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Candidate Conversation - Abby Finkenauer (D)

August 3, 2018 · 11:24 AM EDT

Iowa’s 1st District — Rating: Toss-up

Interview Date: July 11, 2018

Date of Birth: Dec. 12, 1988; Dubuque, Iowa

Education: Drake Univ. (2013)

Elected Office: State House (2014; re-elected 2016)

Current Outlook: Finkenauer will face GOP Rep. Rod Blum in a district that President Donald Trump…

Candidate Conversation - Katie Porter (D)

August 3, 2018 · 11:23 AM EDT

California’s 45th District — Rating: Lean Republican

Interview Date: July 11, 2018

Date of Birth: Jan. 3, 1974; Fort Dodge, Iowa

Education: Yale (1996); Harvard Law School (2001)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Porter, a UC-Irvine law professor, will face GOP Rep.…

Candidate Conversation - Eddie Edwards (R)

August 3, 2018 · 11:22 AM EDT

New Hampshire’s 1st District — Ratings: Tilt Democratic

Interview Date: July 23, 2018

Date of Birth: March 2, 1968; Atlanta, Ga.

Elected Office: None; Ran for state senate in 2014

Current Outlook: Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is retiring, leaving behind an open seat that President Donald…

2018 House Ratings (August 3, 2018)

August 3, 2018 · 11:21 AM EDT

Support for Roe is Up, But Other Abortion Polling Divided and Steady

by Nathan L. Gonzales August 2, 2018 · 8:15 AM EDT

While recent polling from NBC News/Wall Street Journal showed an uptick in support for Roe v. Wade, other survey data on abortion reflects a remarkably consistent and nuanced approach from Americans on the choice issue that stretches across decades.

The recent survey of 900 registered voters,…

I Met 12 Democratic Candidates in Two Days and Lived to Write About It

by Nathan L. Gonzales July 30, 2018 · 10:33 AM EDT

I swore I’d never do it again.

In October, I interviewed 16 Democratic House candidates in two days. As much as I enjoy having face-to-face conversations with people running for the offices we cover, it might have been too many in a row.

But when Democratic candidates descended on Washington…

Florida Senate: Keep Your Eye On The Money

by Leah Askarinam July 20, 2018 · 9:30 AM EDT

Democrats are defending Senate seats in 10 states that President Donald Trump carried in 2016. In two of those states, he won by more than 35 points. In three others, Trump won by about 20 points. Florida is one of four states that Trump carried by one percentage point or less. The state is slated…

New Hampshire 1: The More the Merrier

by Paul Steinhauser July 20, 2018 · 9:29 AM EDT

CONCORD, N.H.- From Merrimack to Raymond to Wolfeboro, most of the whopping 18 candidates running for New Hampshire’s 1st District took to the streets to march in annual Fourth of July parades, reaching out to voters as the clock counts down towards the state’s early September primary.

The race…

Ohio 12 Special: Dems Aim To Replicate Lamb’s Success

by Leah Askarinam July 20, 2018 · 9:28 AM EDT

While much of the country is focused on the final wave of primaries, Ohio is hosting a special election to fill former GOP Rep. Pat Tiberi’s 12th District seat on Aug. 7. It’s the fourth House special election across the country this year, and two of the previous ones got more interesting in the…

Candidate Conversation - Antonio Delgado (D)

July 20, 2018 · 9:27 AM EDT

New York’s 19th District — Rating: Tilt Republican

Interview Date: July 11, 2018

Date of Birth: Jan. 19, 1977; Schenectady, N.Y.

Education: Colgate Univ. (1999), Oxford (Rhodes Scholar, 2001), Harvard Law School (2005)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Delgado faces…