Alex Roarty

Washington, D.C., United States

Reporter at NOTUS

Not from Pennsylvania. @cumberlink alum. Politics reporter at @NOTUSreports. [email protected]

Featured in: Favicon

mcclatchy.com Favicon

msn.com

yahoo.com (+8) Favicon

nydailynews.com Favicon

smh.com.au Favicon

theatlantic.com Favicon

chicagotribune.com Favicon

slate.com

stuff.co.nz Favicon

thestar.com + 96 more

Articles

A Super PAC Is Encroaching on the DCCC's Territory

1 day ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty

A super PAC with close ties to House Democratic leadership is taking a more active role with House candidates ahead of next year’s elections, expanding its political operation into the realm traditionally occupied by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Karine Jean-Pierre’s New Book Is Greeted With a ‘WTF’ Chorus

3 days ago | notus.org | Jasmine Wright |Alex Roarty

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s new attempt to distance herself from the Democratic Party while diagnosing its problems is landing with a thud. A vague synopsis of a new book from the former press secretary was met with jeers from her former colleagues, as it declared that Jean-Pierre had both left the Democratic Party and also written a book focused on the three weeks it took Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
Democrats Ask SCOTUS to Keep Contribution Limits in Place - Or Let Them Go to Court

1 week ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty

The Democratic Party wants the Supreme Court to either reject a Republican effort to ease campaign finance restrictions or let Democratic groups go to court to defend the limits on coordinated spending between candidates and political committees — an unusual step Democrats say is necessary after the Department of Justice earlie this month declined to uphold the current contribution limit.
Centrist and Progressive Democrats Prepare for a Clash in Minnesota

1 week ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty |Tinashe Chingarande

Democrats’ progressive and centrist factions are on track for a major showdown in Minnesota next year. In the primary to replace retiring Sen. Tina Smith, two leading candidates from Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party — Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig — have emerged with clashing views of how to rebuild the party after Donald Trump’s second White House victory. The progressive Flanagan, a former community organizer, preaches about the need to embrace a bold vision of governance.
Jared Golden Trails Paul LePage in a New GOP Poll

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine opted to run for reelection rather than for governor or Senate, but that doesn’t mean he’ll avoid a difficult race next year. The incumbent trails former Republican Gov. Paul LePage 43% to 48% in a matchup in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, according to a new poll of likely voters from a Republican super PAC, Congressional Leadership Fund, first reported by NOTUS.
Do Democrats Have Another Blue Wave in Them?

2 weeks ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty

Democrats have a lot of problems right now. Finding candidates eager to run for office isn’t one of them. Since Donald Trump’s election, a groundswell of Democratic candidates has emerged to start campaigns for local, state and federal races, according to party operatives and a review of campaign announcements.
House Republicans Are Targeting Three Districts For Their Hispanic Voters

3 weeks ago | notus.org | Daniella Diaz |Alex Roarty

Republicans think Hispanic voters are key to keeping the House majority in 2026. The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting three House districts held by Democrats for their significant Hispanic populations in the hopes they can flip the seats Republican in 2026. All three of the districts featured narrow wins by Democrats: Reps. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas’ 34th District, Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th District and Nellie Pou in New Jersey’s 9th District.
Trump's Assault on Liberal Institutions Has Nonprofits Panicking: Are We Next?

1 month ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty |Claire Heddles |Anna Kramer

For weeks, nonprofit organizations in Washington have braced for President Donald Trump to issue a sweeping executive order they fear would target their tax-exempt status — and threaten their very existence. Trump’s Friday Truth Social post saying the government would revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status raised the fears of nonprofit groups to yet another degree.
In North Carolina, All Eyes Are on Roy Cooper’s Senate Decision

1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Alex Roarty

This story is republished from NOTUS as part of our partnership with the D.C.-based outlet. Democrats are desperate to recruit North Carolina’s Roy Cooper, Maine’s Janet Mills, and Ohio’s Sherrod Brown to run for Senate seats next year, believing the trio would help their party in a way no other candidates could. They’re just not sure any of them will actually run.
Democrats’ Senate Majority Hopes Hinge on Candidates Who Are Still Undecided

1 month ago | notus.org | Alex Roarty

Democrats are desperate to recruit North Carolina’s Roy Cooper, Maine’s Janet Mills and Ohio’s Sherrod Brown to run for Senate seats next year, believing the trio would help their party in a way no other candidates could. They’re just not sure any of them will actually run. As the 2026 Senate map begins to take shape, Democrats are bracing for a long, potentially agonizing wait to find out if former North Carolina Gov. Cooper, Maine Gov. Mills or former Ohio Sen.