GF
Gabe Fleisher
Substack ↗ X (Twitter) ↗ Instagram ↗ TikTok ↗

Gabe Fleisher

Things Gabe Says on Podcasts

Author of Wake Up To Politics. Proud Missouri native now reporting from Washington, D.C.

“Bill Cassidy has also declined to endorse Julia Letlow after she beat him in the GOP primary for his Louisiana Senate seat” — Gabe Fleisher on Julia Letlow, Wake Up To Politics “The same poll, conducted by Oregon Public Broadcasting, found Kotek struggling in her bid for re-election, two percentage points behind rival Christine Drazan, who would be Oregon’s first Republican governor in 40 years.” — Gabe Fleisher on Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan, Wake Up To Politics “Progressive Karishma Manzur surprised some observers when she received one-third of the vote in the New Hampshire Senate primary, exceeding expectations in her race against the moderate Chris Pappas.” — Gabe Fleisher on Chris Pappas, Wake Up To Politics

Where to Find Them

Gabe Fleisher hosts and writes Wake Up To Politics , writes GD POLITICS , writes Telos News and writes The Up and Up .

Recently: “Trump’s Election Lawsuits Are Doomed to Fail” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026); “Trump’s AI Stance Shows His Flight From Populism” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026); “Could a House Majority Be Stolen From Democrats?” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026); “Everyone Thinks They’re Going to Win” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026); “A New Top Issue in the Election” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026); “Adult Out of the Room” on Wake Up To Politics (October 2026).

What They Said

“Bill Cassidy has also declined to endorse Julia Letlow after she beat him in the GOP primary for his Louisiana Senate seat” — Gabe Fleisher on Julia Letlow, Wake Up To Politics

Fleisher on losing primary candidates declining to back the nominees who beat them.

Wake Up To Politics · 2026-10-28 Permalink → Listen →
“The same poll, conducted by Oregon Public Broadcasting, found Kotek struggling in her bid for re-election, two percentage points behind rival Christine Drazan, who would be Oregon’s first Republican governor in 40 years.” — Gabe Fleisher on Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan, Wake Up To Politics

Fleisher was describing polling in the Oregon governor's race.

Wake Up To Politics · 2026-10-12 Permalink → Listen →
“Progressive Karishma Manzur surprised some observers when she received one-third of the vote in the New Hampshire Senate primary, exceeding expectations in her race against the moderate Chris Pappas.” — Gabe Fleisher on Chris Pappas, Wake Up To Politics

Discussing primary losers who have withheld support from the winning nominees.

Wake Up To Politics · 2026-10-28 Permalink → Listen →

Collections They Appear In

Policy US Politics