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Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
In the last issue, we wrote about the surprisingly few number of Members who have announced their retirement from the House this cycle. But since then, the retirement tide has started to swell.
Over the last 40 years, 22 Members, on average, have left Congress…
At the moment, it’s good to be a Republican in Kansas. Since 2010, Republicans have won every statewide election and the GOP holds all six of Kansas’s federal offices, including both Senate seats and the state’s four congressional districts.
But President Donald Trump’s mediocre job rating will…
Candidate for California’s 49th District
Interview Date: Sept. 13, 2017
Date of Birth: Oct. 10, 1978; Long Beach, Calif.
Education: Stanford (2001), Duke Law (2005)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Levin is a top contender in the southern California district which…
Candidate for Indiana’s 9th District
Interview Date: Sept. 8, 2017
Date of Birth: March 29, 1972; Bedford, Ind.
Education: Indiana Univ.-Bloomington (1993, dental school 1997, Masters in Computer Science 2012); Univ of Iowa (Masters in Orthodontics, 1999)
Political Office: None; First run for…
Candidate for Indiana’s 9th District
Interview Date: Sept. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Dec. 9, 1974; St. Louis, Missouri
Education: Carleton College (1996); Georgetown law school (2000)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Watson is one of three credible Democratic…
Arizona Senate. After publicly feuding with President Donald Trump, GOP Sen. Jeff Flake has been bumped from the headlines, but his re-election next year is still very much in doubt.
A Democratic poll, conducted August 30-September 1 by GBA Strategies for Senate Majority PAC, showed the senator…
Mysterious and misleading political action committees are nothing new, but two recent examples demonstrate just how brazen some PACs are becoming in their money-grabbing email pitches.
“BREAKING: Sheriff Clarke Resigned,” announced the subject line of a Sept. 2 email from the Sheriff David Clarke…
Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent capped a tumultuous week for Republicans on the Hill by announcing he would not seek re-election in 2018, leaving his 15th District open and vulnerable to a Democratic takeover.
Dent’s decision is the biggest news to come out of Allentown since earlier this summer…