Brent Scher is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. He graduated from the University of Virginia, where he studied foreign affairs and politics. Prior to joining the Beacon, he worked for WTOP and the American Enterprise Institute’s Political Corner. Brent is originally from New York City and now lives in Washington, D.C.
Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly (D.), on the airwaves this week boasting of his support for funding a border wall with Mexico, received a helping hand from his New Jersey colleague Cory Booker, who was caught earlier this month calling for the elimination of all walls.
Democratic representative Keith Ellison (Minn.), now ensnared by a domestic abuse scandal of his own, was one of the only Democrats who didn’t return contributions from a Saudi Arabia-tied political donor after he was convicted of violently assaulting his wife.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) is asking his supporters to help defeat the Russians by helping his Missouri colleague Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) win reelection.
Leah Vukmir came out victorious Tuesday night from one of the more hotly contested Republican primaries of the year in Wisconsin, and now plans to unseat incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D.) by focusing on her support for Medicare for All, according to a campaign memo released Wednesday morning.
For about a month, the Missouri Democratic Party was willing to accept voters with “differing positions on issues of personal conscience.” But over the weekend, party leadership decided to rescind the olive branch it extended to pro-life Democrats earlier this summer.
With Sen. Joe Donnelly (D., Ind.) scheduled to meet with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this week, his Republican challenger Mike Braun is challenging him to break with party leadership and get behind President Trump’s nominee.
The reputation of Democrats in Georgia took a hit on Thursday.
After hearing from both Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) and her Republican opponent Josh Hawley on Friday, the Missouri Farmers Bureau decided to endorse Hawley, citing its bad relationship with McCaskill.
Missouri Republican Josh Hawley said it was “very troubling” to learn that two lawyers who had written a highly publicized open letter criticizing his work as the state’s attorney general had been paid by the reelection campaign for Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.).
