First, some quick ground rules. Due to a now-obsolete and all-powerful quirk of New Jersey primary ballot design known simply as “the line,” formal alliances between candidates for different offices are common, and I will note whenever such an alliance exists. (For the most part, those alliances will be between
Welcome to the first preview of the reincarnated Primary School. This one's a short one, only covering San Antonio's June 7 municipal runoffs (yes, the election is on a Saturday), but you can expect a much, much longer preview of New Jersey's June 10
Issue 3 June 2, 2025 Programming note: you can expect your first primary preview of the cycle on Saturday morning, covering San Antonio's local elections, followed by an extra-exhaustive New Jersey preview released contemporaneously with next week's regular issue on the morning of Monday, June 9.
Issue 2 May 27, 2025 Subscribe Pennsylvania results Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey lost reelection to more moderate challenger Corey O’Connor, the Allegheny County controller and previously a member of the Pittsburgh City Council. O’Connor, who received extensive funding from right-wing business interests, successfully painted the progressive incumbent as
FEC Roundup 1st Quarter 2025 Subscribe Welcome to the first FEC roundup! As a piece of content released in the first month of the relaunch, this one will be free—but after this one, FEC roundups will only be available to subscribers at the $8/month or $80/year tier.
Every week, I'm going to also publish a brief summary of three to five news items from the week's paid issue. This is what that will generally look like, though the level of detail may vary from week to week. NJ-LD-22: The president of the New
Issue 1 May 19, 2025 Subscribe Welcome to Primary School's new era. There’s one main author now, the writer formerly known as Nick Tagliaferro—a pseudonym of which I have grown tired. The pricing structure has also changed, and I'm going to be operating on
Well, I'm gonna give this a try. Primary School went on hiatus due to changes in the personal and professional lives of its authors. But while my coauthor has moved on, I haven't. I wouldn't know how to walk away from politics even if