Democrat Doug Jones scored a historic victory in Alabama on Tuesday, but the next race in this never-ending special election season is just three months away. While the Pennsylvania race isn’t getting much attention now, that should change next year, considering all of the 2017 special elections eventually became national…
For the last few years, Texas has largely been a wasteland of competitive and interesting House races. But with a handful of vulnerable Republican incumbents, a bipartisan group of retiring congressmen, and one congressman running for Senate, the Lone Star State is guaranteed to send a fresh crop of Members…
Leslie Cockburn (D)
Candidate for Virginia’s 5th District
Interview Date: Nov. 9, 2017
Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1952; San Mateo, Calif.
Education: Yale (1974); Univ. of London (Masters)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Trump carried this central Virginia district with 53 percent in 2016, but…
Ben McAdams (D)
Candidate for Utah’s 4th District
Date of Birth: Dec. 5, 1974; Salt Lake City, Utah
Education: Univ. of Utah (2000), Columbia Law School (2003)
Political Office: Salt Lake County mayor; state Senator (former)
Current Outlook: Rep. Mia Love narrowly lost her 2012 congressional bid to incumbent Jim…
Max Rose (D)
Candidate for New York’s 11th District
Interview Date: Dec. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Nov. 28, 1986; Brooklyn, N.Y.
Education: Wesleyan (2008); London School of Economics (Master’s, 2009)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Republican Rep. Dan Donovan won this seat in a special…
Call me crazy, but I'm not sure we won't see a government shutdodwn, even though Congress managed to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Dec. 22. Why? Because no one in Washington is particularly afraid of a government shutdown.
Democrats aren’t afraid of a government…
Democrats are relying on a stable of first-time challengers in their effort to regain the House majority, but their fate may ultimately depend on a handful of defeated Members and re-run candidates.
Of course it’s not impossible (or unprecedented) for a candidate who loses a congressional election to come back…
Candidate for North Carolina’s 9th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: July 18, 1983; New York, N.Y.
Education: Duke (2005); Harvard (MBA, 2011)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: McCready gives Democrats a credible challenger in a district President Donald Trump carried 54-43 percent…
Candidate for Texas’ 23rd District
Interview Date: Oct. 20, 2017
Date of Birth: Feb. 1, 1981; Arlington, Va.
Education: Boston University (Bachelor’s, two Master’s degrees, 2003)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: The 23rd District, which stretches across a significant chunk of the Texas-Mexico border, will be…
Candidate for California’s 50th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Jan. 31, 1969; Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md.
Education: Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (Bachelor’s, 1995); Naval Postgraduate School/Naval War College (Masters, 2001); Arizona State Univ. (attended)
Political Office: Jamul-Dulzura School Board
Current Outlook: In 2016, GOP Rep. Duncan…
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