACS President Russ Feingold, a former U.S. senator from Wisconsin who served with Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee before he was defeated in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11946594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684.jpg\" alt=\"An older white woman with light, brown hair and a blue business suit stands next to another man with gray hair and a gray suit. He holds a yellow folder and is showing the woman a document inside a government building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chats with a staffer as she leaves the Senate chamber following a vote at the US Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. Feinstein, California’s longest-serving senator, announced she will not run for reelection next year, marking the end of one of the state’s most storied political careers. Despite ongoing health concerns, she plans to remain in office through the end of her term. \u003ccite>(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Senator Feinstein expects to be unable to participate in Judiciary Committee activities much longer, she could significantly help the situation by taking the necessary steps to enable another senator to take her seat on the Committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Feinstein is vowing to return to work in Washington, it’s by no means certain that she’ll be able to. If she decides to resign before her term ends, Newsom could choose someone to fill out her term. In 2021, Newsom said he would name a Black woman to the seat if he had the opportunity. At the time, Rep. Barbara Lee’s name was floated as a possible appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the 2024 Senate campaign now in full swing, however, and Lee one of three prominent Democrats running, along with Congressmembers Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, it’s unlikely Newsom would want to upend voters’ opportunity to choose a successor. But he could name a caretaker who promised not to run for a full six-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Senate will reconvene Monday, April 17, after a two-week recess, and if Schumer can move quickly to name another Democrat to the Judiciary Committee, it could name pending nominations as soon as Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement Wednesday that said she’s asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily name another Democrat to the US Senate Judiciary Committee until she is able to return to work.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1681513715,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1435},"headData":{"title":"Feinstein's Prolonged Absence Frustrates Senate Democrats | KQED","description":"Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement Wednesday that said she’s asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily name another Democrat to the US Senate Judiciary Committee until she is able to return to work.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Feinstein's Prolonged Absence Frustrates Senate Democrats","datePublished":"2023-04-13T16:53:45.000Z","dateModified":"2023-04-14T23:08:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11946577/feinsteins-prolonged-absence-frustrates-senate-democrats","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With a growing backlog of unconfirmed judicial nominees bottled up in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941047/sen-dianne-feinstein-wont-seek-reelection-ending-groundbreaking-political-career\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u003c/a> issued a statement Wednesday saying she’s asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily name another Democrat to the panel until she is able to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was first diagnosed with shingles, I expected to return by the end of the March work period. Unfortunately, my return to Washington has been delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that my absence could delay the important work of the Judiciary Committee, so I’ve asked Leader Schumer to ask the Senate to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve until I’m able to resume my committee work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But pressure on Feinstein to step aside more permanently is mounting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Democrat Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) on Wednesday called on Feinstein to give up the seat she has held for more than 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna, who has endorsed East Bay U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee in the race to replace Feinstein after she leaves at the end of next year, called on Feinstein to resign to enable the Senate to confirm a backlog of judicial nominations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11946548 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An Indian man with dark hair and eyes wears a light blue business suit and busy orange and green tie sits on a wooden bench outside. He sits crossed-legged with his arms folded on his knee. He looks to the right of the camera. Crowds of people and children are pictured behind him.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS38646_IMG_0438-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Rep. Ro Khanna of California’s 17th District on Aug. 24, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty. While she has had a lifetime of public service, it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties,” Khanna said on Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna noted the recent decision from a Trump-appointed judge to reverse the FDA’s 2000 approval of the drug mifepristone, which is used in medical abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ruling by an extremist judge in Texas has made it clear that Democrats must act with speed and urgency to confirm judicial nominees who will protect the right to an abortion. Senator Feinstein is unable to fulfill her duties and for the good of the people, she should resign,” Khanna said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Senator Feinstein is unable to fulfill her duties and for the good of the people, she should resign.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"US Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont)","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Even if Schumer appoints another Democrat to take Feinstein’s spot on the Judiciary Committee, it’s by no means certain that would fix the problem with confirming judges. Senate rules require unanimous consent from all senators to change a committee member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem with that is that any Republican can object to that,” said Khanna. “I anticipate they will object to that. And that is what is my concern. Now, what happens if they object to it and we have the same problem, that we don’t have our judges being confirmed?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without unanimous consent to replace Feinstein on the committee, Democrats would need to pursue another track, which would require 60 votes, meaning several Republicans would need to cooperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna is often out of lockstep with his party. In 2021, he was the last Democrat in California’s congressional delegation to endorse U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, who was up for election after being appointed to the job by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked for her thoughts on Feinstein’s status and whether she should step aside, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi pushed back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s interesting to me, I don’t know what political agendas are at work that are going after Senator Feinstein in that way,” Pelosi said in San Francisco Wednesday. “I’ve never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Khanna is the first elected Democrat from California to openly call on Feinstein to step down, he is unlikely to be the last. Her absence from the evenly divided Senate Judiciary Committee blocks Democrats’ ability to move President Joe Biden’s nominations for the federal bench to a confirmation vote of the full Senate floor.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More on California ","tag":"california"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Feinstein’s legacy as a groundbreaking Democrat — she was the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee — has kept most Democrats from speaking out. But for more than a year, there have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11940460/long-before-feinstein-another-california-senator-faced-questions-about-mental-fitness\">whispers from her Senate colleagues\u003c/a> — mostly unnamed — that the 89-year-old senator has been losing her mental acuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been some deterioration in her mental acuity. Many senators, many of her colleagues, have mentioned that to me,” said congressional scholar Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot force her to resign,” he added. “You cannot expel her. But what you can do is move her off the [Judiciary] committee. Replace her with another Democrat to get that necessary one-vote margin to begin to move these confirmations through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein has missed most of the Senate votes this year, which includes more than two dozen for judicial nominations with some of those from California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can be very, very difficult to fill those vacancies,” said Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “So for the Democrats, I think it makes every sense in the world to take the steps necessary to be able to move these judicial nominations,” especially given that “there’s this looming clock that just is starting to tick faster and faster and faster\u003ci>” \u003c/i>as the 2024 election approaches.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We need to have judges confirmed so that we can recapture some of the balance of the federal judiciary. And right now, Dianne Feinstein, not because of her own choosing, nonetheless, is an obstacle.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Norman Ornstein, congressional scholar, American Enterprise Institute","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We need to have judges confirmed so that we can recapture some of the balance of the federal judiciary,” Ornstein said. “And right now, Dianne Feinstein, not because of her own choosing, nonetheless, is an obstacle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Constitution Society (ACS) tracks vacancies in the federal judiciary and the progress of judicial nominations. According to the ACS, there are now 36 pending vacancies awaiting a vote by the Judiciary Committee and 18 awaiting a vote on the Senate floor. Six more nominees are waiting for a hearing by the Judiciary Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ongoing absences are impairing not only the Senate’s ability to confirm judges, but the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ability to advance nominations,” said ACS President Russ Feingold, a former U.S. senator from Wisconsin who served with Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee before he was defeated in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11946594 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684.jpg\" alt=\"An older white woman with light, brown hair and a blue business suit stands next to another man with gray hair and a gray suit. He holds a yellow folder and is showing the woman a document inside a government building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1247142684-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chats with a staffer as she leaves the Senate chamber following a vote at the US Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. Feinstein, California’s longest-serving senator, announced she will not run for reelection next year, marking the end of one of the state’s most storied political careers. Despite ongoing health concerns, she plans to remain in office through the end of her term. \u003ccite>(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If Senator Feinstein expects to be unable to participate in Judiciary Committee activities much longer, she could significantly help the situation by taking the necessary steps to enable another senator to take her seat on the Committee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Feinstein is vowing to return to work in Washington, it’s by no means certain that she’ll be able to. If she decides to resign before her term ends, Newsom could choose someone to fill out her term. In 2021, Newsom said he would name a Black woman to the seat if he had the opportunity. At the time, Rep. Barbara Lee’s name was floated as a possible appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the 2024 Senate campaign now in full swing, however, and Lee one of three prominent Democrats running, along with Congressmembers Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, it’s unlikely Newsom would want to upend voters’ opportunity to choose a successor. But he could name a caretaker who promised not to run for a full six-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Senate will reconvene Monday, April 17, after a two-week recess, and if Schumer can move quickly to name another Democrat to the Judiciary Committee, it could name pending nominations as soon as Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11946577/feinsteins-prolonged-absence-frustrates-senate-democrats","authors":["255"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_18012","news_21983","news_176","news_274","news_2582","news_32615","news_17968","news_6238","news_20573"],"featImg":"news_11946539","label":"news"},"news_11937161":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11937161","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11937161","score":null,"sort":[1673042557000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"newsom-launches-new-term-offers-peaceful-contrast-to-trump-and-gop","title":"Newsom Launches New Term, Offers 'Peaceful Contrast' to Trump and GOP","publishDate":1673042557,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom will kick off his second and final term on Friday by contrasting his leadership of the nation's largest Democratic stronghold with that of Republican leaders he's branded as threats to freedom and democracy — including former President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began the ceremonies by leading a march of several hundred people through downtown Sacramento to the state Capitol. He led the crowd with his wife and four children holding hands as a marching band played near the back of the crowd. The sun was finally out after days of relentless winds and rain pounding much of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The date — January 6 — was chosen intentionally to mark the second anniversary of the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-committee-final-report-trump-bcfea6162fe9cfa0d120e86d069af0e4\">violent attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol\u003c/a> in an attempt to halt Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Kim Nalder, professor of political science, California State University, Sacramento\"]'His narrative that he's trying to create is: Look how much better things could be if Democrats ran the political world.'[/pullquote]The event is meant to “stand in peaceful contrast to the violent insurrection and assault on our democracy which occurred two years ago,” Newsom's campaign said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His second term officially began Monday. The planned outdoor ceremony Friday comes amid a series of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-winter-storm-updates-383927771f2a2c75a683c8f520b776de\">massive storms\u003c/a> that brought heavy rain, snow and intense winds across the state. The deluge prompted Newsom to declare a state of emergency and offered a reminder of the bread-and-butter work of governing the nation's most populous state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom seeks to put California at the center of the national political conversation, he’ll also be challenged to lay out a vision for his second term. He’ll face headwinds in the form of a budget deficit, an unmitigated homelessness crisis and drought that may persist despite the storms. And he'll go to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-california-legislature-sacramento-gavin-newsom-f67b8f4a8e0d7a978d4bf34ada1ea256\">battle with the oil industry\u003c/a> as he pushes lawmakers to impose fines on company profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began his first term in 2019 with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-gavin-newsom-801183607f36492c807cc62dd9210a0c\">Trump as a clear foil\u003c/a> in Washington. With Biden now in the White House, Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-florida-donald-trump-ron-desantis-gavin-newsom-893f7924da60ee2adf7eee9e7bb133ae\">pivoted his fire toward fellow governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas\u003c/a>, both Republicans. He's chided fellow Democrats for not being aggressive enough in standing up to Republicans and has taken the fight to GOP states himself — even launching ads in other states that trash GOP policies and promote California as a safe place for people to seek abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Newsom and DeSantis are widely seen as future presidential contenders, though perhaps not against each other. Newsom has committed to supporting Biden \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-5a8fd26a4a9ffa9b47c5de52fface72d\">if the president seeks a second term, as he currently plans to do\u003c/a>. DeSantis, meanwhile, has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-politics-florida-charlie-crist-5bba0f85d72f5e6efb88ce98d7eae54d\">not ruled out a 2024 run\u003c/a> — even as Trump seeks a return to the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their competing visions of governance — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-newsom-deSantis-a0f6748248d91b25122244e4ccd17815\">including how best to promote \"freedom\"\u003c/a> — showcase the political polarization that's taken hold across the nation. In his own inaugural address Tuesday, DeSantis touched on national issues like immigration and inflation, and decried “wokeness.”[aside postID=forum_2010101891795 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/43/2023/01/GettyImages-1448973808-1020x696.jpg']“They have two starkly different philosophies on how to run a state and that choice will be on the ballot at some point, whether its either one of those two or other folks in their parties,” said Bill Burton, a California political consultant who was a spokesperson for former President Barack Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing drama in Washington that has kept GOP \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mccarthy-vote-updates-7657a07f1545bf53079c9c9f6cef3a45?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u003c/a>, a fellow Californian, from securing the speakership in the U.S. House also boosts Newsom's argument that Democrats are better at governing, said Kim Nalder, professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His narrative that he's trying to create is: Look how much better things could be if Democrats ran the political world,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Republican Party had a different interpretation, noting that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-texas-california-3c0948667dc833fe0d82603bbfbabeda\">more people are leaving California than moving to the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we can only hope that Newsom spends a little more time in his second term dealing with the problems he created in the Golden State, we expect he’ll be far too busy chasing laughable White House fantasies and lashing out at red states that countless former Californians are now calling home,” Jessica Millan Patterson, chair of the party, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Californians have twice reinforced their support for Newsom in the past 15 months: first in a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-results-gavin-newsom-a590782877be099d44f1766b2d138394\">2021 recall attempt\u003c/a> that failed and again last November, when he handily \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-california-gavin-newsom-6efce36c66908927e05415478eaa2c44\">won his second term\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fires-us-news-ap-top-news-gavin-newsom-ca-state-wire-a8c99df1ccd58dd6a3ed524f25482b02\">first term\u003c/a> was dominated by wildfires, a major utility bankruptcy and the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-gavin-newsom-california-coronavirus-pandemic-326daa8a6038706a95cafbe1839ff96b\">coronavirus pandemic\u003c/a>, which has killed more than 100,000 Californians, and prompted monthslong shutdowns of businesses and schools. But he was also handed a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-california-gavin-newsom-5aa5ab19800a5e91c209ff1268ac40bc\">massive budget surplus\u003c/a> that allowed him to invest tens of billions of dollars in the environment, education, child care and health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he enters his second term with a projected \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/inflation-business-california-gavin-newsom-government-and-politics-f2d77b7d33c82e1acfc3ee9c5274d871\">$25 billion budget deficit\u003c/a>, which limits what he can spend on and may force budget cuts. He'll offer his first glimpse of spending priorities next week.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sarah Hill, professor of political science, California State University, Fullerton\"]'If he still is sort of playing this national stage while the state is hurting fiscally and they're having to make cuts, I don't think that will play well.'[/pullquote]He's also geared up for a major fight with the oil industry, convincing the Legislature to launch a special session to consider a new fine on oil company profits. Gas prices climbed above $6 per gallon in California, which is well above the national average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is still among the top oil-producing states and the industry continues to hold some sway in the Legislature among lawmakers, including Democrats, who represent oil-rich parts of the state. Newsom, though, has made clear that he wants the state to phase out oil and gas in favor of more climate-friendly energy sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential budget deficit in particular may force Newsom to turn more of his attention back home if he hopes to maintain the strong support he's so far enjoyed, said Sarah Hill, professor of political science at California State University, Fullerton, who focuses on state politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he still is sort of playing this national stage while the state is hurting fiscally and they're having to make cuts, I don't think that will play well,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Widely seen as a future presidential candidate, Newsom enters his second term with strong support from Californians but also potential headwinds in the form of an expected budget deficit.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1673049000,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":1146},"headData":{"title":"Newsom Launches New Term, Offers 'Peaceful Contrast' to Trump and GOP | KQED","description":"Widely seen as a future presidential candidate, Newsom enters his second term with strong support from Californians but also potential headwinds in the form of an expected budget deficit.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Newsom Launches New Term, Offers 'Peaceful Contrast' to Trump and GOP","datePublished":"2023-01-06T22:02:37.000Z","dateModified":"2023-01-06T23:50:00.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"Kathleen Ronayne and Sophie Austin\u003cbr>The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11937161/newsom-launches-new-term-offers-peaceful-contrast-to-trump-and-gop","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom will kick off his second and final term on Friday by contrasting his leadership of the nation's largest Democratic stronghold with that of Republican leaders he's branded as threats to freedom and democracy — including former President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began the ceremonies by leading a march of several hundred people through downtown Sacramento to the state Capitol. He led the crowd with his wife and four children holding hands as a marching band played near the back of the crowd. The sun was finally out after days of relentless winds and rain pounding much of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The date — January 6 — was chosen intentionally to mark the second anniversary of the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-committee-final-report-trump-bcfea6162fe9cfa0d120e86d069af0e4\">violent attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol\u003c/a> in an attempt to halt Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'His narrative that he's trying to create is: Look how much better things could be if Democrats ran the political world.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Kim Nalder, professor of political science, California State University, Sacramento","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The event is meant to “stand in peaceful contrast to the violent insurrection and assault on our democracy which occurred two years ago,” Newsom's campaign said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His second term officially began Monday. The planned outdoor ceremony Friday comes amid a series of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-winter-storm-updates-383927771f2a2c75a683c8f520b776de\">massive storms\u003c/a> that brought heavy rain, snow and intense winds across the state. The deluge prompted Newsom to declare a state of emergency and offered a reminder of the bread-and-butter work of governing the nation's most populous state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Newsom seeks to put California at the center of the national political conversation, he’ll also be challenged to lay out a vision for his second term. He’ll face headwinds in the form of a budget deficit, an unmitigated homelessness crisis and drought that may persist despite the storms. And he'll go to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-california-legislature-sacramento-gavin-newsom-f67b8f4a8e0d7a978d4bf34ada1ea256\">battle with the oil industry\u003c/a> as he pushes lawmakers to impose fines on company profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began his first term in 2019 with \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/north-america-donald-trump-us-news-ap-top-news-gavin-newsom-801183607f36492c807cc62dd9210a0c\">Trump as a clear foil\u003c/a> in Washington. With Biden now in the White House, Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-florida-donald-trump-ron-desantis-gavin-newsom-893f7924da60ee2adf7eee9e7bb133ae\">pivoted his fire toward fellow governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas\u003c/a>, both Republicans. He's chided fellow Democrats for not being aggressive enough in standing up to Republicans and has taken the fight to GOP states himself — even launching ads in other states that trash GOP policies and promote California as a safe place for people to seek abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Newsom and DeSantis are widely seen as future presidential contenders, though perhaps not against each other. Newsom has committed to supporting Biden \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-5a8fd26a4a9ffa9b47c5de52fface72d\">if the president seeks a second term, as he currently plans to do\u003c/a>. DeSantis, meanwhile, has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-politics-florida-charlie-crist-5bba0f85d72f5e6efb88ce98d7eae54d\">not ruled out a 2024 run\u003c/a> — even as Trump seeks a return to the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their competing visions of governance — \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-newsom-deSantis-a0f6748248d91b25122244e4ccd17815\">including how best to promote \"freedom\"\u003c/a> — showcase the political polarization that's taken hold across the nation. In his own inaugural address Tuesday, DeSantis touched on national issues like immigration and inflation, and decried “wokeness.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"forum_2010101891795","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/43/2023/01/GettyImages-1448973808-1020x696.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“They have two starkly different philosophies on how to run a state and that choice will be on the ballot at some point, whether its either one of those two or other folks in their parties,” said Bill Burton, a California political consultant who was a spokesperson for former President Barack Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing drama in Washington that has kept GOP \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mccarthy-vote-updates-7657a07f1545bf53079c9c9f6cef3a45?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u003c/a>, a fellow Californian, from securing the speakership in the U.S. House also boosts Newsom's argument that Democrats are better at governing, said Kim Nalder, professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His narrative that he's trying to create is: Look how much better things could be if Democrats ran the political world,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Republican Party had a different interpretation, noting that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-texas-california-3c0948667dc833fe0d82603bbfbabeda\">more people are leaving California than moving to the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we can only hope that Newsom spends a little more time in his second term dealing with the problems he created in the Golden State, we expect he’ll be far too busy chasing laughable White House fantasies and lashing out at red states that countless former Californians are now calling home,” Jessica Millan Patterson, chair of the party, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Californians have twice reinforced their support for Newsom in the past 15 months: first in a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-recall-results-gavin-newsom-a590782877be099d44f1766b2d138394\">2021 recall attempt\u003c/a> that failed and again last November, when he handily \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-california-gavin-newsom-6efce36c66908927e05415478eaa2c44\">won his second term\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fires-us-news-ap-top-news-gavin-newsom-ca-state-wire-a8c99df1ccd58dd6a3ed524f25482b02\">first term\u003c/a> was dominated by wildfires, a major utility bankruptcy and the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-gavin-newsom-california-coronavirus-pandemic-326daa8a6038706a95cafbe1839ff96b\">coronavirus pandemic\u003c/a>, which has killed more than 100,000 Californians, and prompted monthslong shutdowns of businesses and schools. But he was also handed a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-california-gavin-newsom-5aa5ab19800a5e91c209ff1268ac40bc\">massive budget surplus\u003c/a> that allowed him to invest tens of billions of dollars in the environment, education, child care and health care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he enters his second term with a projected \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/inflation-business-california-gavin-newsom-government-and-politics-f2d77b7d33c82e1acfc3ee9c5274d871\">$25 billion budget deficit\u003c/a>, which limits what he can spend on and may force budget cuts. He'll offer his first glimpse of spending priorities next week.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'If he still is sort of playing this national stage while the state is hurting fiscally and they're having to make cuts, I don't think that will play well.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Sarah Hill, professor of political science, California State University, Fullerton","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He's also geared up for a major fight with the oil industry, convincing the Legislature to launch a special session to consider a new fine on oil company profits. Gas prices climbed above $6 per gallon in California, which is well above the national average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is still among the top oil-producing states and the industry continues to hold some sway in the Legislature among lawmakers, including Democrats, who represent oil-rich parts of the state. Newsom, though, has made clear that he wants the state to phase out oil and gas in favor of more climate-friendly energy sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential budget deficit in particular may force Newsom to turn more of his attention back home if he hopes to maintain the strong support he's so far enjoyed, said Sarah Hill, professor of political science at California State University, Fullerton, who focuses on state politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he still is sort of playing this national stage while the state is hurting fiscally and they're having to make cuts, I don't think that will play well,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11937161/newsom-launches-new-term-offers-peaceful-contrast-to-trump-and-gop","authors":["byline_news_11937161"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_29125","news_21983","news_3037","news_25015","news_28987","news_32255","news_30470","news_95","news_32254","news_20203"],"featImg":"news_11876538","label":"news"},"news_11934782":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11934782","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11934782","score":null,"sort":[1670611424000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"heres-what-sinemas-switch-from-democrat-to-independent-could-mean-for-the-senate","title":"Here's What Sinema's Switch From Democrat to Independent Could Mean for the Senate","publishDate":1670611424,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cdiv class=\"storyMajorUpdateDate\">\u003cem>Updated Dec. 9, 2022, at 12:18 p.m. ET\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an unapologetic moderate who has alienated progressives with her \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075088298/kyrsten-sinema-censure-arizona-democrats-filibuster-vote\">stance on the filibuster\u003c/a> and other issues, is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema announced the news on Friday \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/1601170136781664256?s=20&t=oZP7SbBLH-Rz81SpnyFb5Q\">via Twitter\u003c/a>, in an \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/P2JQXFT5IJ\">\u003cem>Arizona Republic\u003c/em>\u003c/a> op-ed and interviews \u003ca href=\"http://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html\">with CNN\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/12/09/breaking-sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-00073226\">\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In a natural extension of my service since I was first elected to Congress, I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington and formally registering as an Arizona Independent,\" she tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1141162415/democratic-sen-raphael-warnock-defeats-republican-herschel-walker-in-georgia-run\">won the Georgia runoff\u003c/a> election to give Democrats a 51-49 majority. That includes two independents who caucus with them, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that [Sinema's] decision to register as an independent in Arizona does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate, and we have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her,\" White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema notified Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of her decision on Thursday, and he agreed to keep her committee assignments as they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe she's a good and effective Senator and am looking forward to a productive session in the new Democratic majority Senate,\" Schumer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sinema says she doesn't want to fit in a box\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sinema told \u003cem>Politico \u003c/em>she will not caucus with Republicans. She also said she won't attend weekly Democratic Caucus meetings, but rarely does that now. And she wrote in her op-ed that becoming an independent won't change her work in the Senate, adding that \"my service to Arizona remains the same.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never fit neatly into any party box. I've never really tried. I don't want to,\" she told CNN. \"Removing myself from the partisan structure — not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, I also think it'll provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country, who also are tired of the partisanship.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Sinema became the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/667214148/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-wins-arizona-senate-seat\">first Arizona Democrat\u003c/a> elected to the Senate in 30 years, as well as the state's first-ever female senator and the first openly bisexual senator in U.S. history. She promised to \"be an independent voice for all Arizonans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sinema's bipartisan approach to legislating had alienated many of her Democratic colleagues and constituents, particularly over the last two years, in an evenly divided Senate where any one vote could influence or derail a bill (even with the House and White House under Democratic control).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, she and fellow moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Machin of West Virginia have been criticized as standing in the way of President Biden's agenda by regularly holding up or objecting to parts of key legislation, as was the case with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/04/1115841297/sinema-says-she-will-move-forward-with-senate-democrats-climate-health-and-tax-b\">Democrats' key budget package\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow Arizona lawmaker, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, a Democrat, summed up this frustration among some in his caucus in a statement on Friday and called Sinema's switch \"predictable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Her decision, while disappointing, does not shift the balance of power and Democrats will move forward putting people over politics with or without her help,\" he said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Friday's op-ed, Sinema acknowledged that her approach has led to tension, at times, on both sides of the aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My approach is rare in Washington and has upset partisans in both parties,\" she wrote. \"It is also an approach that has delivered lasting results for Arizona.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema pointed to her work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation related to critical infrastructure, economic competitiveness, water issues, veterans' benefits, marriage access for LGTBQ Americans and gun safety, among other issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she named several areas in which her position and priorities remain steadfast — for example, that \"a woman's health care decision should be between her, her doctor and her family\" and her work to \"secure the southern border, ensure fair and humane treatment for migrants and permanently protect 'Dreamers.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also wrote about what she won't do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If anyone previously supported me because they believed, contrary to my promise, that I would be a blindly loyal vote for a partisan agenda — or for those who believe our state should be represented by partisans who push divisive, negative politics, regardless of the impact on our state — then there are sure to be others vying for your support,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Arizona's 2024 outlook could change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sinema is up for reelection in 2024. She declined to discuss pursuing a second Senate term, telling \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>, \"It's fair to say that I'm not talking about it right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in addition to the ideological points she's made, the decision to become independent may also be a political calculation by Sinema that she couldn't win in a Democratic primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., had emerged as a potential Democratic challenger to Sinema, but she would not face him in a primary as an independent. The Democratic political action committee that has been organizing against Sinema said in a statement that the senator \"just made our jobs easier by bowing out of a Democratic primary she knew she couldn't win. Now, we'll beat her in the general election with a real Democrat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arizona has shifted from once reliably red to become a swing state since Sinema's election in 2018. \u003ca href=\"https://azsos.gov/elections/results-data/voter-registration-statistics\">It's electorate is roughly one third Democrats, one third independents and one third Republican\u003c/a>. But if Sinema runs as an independent, she could split the votes with a Democratic candidate and give an opening to the GOP to flip the seat red in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Here%27s+what+Sinema%27s+switch+from+Democrat+to+independent+could+mean+for+the+Senate&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoff election to give Democrats a 51–49 majority.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1670614526,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1024},"headData":{"title":"Here's What Sinema's Switch From Democrat to Independent Could Mean for the Senate | KQED","description":"Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. 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Kyrsten Sinema, an unapologetic moderate who has alienated progressives with her \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075088298/kyrsten-sinema-censure-arizona-democrats-filibuster-vote\">stance on the filibuster\u003c/a> and other issues, is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema announced the news on Friday \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/1601170136781664256?s=20&t=oZP7SbBLH-Rz81SpnyFb5Q\">via Twitter\u003c/a>, in an \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/P2JQXFT5IJ\">\u003cem>Arizona Republic\u003c/em>\u003c/a> op-ed and interviews \u003ca href=\"http://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html\">with CNN\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/12/09/breaking-sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-00073226\">\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In a natural extension of my service since I was first elected to Congress, I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington and formally registering as an Arizona Independent,\" she tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema's move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. Raphael Warnock \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1141162415/democratic-sen-raphael-warnock-defeats-republican-herschel-walker-in-georgia-run\">won the Georgia runoff\u003c/a> election to give Democrats a 51-49 majority. That includes two independents who caucus with them, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that [Sinema's] decision to register as an independent in Arizona does not change the new Democratic majority control of the Senate, and we have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her,\" White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema notified Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of her decision on Thursday, and he agreed to keep her committee assignments as they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe she's a good and effective Senator and am looking forward to a productive session in the new Democratic majority Senate,\" Schumer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sinema says she doesn't want to fit in a box\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sinema told \u003cem>Politico \u003c/em>she will not caucus with Republicans. She also said she won't attend weekly Democratic Caucus meetings, but rarely does that now. And she wrote in her op-ed that becoming an independent won't change her work in the Senate, adding that \"my service to Arizona remains the same.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never fit neatly into any party box. I've never really tried. I don't want to,\" she told CNN. \"Removing myself from the partisan structure — not only is it true to who I am and how I operate, I also think it'll provide a place of belonging for many folks across the state and the country, who also are tired of the partisanship.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Sinema became the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/667214148/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-wins-arizona-senate-seat\">first Arizona Democrat\u003c/a> elected to the Senate in 30 years, as well as the state's first-ever female senator and the first openly bisexual senator in U.S. history. She promised to \"be an independent voice for all Arizonans.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sinema's bipartisan approach to legislating had alienated many of her Democratic colleagues and constituents, particularly over the last two years, in an evenly divided Senate where any one vote could influence or derail a bill (even with the House and White House under Democratic control).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, she and fellow moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Machin of West Virginia have been criticized as standing in the way of President Biden's agenda by regularly holding up or objecting to parts of key legislation, as was the case with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/04/1115841297/sinema-says-she-will-move-forward-with-senate-democrats-climate-health-and-tax-b\">Democrats' key budget package\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow Arizona lawmaker, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, a Democrat, summed up this frustration among some in his caucus in a statement on Friday and called Sinema's switch \"predictable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Her decision, while disappointing, does not shift the balance of power and Democrats will move forward putting people over politics with or without her help,\" he said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Friday's op-ed, Sinema acknowledged that her approach has led to tension, at times, on both sides of the aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My approach is rare in Washington and has upset partisans in both parties,\" she wrote. \"It is also an approach that has delivered lasting results for Arizona.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema pointed to her work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation related to critical infrastructure, economic competitiveness, water issues, veterans' benefits, marriage access for LGTBQ Americans and gun safety, among other issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she named several areas in which her position and priorities remain steadfast — for example, that \"a woman's health care decision should be between her, her doctor and her family\" and her work to \"secure the southern border, ensure fair and humane treatment for migrants and permanently protect 'Dreamers.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also wrote about what she won't do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If anyone previously supported me because they believed, contrary to my promise, that I would be a blindly loyal vote for a partisan agenda — or for those who believe our state should be represented by partisans who push divisive, negative politics, regardless of the impact on our state — then there are sure to be others vying for your support,\" she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Arizona's 2024 outlook could change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sinema is up for reelection in 2024. She declined to discuss pursuing a second Senate term, telling \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>, \"It's fair to say that I'm not talking about it right now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in addition to the ideological points she's made, the decision to become independent may also be a political calculation by Sinema that she couldn't win in a Democratic primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., had emerged as a potential Democratic challenger to Sinema, but she would not face him in a primary as an independent. The Democratic political action committee that has been organizing against Sinema said in a statement that the senator \"just made our jobs easier by bowing out of a Democratic primary she knew she couldn't win. Now, we'll beat her in the general election with a real Democrat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arizona has shifted from once reliably red to become a swing state since Sinema's election in 2018. \u003ca href=\"https://azsos.gov/elections/results-data/voter-registration-statistics\">It's electorate is roughly one third Democrats, one third independents and one third Republican\u003c/a>. But if Sinema runs as an independent, she could split the votes with a Democratic candidate and give an opening to the GOP to flip the seat red in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Here%27s+what+Sinema%27s+switch+from+Democrat+to+independent+could+mean+for+the+Senate&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11934782/heres-what-sinemas-switch-from-democrat-to-independent-could-mean-for-the-senate","authors":["byline_news_11934782"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_21477","news_21983","news_29251","news_30081","news_24023"],"featImg":"news_11934783","label":"news"},"news_11934453":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11934453","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11934453","score":null,"sort":[1670442996000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"its-a-world-of-difference-why-warnocks-senate-win-matters-for-democrats","title":"'It's a World of Difference': Why Warnock’s Senate Win Matters for Democrats","publishDate":1670442996,"format":"standard","headTitle":"NPR | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":253,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock's win in the Georgia Senate runoff could have far-reaching consequences legislatively and politically for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The truth is it's not a 1% difference,\" Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York said earlier this week. \"It's a world of difference.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnock's victory over former NFL and University of Georgia star Herschel Walker came after a shortened four-week runoff following a hotly contested election. Neither candidate got more than 50%, which pushed the race to a runoff.[aside postID=news_11934416 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/ap22339677222875_wide-0af19219ab41258231acabc15a5d4f6e572b6b96-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the general election and the runoff, this race was the most expensive of the 2022 election cycle with some $425 million spent between the campaigns and outside groups supporting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the result only expands the Democratic majority by one, from 50-50 to 51-49, party leadership and interest groups spent the kind of money they did because they clearly saw it as critically important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways. It gives them a cushion in trying to pass bills, assured committee control and eliminates procedural hurdles to carry on the business of the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how else that two-seat majority could make a big difference for Democrats in the Senate:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Avoiding power-sharing negotiations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Schumer, Warnock's triumph means he does not have to again negotiate a power-sharing arrangement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Schumer and McConnell settled on an agreement to share power in the evenly split chamber after an early stalemate that stalled the confirmation of President Biden's cabinet nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, McConnell insisted that Democrats maintain the Senate filibuster requiring 60 members — instead of a simple majority — to end debate on the floor before moving to vote.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"President Joe Biden\"]'It's always better with 51 ... It's just simply better. The bigger the numbers, the better.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McConnell only dropped his demand after moderate Democrats Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia said they wouldn't vote to undercut the filibuster, leaving Schumer short of 51 votes needed to kill the minority party protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without McConnell's capitulation, the chamber would have been paralyzed, with Senate Democrats unable to take full control despite being in the majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No one-senator 'veto' power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Democrats now have enough wiggle room to lose one vote in their caucus and still move bills through the chamber without issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only will Vice President Harris not likely have to be called in for as many tie-breaking votes, the extra seat has also changed how they factor Manchin into their political calculus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Virginia moderate often held his party hostage in the early years of Biden's term, leveraging Democrats' narrow majority to trim some of the president's legislative priorities on votes that needed complete Democratic unity to pass. Manchin often cites not being comfortable voting against the will of his constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it,'\" Manchin wrote in a 2021 statement explaining his opposition to Biden's Build Back Better Act as it was initially pitched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the bill eventually passed that November, Manchin forced negotiations that reduced its size, scope and cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Decisive committee makeup\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because the current power-sharing agreement equally splits the Senate committees, tied votes must undergo an additional vote on the Senate floor to move ahead with bills or nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Warnock's win means Democrats will likely have an extra seat on every committee, clearing an open path to passage when senators ubiquitously break on party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With 51, we can go bolder and quicker — to show Americans what Democrats stand for,\" said Schumer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the next two years in Congress will likely look different than the last two. Republicans have captured the House majority and with it, waned Democrats' potential to pass major legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the party will likely seek to confirm as many judges as it can before 2024, and a 51st seat makes that easier too. A rules change introduced in 2013 by the former Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid allows just a simple majority for these confirmations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking ahead of Warnock's election, Biden plainly forecasted what a 51st seat would mean for his party. \"It's always better with 51,\" he said, mostly weighing the potential for committee compositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the committees aside, Warnock's win offers Democrats a clear path for action for the final years of Biden's term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And every one of those seats is going to matter if Democrats have any hope of holding onto the Senate beyond 2024. The party faces a difficult landscape to hold onto control of the chamber in two years with incumbent Senate Democrats up for reelection in places like West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, all Republican-leaning states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR senior political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sen. Warnock's win in the Georgia Senate, which gives the Democrats a 51–49 majority in the Senate, will have far-reaching consequences legislatively and politically for the Democratic Party.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1670443575,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":867},"headData":{"title":"'It's a World of Difference': Why Warnock’s Senate Win Matters for Democrats | KQED","description":"Sen. Warnock's win in the Georgia Senate, which gives the Democrats a 51–49 majority in the Senate, will have far-reaching consequences legislatively and politically for the Democratic Party.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'It's a World of Difference': Why Warnock’s Senate Win Matters for Democrats","datePublished":"2022-12-07T19:56:36.000Z","dateModified":"2022-12-07T20:06:15.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/1134107395/juma-sei\">Juma Sei\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","path":"/news/11934453/its-a-world-of-difference-why-warnocks-senate-win-matters-for-democrats","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock's win in the Georgia Senate runoff could have far-reaching consequences legislatively and politically for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The truth is it's not a 1% difference,\" Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York said earlier this week. \"It's a world of difference.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnock's victory over former NFL and University of Georgia star Herschel Walker came after a shortened four-week runoff following a hotly contested election. Neither candidate got more than 50%, which pushed the race to a runoff.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11934416","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/ap22339677222875_wide-0af19219ab41258231acabc15a5d4f6e572b6b96-1020x574.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between the general election and the runoff, this race was the most expensive of the 2022 election cycle with some $425 million spent between the campaigns and outside groups supporting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the result only expands the Democratic majority by one, from 50-50 to 51-49, party leadership and interest groups spent the kind of money they did because they clearly saw it as critically important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnock's win now gives Democrats firm control of the Senate and makes life easier for them in a number of ways. It gives them a cushion in trying to pass bills, assured committee control and eliminates procedural hurdles to carry on the business of the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how else that two-seat majority could make a big difference for Democrats in the Senate:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Avoiding power-sharing negotiations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Schumer, Warnock's triumph means he does not have to again negotiate a power-sharing arrangement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Schumer and McConnell settled on an agreement to share power in the evenly split chamber after an early stalemate that stalled the confirmation of President Biden's cabinet nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, McConnell insisted that Democrats maintain the Senate filibuster requiring 60 members — instead of a simple majority — to end debate on the floor before moving to vote.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It's always better with 51 ... 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The bigger the numbers, the better.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"President Joe Biden","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McConnell only dropped his demand after moderate Democrats Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia said they wouldn't vote to undercut the filibuster, leaving Schumer short of 51 votes needed to kill the minority party protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without McConnell's capitulation, the chamber would have been paralyzed, with Senate Democrats unable to take full control despite being in the majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No one-senator 'veto' power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Democrats now have enough wiggle room to lose one vote in their caucus and still move bills through the chamber without issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only will Vice President Harris not likely have to be called in for as many tie-breaking votes, the extra seat has also changed how they factor Manchin into their political calculus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Virginia moderate often held his party hostage in the early years of Biden's term, leveraging Democrats' narrow majority to trim some of the president's legislative priorities on votes that needed complete Democratic unity to pass. Manchin often cites not being comfortable voting against the will of his constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have always said, 'If I can't go back home and explain it, I can't vote for it,'\" Manchin wrote in a 2021 statement explaining his opposition to Biden's Build Back Better Act as it was initially pitched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the bill eventually passed that November, Manchin forced negotiations that reduced its size, scope and cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Decisive committee makeup\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because the current power-sharing agreement equally splits the Senate committees, tied votes must undergo an additional vote on the Senate floor to move ahead with bills or nominees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Warnock's win means Democrats will likely have an extra seat on every committee, clearing an open path to passage when senators ubiquitously break on party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With 51, we can go bolder and quicker — to show Americans what Democrats stand for,\" said Schumer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the next two years in Congress will likely look different than the last two. Republicans have captured the House majority and with it, waned Democrats' potential to pass major legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the party will likely seek to confirm as many judges as it can before 2024, and a 51st seat makes that easier too. A rules change introduced in 2013 by the former Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid allows just a simple majority for these confirmations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking ahead of Warnock's election, Biden plainly forecasted what a 51st seat would mean for his party. \"It's always better with 51,\" he said, mostly weighing the potential for committee compositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the committees aside, Warnock's win offers Democrats a clear path for action for the final years of Biden's term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And every one of those seats is going to matter if Democrats have any hope of holding onto the Senate beyond 2024. The party faces a difficult landscape to hold onto control of the chamber in two years with incumbent Senate Democrats up for reelection in places like West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, all Republican-leaning states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR senior political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11934453/its-a-world-of-difference-why-warnocks-senate-win-matters-for-democrats","authors":["byline_news_11934453"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_21983","news_176","news_32117","news_32114","news_29048"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11934454","label":"news_253"},"news_11881410":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11881410","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11881410","score":null,"sort":[1626456130000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"2-california-men-have-been-charged-with-plotting-to-bomb-a-democratic-building","title":"2 Bay Area Men Charged With Plotting to Bomb Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento","publishDate":1626456130,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated July 16, 2021 at 9:37 AM PT\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two California men who were angry about former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss have been indicted for allegedly plotting to firebomb the Democratic Party's headquarters in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants, 45-year-old Ian Rogers from Napa and 37-year-old Jarrod Copeland from Vallejo, are both facing one count of conspiracy to destroy a building by fire or explosives. Rogers has also been charged with firearms and explosives offenses, while Copeland is facing an additional obstruction of justice charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say the two men were upset about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and wanted to ignite a \"movement\" to overthrow the government. They hoped to recruit others to their cause, and even reached out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/985104612/conspiracy-charges-bring-proud-boys-history-of-violence-into-spotlight\">the Proud Boys\u003c/a> to try to rally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors also say that Copeland and Rogers understood that their actions would be viewed as domestic terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two men began plotting, court papers say, three weeks after Joe Biden's presidential election win with discussions about attacking targets they viewed as linked to Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one exchange of messages from late November cited in court papers, Rogers tells Copeland, \"We need to hit the enemy in the mouth.\" He goes on to say: \"I think right now we attack democrats. They're [sic] offices etc. Molotov cocktails and gasoline.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two men initially discussed attacking the California governor's mansion but quickly shifted their sights to the Democratic headquarters building in downtown Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Dec. 1, court papers say, the men had settled on a plan. Rogers wrote to Copeland: \"Do you think something is wrong with me how I'm excited to attack the democrats?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say the plans advanced over the next several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to court papers, on Jan. 4 Copeland told Rogers that if Congress certified the 2020 election results as scheduled on Jan. 6, the two men would \"become outlaws for real.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, Congress did indeed certify the vote, but only after a significant delay because the U.S. Capitol had been overrun by a violent mob of Trump supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attack on the Capitol left Copeland elated, prosecutors say. He allegedly sent Rogers a string of texts, including \"REVOLUTION\" \"I'm f---ing juiced!!!!!\" and \"I'm bout to throw my gear on and drive around and punish sombitces [sic].\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"domestic-terrorism\"]On Jan. 11, Rogers messaged Copeland: \"I'm thinking sac office first target. Then maybe bird and face offices,\" which prosecutors say is a reference to the Democratic headquarters in Sacramento, Twitter and Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sad it's come to this but I'm not going down without a fight. These commies need to be told what's up,\" Rogers adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I agree,\" Copeland allegedly replied. \"Plan attack.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He later added: \"Let's see what happens after the 20th we go to war,\" referring to the date of Biden's inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Napa County sheriff's deputies arrested Rogers, and seized between 45 and 50 guns, including assault rifles and three machine guns. They also confiscated five pipe bombs and around 15,000 rounds of ammunition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for Rogers declined to comment. It was not immediately clear who was representing Copeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court papers say Copeland tried to delete the records of his messages with Rogers after learning of his friend's arrest. Copeland contacted a militia group leader to let him know. The leader told him to switch messaging apps and to delete everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI agents arrested Copeland this week at his home in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government says Copeland poses a danger to the community and is asking that he be detained pending trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to prosecutors, Copeland joined the U.S. military in 2013 but was twice arrested for desertion before receiving an \"other than honorable\" discharged in November 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he got out, he joined an affiliate of the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia group, according to the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Copeland's membership in an anti-government militia, and his motivations for planning these attacks are relevant because they are not fleeting or the product of a single, but past, perceived affront,\" prosecutors say. \"His sentiments are deeply felt and long-standing and reflect a believe that the government is illegitimate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=2+California+Men+Have+Been+Charged+With+Plotting+To+Bomb+A+Democratic+Building&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Ian Rogers of Napa and Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo are facing several federal charges over the alleged plot. Prosecutors say at one point Rogers told Copeland, 'I want to blow up a democrat building bad.'","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1626459902,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":730},"headData":{"title":"2 Bay Area Men Charged With Plotting to Bomb Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento | KQED","description":"Ian Rogers of Napa and Jarrod Copeland of Vallejo are facing several federal charges over the alleged plot. 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He allegedly sent Rogers a string of texts, including \"REVOLUTION\" \"I'm f---ing juiced!!!!!\" and \"I'm bout to throw my gear on and drive around and punish sombitces [sic].\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"domestic-terrorism"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On Jan. 11, Rogers messaged Copeland: \"I'm thinking sac office first target. Then maybe bird and face offices,\" which prosecutors say is a reference to the Democratic headquarters in Sacramento, Twitter and Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sad it's come to this but I'm not going down without a fight. These commies need to be told what's up,\" Rogers adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I agree,\" Copeland allegedly replied. \"Plan attack.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He later added: \"Let's see what happens after the 20th we go to war,\" referring to the date of Biden's inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Napa County sheriff's deputies arrested Rogers, and seized between 45 and 50 guns, including assault rifles and three machine guns. They also confiscated five pipe bombs and around 15,000 rounds of ammunition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for Rogers declined to comment. It was not immediately clear who was representing Copeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court papers say Copeland tried to delete the records of his messages with Rogers after learning of his friend's arrest. Copeland contacted a militia group leader to let him know. The leader told him to switch messaging apps and to delete everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI agents arrested Copeland this week at his home in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government says Copeland poses a danger to the community and is asking that he be detained pending trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to prosecutors, Copeland joined the U.S. military in 2013 but was twice arrested for desertion before receiving an \"other than honorable\" discharged in November 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he got out, he joined an affiliate of the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia group, according to the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Copeland's membership in an anti-government militia, and his motivations for planning these attacks are relevant because they are not fleeting or the product of a single, but past, perceived affront,\" prosecutors say. \"His sentiments are deeply felt and long-standing and reflect a believe that the government is illegitimate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=2+California+Men+Have+Been+Charged+With+Plotting+To+Bomb+A+Democratic+Building&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11881410/2-california-men-have-been-charged-with-plotting-to-bomb-a-democratic-building","authors":["byline_news_11881410"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_21983","news_29027","news_27626","news_28616","news_29025","news_18878"],"featImg":"news_11881411","label":"source_news_11881410"},"news_11803519":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11803519","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11803519","score":null,"sort":[1582876941000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"chasing-californias-massive-delegate-haul-your-guide-to-election-night-math","title":"Chasing California's Massive Delegate Haul: Your Guide to Election Night Math","publishDate":1582876941,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>The process of doling out the hundreds of Democratic delegates up for grabs in California's presidential primary Tuesday is enough to make a mathematician's head hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, some context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot — meaning a candidate gets to the convention in July with the votes needed to be nominated — a candidate needs to win just over 1,990 delegates by the time all the primaries are finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California alone has 415 \"pledged delegates,\" the most of any state by far. (There are also another 79 \"unpledged,\" or \"superdelegates,\" available, but we'll get to that in a bit.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After California, New York is next with 274 pledged delegates — so yes, we are the 800-pound gorilla here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those 415 delegates get split up in two different ways: by congressional district (271) and by statewide vote (144).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Before we get into the nitty gritty, check out this short video, from CalMatters, which does a nice job breaking it down.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/Qfs2fpHdgQY\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Congressional District Delegates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The first is by congressional district. Each of California's 53 congressinal districtss is allocated between four and seven delegates, depending on the district's population and how many votes the Democratic nominee received there in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only two Bay Area districts — the ones represented by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland — have seven delegates. The rest have between four and six. You can find the full list \u003ca href=\"https://www.cadem.org/body/2020-Delegate-Selection-FInal-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> (pages 13-15).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amounts to a total of 271 district-level delegates up for grabs across California's 53 districts. And to get any delegates from a given district, a candidate has to win at least 15% of the vote there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that there will be millions of ballots left to count after Election Day, candidates hovering around the 15% threshold in any district will likely have to wait weeks to find out how many delegates they've potentially won. And again, any candidate who falls below the 15% threshold in that district gets nothing, freeing up the remaining delegates to be distributed to the other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the days or weeks it will take to finish counting all the mail-in and provisional ballots, \"we typically have a pretty good sense where most contests are headed on election night,\" Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Thursday. \"But it is still not unusual for the outcomes of the closest contests to change in the weeks after Election Day as final ballots are counted.\"\u003cbr>\n[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"election2020\"]Also keep in mind that not all congressional districts are alike. In fact, the lines drawn by the California Redistricting Commission are intended to empower different \"communities of interest,\" such as Latinos, LGBTQ people and African Americans. So a candidate who does especially well with one of those groups may try to maximize their delegate count by focusing extra resources in those districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And so if you're a political campaign, you can say, 'OK, campaign team, get me the five most heavily LGBT congressional districts and let's put campaign staff there, or find me the five heaviest suburban, high-educated Asian districts and let me put my efforts there,' \" said Paul Mitchell, whose firm Political Data, Inc. analyzes voter behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you can find a place where your core demographic is two or three times larger and you're polling 8% statewide, that might mean that you're going to get 16% or 24% of the vote in that particular district,\" he added. \"It makes for a really interesting thing to analyze.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Statewide Delegates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The other way to get a slice of California's 415 pledged delegates is to win 15% or more of the\u003cem> statewide\u003c/em> vote. There are 144 delegates, independent of congressional districts, that get allocated based on a candidates' statewide vote totals. And similar to the district rules, candidates who receive less than 15% of the statewide vote don't get any delegates from this pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a candidate gets, say, 20% of the vote statewide they'll get at least 20% of those 144 delegates — or nearly 29 delegates — and possibly more if some of the other candidates have failed to exceed the 15% threshold, which is very likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any one candidate approaches 45-50% of the statewide vote — which Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has the best shot at, according to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11803348/kqed-poll-bernie-sanders-dominates-the-field-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED/Change Research poll\u003c/a> — it will make it that much harder for other candidates to hit the 15% statewide threshold needed to win a share of the 144 statewide delegates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But if Bernie stays in the 30s, there's plenty of room for two or maybe even three candidates to get above 15%,\" said San Francisco political consultant Ace Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other group of delegates are the so-called superdelegates — California has 79 of them. These are generally elected, high-profile California Democrats including the governor, members of Congress and Democratic National Committee officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ace Smith, political consultant\"]'This is a new experience and I think Californians love being part of the presidential process.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives California a grand total of 494 delegates, 415 of which will be based on the outcome of Tuesday's election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those 79 superdelegates are considered unpledged, meaning they can support whoever they want. However, (as if this wasn't confusing enough), they're only allowed to vote on the nomination at the convention in Milwaukee after no candidate wins a majority of the delegates on the first round of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that scenario would only take place if there's a \"brokered convention.\" Think of it like a game of \"Survivor,\" where candidates try to make deals with other candidates and delegates to win enough support to secure the nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn't happened in more than half a century, but with so many candidates running, it's at least possible this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever happens Tuesday and the days afterward, California finally has the relevance it has long sought in a presidential primary campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So this is a new experience and I think Californians love being part of the presidential process,\" Smith said. The last truly competitive presidential primary in California, he noted, was in 1968, when Bobby Kennedy won, only to be fatally shot on election night while giving his victory speech in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, come Super Tuesday, California's voice will be somewhat muted by the other states holding primaries that day, predicts UC San Diego political science professor Thad Kousser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're gonna be one of the last of those to come in on election night, and everyone on the East Coast will have gone to bed before our first returns are rolling in,\" Kousser said, adding it will take weeks to finish counting the late ballots. \"California's voice will be softened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California is the biggest prize on Super Tuesday, but it may take weeks to determine how many delegates each candidate wins. And understanding how they're divvied up is pretty darn complicated.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1584742478,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1171},"headData":{"title":"Chasing California's Massive Delegate Haul: Your Guide to Election Night Math | KQED","description":"California is the biggest prize on Super Tuesday, but it may take weeks to determine how many delegates each candidate wins. And understanding how they're divvied up is pretty darn complicated.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Chasing California's Massive Delegate Haul: Your Guide to Election Night Math","datePublished":"2020-02-28T08:02:21.000Z","dateModified":"2020-03-20T22:14:38.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11803519 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11803519","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/02/28/chasing-californias-massive-delegate-haul-your-guide-to-election-night-math/","disqusTitle":"Chasing California's Massive Delegate Haul: Your Guide to Election Night Math","source":"Election 2020","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/elections","path":"/news/11803519/chasing-californias-massive-delegate-haul-your-guide-to-election-night-math","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The process of doling out the hundreds of Democratic delegates up for grabs in California's presidential primary Tuesday is enough to make a mathematician's head hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, some context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot — meaning a candidate gets to the convention in July with the votes needed to be nominated — a candidate needs to win just over 1,990 delegates by the time all the primaries are finished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California alone has 415 \"pledged delegates,\" the most of any state by far. (There are also another 79 \"unpledged,\" or \"superdelegates,\" available, but we'll get to that in a bit.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After California, New York is next with 274 pledged delegates — so yes, we are the 800-pound gorilla here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those 415 delegates get split up in two different ways: by congressional district (271) and by statewide vote (144).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Before we get into the nitty gritty, check out this short video, from CalMatters, which does a nice job breaking it down.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Qfs2fpHdgQY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Qfs2fpHdgQY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>Congressional District Delegates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The first is by congressional district. Each of California's 53 congressinal districtss is allocated between four and seven delegates, depending on the district's population and how many votes the Democratic nominee received there in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only two Bay Area districts — the ones represented by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland — have seven delegates. The rest have between four and six. You can find the full list \u003ca href=\"https://www.cadem.org/body/2020-Delegate-Selection-FInal-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> (pages 13-15).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amounts to a total of 271 district-level delegates up for grabs across California's 53 districts. And to get any delegates from a given district, a candidate has to win at least 15% of the vote there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that there will be millions of ballots left to count after Election Day, candidates hovering around the 15% threshold in any district will likely have to wait weeks to find out how many delegates they've potentially won. And again, any candidate who falls below the 15% threshold in that district gets nothing, freeing up the remaining delegates to be distributed to the other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the days or weeks it will take to finish counting all the mail-in and provisional ballots, \"we typically have a pretty good sense where most contests are headed on election night,\" Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Thursday. \"But it is still not unusual for the outcomes of the closest contests to change in the weeks after Election Day as final ballots are counted.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"election2020"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Also keep in mind that not all congressional districts are alike. In fact, the lines drawn by the California Redistricting Commission are intended to empower different \"communities of interest,\" such as Latinos, LGBTQ people and African Americans. So a candidate who does especially well with one of those groups may try to maximize their delegate count by focusing extra resources in those districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And so if you're a political campaign, you can say, 'OK, campaign team, get me the five most heavily LGBT congressional districts and let's put campaign staff there, or find me the five heaviest suburban, high-educated Asian districts and let me put my efforts there,' \" said Paul Mitchell, whose firm Political Data, Inc. analyzes voter behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So if you can find a place where your core demographic is two or three times larger and you're polling 8% statewide, that might mean that you're going to get 16% or 24% of the vote in that particular district,\" he added. \"It makes for a really interesting thing to analyze.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Statewide Delegates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The other way to get a slice of California's 415 pledged delegates is to win 15% or more of the\u003cem> statewide\u003c/em> vote. There are 144 delegates, independent of congressional districts, that get allocated based on a candidates' statewide vote totals. And similar to the district rules, candidates who receive less than 15% of the statewide vote don't get any delegates from this pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a candidate gets, say, 20% of the vote statewide they'll get at least 20% of those 144 delegates — or nearly 29 delegates — and possibly more if some of the other candidates have failed to exceed the 15% threshold, which is very likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any one candidate approaches 45-50% of the statewide vote — which Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has the best shot at, according to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11803348/kqed-poll-bernie-sanders-dominates-the-field-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED/Change Research poll\u003c/a> — it will make it that much harder for other candidates to hit the 15% statewide threshold needed to win a share of the 144 statewide delegates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But if Bernie stays in the 30s, there's plenty of room for two or maybe even three candidates to get above 15%,\" said San Francisco political consultant Ace Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other group of delegates are the so-called superdelegates — California has 79 of them. These are generally elected, high-profile California Democrats including the governor, members of Congress and Democratic National Committee officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'This is a new experience and I think Californians love being part of the presidential process.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ace Smith, political consultant","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives California a grand total of 494 delegates, 415 of which will be based on the outcome of Tuesday's election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those 79 superdelegates are considered unpledged, meaning they can support whoever they want. However, (as if this wasn't confusing enough), they're only allowed to vote on the nomination at the convention in Milwaukee after no candidate wins a majority of the delegates on the first round of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that scenario would only take place if there's a \"brokered convention.\" Think of it like a game of \"Survivor,\" where candidates try to make deals with other candidates and delegates to win enough support to secure the nomination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn't happened in more than half a century, but with so many candidates running, it's at least possible this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever happens Tuesday and the days afterward, California finally has the relevance it has long sought in a presidential primary campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So this is a new experience and I think Californians love being part of the presidential process,\" Smith said. The last truly competitive presidential primary in California, he noted, was in 1968, when Bobby Kennedy won, only to be fatally shot on election night while giving his victory speech in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, come Super Tuesday, California's voice will be somewhat muted by the other states holding primaries that day, predicts UC San Diego political science professor Thad Kousser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're gonna be one of the last of those to come in on election night, and everyone on the East Coast will have gone to bed before our first returns are rolling in,\" Kousser said, adding it will take weeks to finish counting the late ballots. \"California's voice will be softened.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11803519/chasing-californias-massive-delegate-haul-your-guide-to-election-night-math","authors":["255"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_6317","news_27572","news_27571","news_21983","news_27370","news_27419","news_17968"],"featImg":"news_11804049","label":"source_news_11803519"},"news_11799962":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11799962","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11799962","score":null,"sort":[1580852139000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"what-we-know-about-the-app-that-delayed-iowas-caucus-results","title":"What We Know About the App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results","publishDate":1580852139,"format":"standard","headTitle":"NPR | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 10:10 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who won Iowa?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iowa's Democrats had hoped that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new smartphone app\u003c/a> designed to collect the results of its caucuses would let the party get the count out to the public more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as of Tuesday afternoon, the state's Democratic Party was \u003ca href=\"https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200203-iowa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still struggling to report the outcome\u003c/a> of Monday night's caucuses, blaming the delay on problems with that app. Finally, shortly after 5 p.m., the party \u003ca href=\"https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200203-iowa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began releasing results\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before releasing the results, Iowa Democratic Party chair Troy Price said Monday night's reporting mishap was \"unacceptable\" and offered an apology. He reiterated that his priority is the \"accuracy and integrity\" of the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Doug Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa and a former caucus precinct leader\"]'It appears in this case that the app was never really tested in a manner which came close to approximating the real mess of an election.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement Tuesday evening that the issue \"should never happen again.\" He said the app would not be used during the primary election process and that the vendor \"must provide absolute transparent accounting of what went wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shadow Inc., the company that developed the app for the party, apologized for the delay in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ShadowIncHQ/status/1224773797380837377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a series of tweets\u003c/a> Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates, their campaigns, and Democratic caucus-goers,\" the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As the Iowa Democratic Party has confirmed, the underlying data and collection process via Shadow's mobile caucus app was sound and accurate, but our process to transmit that caucus results data generated via the app to the IDP was not,\" Shadow added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said that it will \"apply the lessons learned in the future\" and that it has \"already corrected the underlying technology issue. We take these issues very seriously, and are committed to improving and evolving to support the Democratic Party's goal of modernizing its election processes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ShadowIncHQ/status/1224773797380837377?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Iowa Democratic Party said it has determined \"with certainty\" that \"the underlying data\" via its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new app\u003c/a> \"was sound.\" In a statement Tuesday morning, Price said the app was recording data accurately, but \"it was reporting out only partial data\" because of a \"coding issue in the reporting system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Party staff then turned to entering data manually, which took longer than expected, Price said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Computer experts and caucus chairs said there was not enough training on using the app before Monday's caucuses, which are chaotic enough as it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears in this case that the app was never really tested in a manner which came close to approximating the real mess of an election,\" Doug Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa and a former caucus precinct leader, told NPR on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Caucus chairs, in many cases, apparently were attempting to download and install the app on their phones on caucus night,\" he said. \"That's extraordinarily difficult to do that kind of thing under pressure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by NPR and Iowa Public Radio last month \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised several concerns about the app\u003c/a>. Cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said the party's decision to withhold the technical details of its app made it hard to have complete confidence in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party\"]'We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion. '[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Drawing the blinds on the process leaves us, in the public, in a position where we can't even assess the competence of the people doing something on our behalf,\" Jones, the computer science professor, said then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Price said he was confident in the party's contingency planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If there's a challenge, we'll be ready with a backup and a backup to that backup and a backup to the backup to the backup,\" Price told NPR. \"We are fully prepared to make sure that we can get these results in and get those results in accurately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in his statement Tuesday morning, Price said: \"We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion. In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity consultants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency said, \"At this time, we have no reporting of any malicious cyberactivity. We encourage our election partners to build resilience into their planning and execution procedures, to prepare for issues that may come up during election processes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said, \"The continuing chaos in Iowa is illustrative of our overall failure to take sufficient steps to protect the integrity of our election systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as NPR and Iowa Public Radio reported in January, there were also concerns about a lag in the adoption of technology in some rural parts of Iowa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At least everybody with smartphones is gonna [use the app], I know that,\" said Gary Gelner, who chairs the Hancock County Democratic Party in north central Iowa. \"You'd be surprised how many people up here got the old flip cellphones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Iowa Democratic Party paid Shadow, the app developer, a total of $63,183.91 in \"professional fees\" in November and December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://webapp.iecdb.iowa.gov/PublicView/statewide/2020/Period_Due_Date_19-Jan/Parties/Iowa%20Democratic%20Party_9098/Iowa%20Democratic%20Party_9098_B_Expenditures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a campaign finance report \u003c/a>filed by the party in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shadow's website \u003ca href=\"https://shadowinc.io/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describes the company\u003c/a> this way: \"We are campaign and technology veterans who have built and implemented technology at Hillary for America, Obama for America, Google, Kiva, Apple, the AFL-CIO, and the DNC. Our passion is to create a permanent advantage for progressive campaigns and causes through technology.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acronym, an anti-Trump superPAC, confirmed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/taraemcg/status/1224591572458668032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a tweet\u003c/a> that it had invested in Shadow. \"We are reading confirmed reports of Shadow's work with the Iowa Democratic Party on Twitter, and we, like everybody else, are eagerly awaiting more information\" from the party on what happened, Acronym said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/taraemcg/status/1224591572458668032?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple county chairs blamed the app for the delayed reporting of results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holly Christine Brown, the Asian/Pacific Islander caucus chair for the Iowa Democratic Party, said she was only appointed precinct chair last week and first saw the app on Friday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just given access to the app and told, 'Play around in there a little bit,' and that was about as much training as we got,\" Brown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/802571180/iowa-democrat-responds-to-caucus-reporting-inconsistencies-people-are-very-upset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told NPR's Rachel Martin\u003c/a>. \"We were able to call in and ask questions, but there was no real training on the app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said the problems with Monday's caucuses will \"absolutely\" increase calls to change Iowa's system. \"People are very upset about how this happened and how this played out,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elesha Gayman, the Scott County Democratic chair, said the app was difficult to use for older and younger people alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was unique; it's not something you can download in the app store,\" she said. \"You actually had to fill out a form. In addition to that, you got a series of PIN numbers. And so, yeah, there was a lot of layers and I think that absolutely mucked it up. Anecdotally, a few of the people I do know who used the app successfully were younger people. But I do know some young people that also had troubles, just so many layers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marjie Foster, the Democratic chair of Decatur County, said her caucus \"had absolutely no glitches with the app. Our app process worked great. Our chair was very well-prepared. He had trained and tested, and he was on target with it. So we had no issues with the app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the app didn't work for Des Moines County Democratic Party Co-Chairman Tom Courtney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"election2020\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Things didn't work out right,\" said Courtney, who said he tried to call in the results for several hours but couldn't get through because the number was \"constantly busy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Courtney said, he went home and planned to call and report his precinct's results in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[The Iowa Democratic Party] made it seem like this was going to work fine. They tested it, tested it,\" he said. \"I'm old enough, I was skeptical, the whole thing, but I thought it would be better than it is. There have been problems. Little problems with it, right, all along. Guess I wasn't surprised.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday afternoon, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said in a statement that the accuracy of the vote totals \"is much more important than the timeliness of releasing the results. I am glad to hear they have a paper trail for their votes, just as we use paper ballots in all official elections in the State of Iowa. I support [the Iowa Democratic Party] while they take their time and conduct checks and balances to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the votes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party in Nevada, another caucus state, pledged Tuesday to avoid the problems Iowa saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"NV Dems can confidently say that what happened in the Iowa caucus last night will not happen in Nevada on February 22nd,\" the party said\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MBForgey/status/1224748449867825152?s=20\"> in a statement\u003c/a>. \"We will not be employing the same app or vendor used in the Iowa caucus. We had already developed a series of backups and redundant reporting systems, and are currently evaluating the best path forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Pam Fessler and Miles Parks contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=What+We+Know+About+The+App+That+Delayed+Iowa%27s+Caucus+Results&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1580919934,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":47,"wordCount":1664},"headData":{"title":"What We Know About the App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results | KQED","description":"Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"What We Know About the App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results","datePublished":"2020-02-04T21:35:39.000Z","dateModified":"2020-02-05T16:25:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11799962 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11799962","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/02/04/what-we-know-about-the-app-that-delayed-iowas-caucus-results/","disqusTitle":"What We Know About the App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results","source":"NPR","sourceUrl":"npr.org","nprImageCredit":"Jim Bourg","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/348742973/avie-schneider\"> Avie Schneider \u003ca />","nprImageAgency":"Reuters","nprStoryId":"802583844","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=802583844&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/802583844/what-we-know-about-the-app-that-delayed-iowas-caucus-results?ft=nprml&f=802583844","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:51:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 04 Feb 2020 12:41:52 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:51:25 -0500","path":"/news/11799962/what-we-know-about-the-app-that-delayed-iowas-caucus-results","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 10:10 p.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who won Iowa?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iowa's Democrats had hoped that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a new smartphone app\u003c/a> designed to collect the results of its caucuses would let the party get the count out to the public more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as of Tuesday afternoon, the state's Democratic Party was \u003ca href=\"https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200203-iowa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still struggling to report the outcome\u003c/a> of Monday night's caucuses, blaming the delay on problems with that app. Finally, shortly after 5 p.m., the party \u003ca href=\"https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200203-iowa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began releasing results\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly before releasing the results, Iowa Democratic Party chair Troy Price said Monday night's reporting mishap was \"unacceptable\" and offered an apology. He reiterated that his priority is the \"accuracy and integrity\" of the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'It appears in this case that the app was never really tested in a manner which came close to approximating the real mess of an election.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Doug Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa and a former caucus precinct leader","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement Tuesday evening that the issue \"should never happen again.\" He said the app would not be used during the primary election process and that the vendor \"must provide absolute transparent accounting of what went wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shadow Inc., the company that developed the app for the party, apologized for the delay in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ShadowIncHQ/status/1224773797380837377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a series of tweets\u003c/a> Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates, their campaigns, and Democratic caucus-goers,\" the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As the Iowa Democratic Party has confirmed, the underlying data and collection process via Shadow's mobile caucus app was sound and accurate, but our process to transmit that caucus results data generated via the app to the IDP was not,\" Shadow added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said that it will \"apply the lessons learned in the future\" and that it has \"already corrected the underlying technology issue. We take these issues very seriously, and are committed to improving and evolving to support the Democratic Party's goal of modernizing its election processes.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1224773797380837377"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The Iowa Democratic Party said it has determined \"with certainty\" that \"the underlying data\" via its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new app\u003c/a> \"was sound.\" In a statement Tuesday morning, Price said the app was recording data accurately, but \"it was reporting out only partial data\" because of a \"coding issue in the reporting system.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Party staff then turned to entering data manually, which took longer than expected, Price said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Computer experts and caucus chairs said there was not enough training on using the app before Monday's caucuses, which are chaotic enough as it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears in this case that the app was never really tested in a manner which came close to approximating the real mess of an election,\" Doug Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa and a former caucus precinct leader, told NPR on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Caucus chairs, in many cases, apparently were attempting to download and install the app on their phones on caucus night,\" he said. \"That's extraordinarily difficult to do that kind of thing under pressure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report by NPR and Iowa Public Radio last month \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/14/795906732/despite-election-security-fears-iowa-caucuses-will-use-new-smartphone-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised several concerns about the app\u003c/a>. Cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said the party's decision to withhold the technical details of its app made it hard to have complete confidence in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion. '","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Drawing the blinds on the process leaves us, in the public, in a position where we can't even assess the competence of the people doing something on our behalf,\" Jones, the computer science professor, said then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Price said he was confident in the party's contingency planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If there's a challenge, we'll be ready with a backup and a backup to that backup and a backup to the backup to the backup,\" Price told NPR. \"We are fully prepared to make sure that we can get these results in and get those results in accurately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in his statement Tuesday morning, Price said: \"We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion. In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity consultants.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency said, \"At this time, we have no reporting of any malicious cyberactivity. We encourage our election partners to build resilience into their planning and execution procedures, to prepare for issues that may come up during election processes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said, \"The continuing chaos in Iowa is illustrative of our overall failure to take sufficient steps to protect the integrity of our election systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as NPR and Iowa Public Radio reported in January, there were also concerns about a lag in the adoption of technology in some rural parts of Iowa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At least everybody with smartphones is gonna [use the app], I know that,\" said Gary Gelner, who chairs the Hancock County Democratic Party in north central Iowa. \"You'd be surprised how many people up here got the old flip cellphones.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Iowa Democratic Party paid Shadow, the app developer, a total of $63,183.91 in \"professional fees\" in November and December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://webapp.iecdb.iowa.gov/PublicView/statewide/2020/Period_Due_Date_19-Jan/Parties/Iowa%20Democratic%20Party_9098/Iowa%20Democratic%20Party_9098_B_Expenditures.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a campaign finance report \u003c/a>filed by the party in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shadow's website \u003ca href=\"https://shadowinc.io/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describes the company\u003c/a> this way: \"We are campaign and technology veterans who have built and implemented technology at Hillary for America, Obama for America, Google, Kiva, Apple, the AFL-CIO, and the DNC. Our passion is to create a permanent advantage for progressive campaigns and causes through technology.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acronym, an anti-Trump superPAC, confirmed \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/taraemcg/status/1224591572458668032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a tweet\u003c/a> that it had invested in Shadow. \"We are reading confirmed reports of Shadow's work with the Iowa Democratic Party on Twitter, and we, like everybody else, are eagerly awaiting more information\" from the party on what happened, Acronym said in a statement.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1224591572458668032"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Multiple county chairs blamed the app for the delayed reporting of results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holly Christine Brown, the Asian/Pacific Islander caucus chair for the Iowa Democratic Party, said she was only appointed precinct chair last week and first saw the app on Friday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just given access to the app and told, 'Play around in there a little bit,' and that was about as much training as we got,\" Brown \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/802571180/iowa-democrat-responds-to-caucus-reporting-inconsistencies-people-are-very-upset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told NPR's Rachel Martin\u003c/a>. \"We were able to call in and ask questions, but there was no real training on the app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said the problems with Monday's caucuses will \"absolutely\" increase calls to change Iowa's system. \"People are very upset about how this happened and how this played out,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elesha Gayman, the Scott County Democratic chair, said the app was difficult to use for older and younger people alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was unique; it's not something you can download in the app store,\" she said. \"You actually had to fill out a form. In addition to that, you got a series of PIN numbers. And so, yeah, there was a lot of layers and I think that absolutely mucked it up. Anecdotally, a few of the people I do know who used the app successfully were younger people. But I do know some young people that also had troubles, just so many layers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marjie Foster, the Democratic chair of Decatur County, said her caucus \"had absolutely no glitches with the app. Our app process worked great. Our chair was very well-prepared. He had trained and tested, and he was on target with it. So we had no issues with the app.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the app didn't work for Des Moines County Democratic Party Co-Chairman Tom Courtney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"election2020","label":"related coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Things didn't work out right,\" said Courtney, who said he tried to call in the results for several hours but couldn't get through because the number was \"constantly busy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Courtney said, he went home and planned to call and report his precinct's results in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[The Iowa Democratic Party] made it seem like this was going to work fine. They tested it, tested it,\" he said. \"I'm old enough, I was skeptical, the whole thing, but I thought it would be better than it is. There have been problems. Little problems with it, right, all along. Guess I wasn't surprised.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday afternoon, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said in a statement that the accuracy of the vote totals \"is much more important than the timeliness of releasing the results. I am glad to hear they have a paper trail for their votes, just as we use paper ballots in all official elections in the State of Iowa. I support [the Iowa Democratic Party] while they take their time and conduct checks and balances to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the votes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party in Nevada, another caucus state, pledged Tuesday to avoid the problems Iowa saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"NV Dems can confidently say that what happened in the Iowa caucus last night will not happen in Nevada on February 22nd,\" the party said\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MBForgey/status/1224748449867825152?s=20\"> in a statement\u003c/a>. \"We will not be employing the same app or vendor used in the Iowa caucus. We had already developed a series of backups and redundant reporting systems, and are currently evaluating the best path forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR's Pam Fessler and Miles Parks contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=What+We+Know+About+The+App+That+Delayed+Iowa%27s+Caucus+Results&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11799962/what-we-know-about-the-app-that-delayed-iowas-caucus-results","authors":["byline_news_11799962"],"categories":["news_8","news_13","news_248"],"tags":["news_21983","news_27370","news_27426"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11799963","label":"source_news_11799962"},"news_11788402":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11788402","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11788402","score":null,"sort":[1574614857000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"former-republican-michael-bloomberg-announces-democratic-presidential-run","title":"Former Republican Michael Bloomberg Announces Democratic Presidential Run","publishDate":1574614857,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world's richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mikebloomberg.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIna-FgKaD5gIVrB-tBh2F0w2GEAAYASAAEgKa6fD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">written statement\u003c/a> posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat President Trump. He will quickly follow with a massive advertising campaign blanketing airways in key primary states across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America,\" Bloomberg wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We cannot afford four more years of President Trump's reckless and unethical actions,\" he continued. \"He represents an existential threat to our country and our values. If he wins another term in office, we may never recover from the damage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg's entrance comes just 10 weeks before primary voting begins, an unorthodox move that reflects anxiety within the Democratic Party about the strength of its current candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a centrist with deep ties to Wall Street, Bloomberg is expected to struggle among the party's energized progressive base. He became a Democrat only last year. Yet his tremendous resources and moderate profile could be appealing in a primary contest that has become, above all, a quest to find the person best-positioned to deny Trump a second term next November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"2020-presidential-election\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes ranked Bloomberg as the 11th-richest person in the world last year with a net worth of roughly $50 billion. Trump, by contrast, was ranked 259th with a net worth of just over $3 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, Bloomberg has vowed to spend at least $150 million of his fortune on various pieces of a 2020 campaign, including more than $100 million for internet ads attacking Trump, between $15 million and $20 million on a voter registration drive largely targeting minority voters, and more than $30 million on an initial round of television ads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He did not say how much he would be willing to spend overall on his presidential ambitions, but senior adviser Howard Wolfson did: \"Whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wolfson also said that Bloomberg would not accept a single political donation for his campaign or take a salary should he become president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the announcement was final, Democratic rivals like Bernie Sanders pounced on Bloomberg's plans to rely on his personal fortune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy elections,\" Sanders tweeted on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Warren, another leading progressive candidate, also slammed Bloomberg on Saturday for trying to buy the presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I understand that rich people are going to have more shoes than the rest of us, they're going to have more cars than the rest of us, they're going to have more houses,\" she said after a campaign stop in Manchester, New Hampshire. \"But they don't get a bigger share of democracy, especially in a Democratic primary. We need to be doing the face-to-face work that lifts every voice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1198620233994526722\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg does not speak in his announcement video, which casts him as a successful businessman who came from humble roots and ultimately \"put his money where his heart is\" to effect change on the top policy issues of the day — gun violence, climate change, immigration and equality, among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg has devoted tens of millions of dollars to pursue his policy priorities in recent years, producing measurable progress in cities and states across America. 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Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mikebloomberg.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIna-FgKaD5gIVrB-tBh2F0w2GEAAYASAAEgKa6fD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">written statement\u003c/a> posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat President Trump. He will quickly follow with a massive advertising campaign blanketing airways in key primary states across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America,\" Bloomberg wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We cannot afford four more years of President Trump's reckless and unethical actions,\" he continued. \"He represents an existential threat to our country and our values. If he wins another term in office, we may never recover from the damage.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg's entrance comes just 10 weeks before primary voting begins, an unorthodox move that reflects anxiety within the Democratic Party about the strength of its current candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a centrist with deep ties to Wall Street, Bloomberg is expected to struggle among the party's energized progressive base. He became a Democrat only last year. Yet his tremendous resources and moderate profile could be appealing in a primary contest that has become, above all, a quest to find the person best-positioned to deny Trump a second term next November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"related coverage ","tag":"2020-presidential-election"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes ranked Bloomberg as the 11th-richest person in the world last year with a net worth of roughly $50 billion. 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We need to be doing the face-to-face work that lifts every voice.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"1198620233994526722"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg does not speak in his announcement video, which casts him as a successful businessman who came from humble roots and ultimately \"put his money where his heart is\" to effect change on the top policy issues of the day — gun violence, climate change, immigration and equality, among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bloomberg has devoted tens of millions of dollars to pursue his policy priorities in recent years, producing measurable progress in cities and states across America. 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