Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Fall electioneering will enter high gear after Labor Day. Market pundits will soon be handicapping the outcome and advising you how to position your portfolio to profit from it. Your optimal strategy is to ignore their recommendations, at least with respect to being long stocks or not.


Source:www.forbes.com

Wyoming’s next governor will almost assuredly be picked in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, capping off one of the state’s most expensive campaigns ever. Half a dozen Republicans are running to replace outgoing Gov. Matt Mead, one of the most popular governors in the country. Given Wyoming’s blood-red hue — this state voted for Donald Trump…


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As California Secretary of State Alex Padilla wrote in an opinion piece for The Hill, the $380 million isn’t even new money: “Remember butterfly ballots and hanging chads? The recent federal appropriation was simply the final disbursement of money originally approved in 2003 to address the debacle of the 2000 presidential election in Florida.”


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Alaska could be home to the 2018 midterm election’s most interesting governor’s race, but Tuesday’s primary elections are expected to be little more than a formality. Democrats and Republicans will pick their candidates for governor, with incumbent independent Gov. Bill Walker waiting in November. Republican state Sen. Mike Dunleavy is the presumed frontrunner for his…


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The Election Assistance Commission, the government agency charged with distributing federal funds to support elections, released a report Tuesday detailing how each state plans to spend a total of $380 million in grants allocated to improve and secure their election systems.


Source:www.propublica.org