The labor movement played a decisive role in the election of a pro-worker majority in the U.S. Senate. After delivering the 2020 election for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, we regrouped and remobilized to keep the momentum going in Georgia.
Otherwise mild-mannered Graves County substitute teacher Charlotte Goddard has tossed down the gauntlet to Republican lawmakers in Frankfort.
"You call yourselves the 'law-and-order' party," challenged the mom of two. "Come out and join the Democrats in denouncing the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol and in denouncing Trump's role in inciting the violence."
Kentucky Republican lawmakers ignored cries of overreach from their Democratic colleagues Friday and approved in committee two major bills challenging Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
Separately, another committee did not act on a bill that would reshape the state’s courts system after Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. railed against it.
The following is a statement from Colmon Elridge, Chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party, after both Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue conceded their respective races.
“Congratulations to Senators-elect Warnock and Ossoff for their tireless campaigning and hard fought victories.
