It was easy for Democrats to explain away special election losses in Kansas, Montana, South Carolina, and even Georgia’s 6th District, considering Donald Trump won all of those districts in 2016. But the stakes are much higher in next month’s gubernatorial race in Virginia, which Hillary Clinton…
The last time Democrats held the House majority, they controlled 60 percent of the congressional districts in Iowa. Today, they’re down to 25 percent, and probably need to win at least one, if not two, districts in The Hawkeye State to get back to the majority.
The 1st and 3rd districts are both…
Candidate for California’s 48th District
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017
Date of Birth: April 21, 1967; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Education: Univ. of British Columbia (Bachelors 1994, Phd 1998)
Political Office: None, first run for office
Current Outlook: Keirstead is a top contender against…
Candidate for New Jersey’s 11th District
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017
Date of Birth: Jan. 19, 1972; Alexandria, Va.
Education: U.S. Naval Academy (1994), Georgetown Law School, London School of Economics
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Sherrill is running to…
Republican Candidate for Senate in Missouri
Interview Date: Sept. 15, 2017
Date of Birth: Feb. 19, 1981; Independence, Mo.
Education: Missouri State Univ. (2003)
Political Office: None; 2016 presidential candidate, Libertarian Party
Current Outlook: There could be space for a Trump-style,…
Candidate for Pennsylvania’s 6th
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2016
Date of Birth: June 5, 1967; Patuxent River, Md.
Education: Stanford Univ. (1989), MIT (Master’s, 1994)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Rep. Ryan Costello is one of the 23 Republicans who represents a…
Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s retirement leaves an already competitive seat more vulnerable as an open seat, considering Donald Trump carried New Hampshire’s 1st District 48-46 percent in 2016.
“I felt the tug of family at our reunion on Independence Day, and I have continued to feel it,”…
Even when Democrats dominated the so-called Solid South, the GOP showed strength in mountain areas of the region. Northwestern Arkansas, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and western Virginia all had substantial Republican sympathies.
But now that the national Republican Party has…
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