The 2018 Democratic wave resulted in a new House majority and some districts—namely in the suburbs—that hosted closer-than-expected elections. For some of those districts, the 2018 result could have been an aberration, the result of a particularly strong year for Democrats. For others, however,…
Texas’ 7th District — Lean Democratic
Interview Date: April 9, 2019
Date of Birth: Nov. 13, 1981; Houston, Tx.
Education: West Point (2004); Cornell (M.B.A, M.P.A 2015; MILR 2016)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Hunt has the potential to be the type of top-tier…
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No one really gave Democratic Cornell College professor Dave Loebsack a chance of knocking off GOP Rep. Jim Leach in 2006. But Loebsack won that race and, more than a dozen years later, announced that this, his seventh, term in Congress would be his last. Now Democrats will have to defend a…
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