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Candidate Conversation - Abigail Spanberger (D)

October 27, 2017 · 2:24 PM EDT

Candidate for Virginia’s 7th District

Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017

Date of Birth: Aug. 7, 1979; Red Bank, N.J.

Education: Univ. of Virginia (2001), German International School of Management and Administration/Purdue Univ. (MBA 2002)

Political Office: None; first run for office

Current…

Candidate Conversation - Anthony Brindisi (D)

October 27, 2017 · 2:23 PM EDT

Candidate for New York’s 22nd District

Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Date of Birth: Nov. 22, 1978; New Hartford, N.Y.

Education: Siena College (2000), Albany Law School (2004)

Political Office: State Assembly; Utica School Board (former) 

Current Outlook: Brindisi is the likely Democratic…

Candidate Conversation - Christina Hartman (D)

October 27, 2017 · 2:22 PM EDT

Interview Date: Oct. 13, 2017

Date of Birth: Aug. 12, 1977; Newburyport, Mass. 

Education: George Washington Univ. (1999); Fordham (Masters 2004)

Political Office: None; 2016 16th District nominee

Current Outlook: Hartman is the Democratic frontrunner for the right to challenge freshman GOP…

Candidate Conversation - Jay Hulings (D)

October 27, 2017 · 2:21 PM EDT

Candidate for Texas’s 23rd District

Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Date of Birth: May 15, 1975; Rome, Italy

Education: Virginia Tech (1997), Harvard Law School (2000)

Political Office: None, first run for office

Current Outlook: GOP Rep. Will Hurd ousted Democratic incumbent Pete Gallego in…

Comparing Trump’s Job Ratings to Obama’s

by Stuart Rothenberg October 26, 2017 · 2:04 PM EDT

Nine months into their respective terms, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is substantially worse than Barack Obama’s was among both partisan groups and Independents, according to Gallup polls.

Trump’s average job approval numbers for the week of October 9 stood at 79 percent among…

2018 House Ratings (October 26, 2017)

October 26, 2017 · 11:06 AM EDT

Rating Change: Democratic Challenger Puts Utah Seat Into Play

by Nathan L. Gonzales October 18, 2017 · 8:20 PM EDT

It’s not hard to see Democratic takeover opportunities in districts where Hillary Clinton prevailed or Donald Trump won narrowly in 2016, but Democrats have expanded the map with at least a couple recruits who should make Republicans work to defend some deeper red territory next year. 
 
Former…