Today’s notice: What Wilbur Ross heard at dinner about “Liberation Day.” Congress has a normal one. What a lawyers listserv sounds like now. Everyone wants to be Cory now. But first: elections!
What Do Special Elections Mean Now?
Coming in the next few days: sweeping takes on last night’s special elections that purport to show how they have changed the political map. Reading a lot into a weird election has long been a favorite political pastime, and it reached a fever pitch in 2024, when a great deal of smart money was placed on ignoring the polls in favor of special election results.
Last night brought some of the first closely watched specials of Donald Trump’s second term. Democrats spent a lot in two red Florida districts, overperformed in two red Florida districts but still handily lost to Republicans in those two red Florida districts.