David Mark

Washington, D.C.

Campaigns Editor at Washington Examiner

Managing editor, Washington Examiner Magazine. Past: @politico, @CNNPolitics. Two-time book author, public speaker and lecturer. [email protected].

Articles

Fuzzy Math: Several House seats could be redrawn before 2026 elections

4 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

It seems clear that House Democrats would need to net at least three seats in the 2026 midterm elections to win a majority in the chamber, which would provide a toehold of power during President Donald Trump‘s final two years in office. If only the math were that simple. House Republicans hold 220 of the chamber’s 435 seats. When three vacancies are filled in heavily blue-leaning districts, Democrats will hold 215 seats.
Lights, camera … tariffs? President tries economic blunt force to keep film production in Hollywood

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

GLENDALE, California — President Donald Trump‘s flair for entertainment and spectacle helped him win the White House twice in three tries. However, whether that flair is enough to stem the filming trend of “runaway production” for movies and television shows outside of the United States remains to be seen.
Long-vacant US ambassadorship may finally get filled

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

NASSAU, The Bahamas — Divers recently captured footage of two whales from a long-hunted species now protected by an international treaty, and, in the United States, the Endangered Species Act. The North Atlantic right whale pair sighting, among an estimated 370 of the 50-foot aquatic creatures remaining in the world, marked the first time any had been seen in the Bahamas. There could be an almost-as-rare sighting in the Bahamas over the next several months: a Senate-confirmed U.S. ambassador.
Would-be 2028 Democratic hopeful falls into a Trump trap

2 months ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

LANSING, Michigan — An enduringly popular social media meme depicts a Return of the Jedi rebel alliance leader, squid species Adm. Ackbar, warning of the Galactic Empire’s new-and-improved planet-destroying Death Star. “It’s a trap!” utters Akbar, in a frantic space battle scene from the third and final installment of the original Star Wars trilogy, released in 1983. Gov.
Epic wildfires scramble California 2026 political landscape

Jan 24, 2025 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

LOS ANGELES — Devastating. Apocalyptic. Of biblical proportions. Now add a phrase to those apt descriptions of the January fires that ravaged Southern California: Political. It’s a realistic element of the fires, which killed at least 28 people and destroyed about 12,400 structures — the majority houses and plenty of businesses.
Jimmy Carter, a sometimes outcast in the world’s most exclusive club

Jan 2, 2025 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

Bill Clinton of Arkansas was the nation’s youngest governor after his 1978 election at age 32. Two years later, he was the youngest former governor, having been ousted by voters after a single, two-year term. Clinton long blamed the loss, at least partly, on the top Democrat on the 1980 ballot, President Jimmy Carter, who, much more famously at the time, also lost his reelection bid.
Orange is the new red (almost)

Nov 14, 2024 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — Finally, an election result Ronald Reagan would recognize — or at least something close to it. The late Republican president and GOP candidates up and down the ballot once dominated Orange County, California, elections. Reagan won nearly 75% of the vote there during his 1984 reelection landslide, and Republican presidential nominees won California six straight times from 1968 to 1988.
Trump support for his own tax law provision on the rocks with

Sep 26, 2024 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump may live in Florida now, but he is embracing his New York roots. The Queens born-and-bred 2024 Republican presidential nominee said he agrees with a bipartisan push by members of New York’s congressional delegation to support expanding federal deductions for state and local taxes paid. That is a reversal of his policies and a major boost to high-tax states such as New York.
These members of Congress are getting set to leave

Sep 12, 2024 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

Departing Congress members have only over three months left in office. The next Congress is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2025. The list of departing lawmakers is already long but can be expected to grow after the Nov. 5 general election. It’s virtually certain that it will expand shortly after Election Day when Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is heavily favored to win California’s open Senate seat. Because Schiff is also set to win a separate election to fill the final two months of the late Democratic Sen.
Biden’s reelection chances were in the ‘single digits,’ big money ally says

Aug 19, 2024 | washingtonexaminer.com | David Mark

CHICAGO — Before President Joe Biden announced he wouldn’t seek a second term, his chances of winning reelection were in the “single digits,” the leader of a big money outside group charged with aiding his campaign said on Monday. Chauncy McLean, head of Future Forward, a super PAC tapped by Biden’s reelection campaign in July 2023 to help reelect him in 2024, painted a grim picture of Biden’s chances against former President Donald Trump.

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