A new public poll showing GOP Rep. Mia Love trailing Democratic challenger Doug Owens by 6 points doesn’t smell quite right. But the congresswoman could still be in for a competitive race, even though Utah’s 4th District isn’t a typical swing seat.
The June 2-8 automated poll conducted by…
Four months away from the Iowa caucuses on the calendar, California seemed to have a negligible chance of playing a part in the presidential nominating contests. But just as it looked like Republicans and Democrats might fight it out all the way to June 7, Donald Trump locked up the…
Nominee for Montana’s At-Large Seat
Interview Date: June 14, 2016
Date of Birth: April 5, 1967; Oakland, Calif.
Education: Montana State Univ. (B.A. 1993); Harvard Univ (Master of Education 1994); Univ. of Montana (J.D. 2004); Univ. of New Mexico (attended)
Political Office: State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Current Outlook: Juneau…
Candidate for Minnesota’s 2nd District
Interview Date: June 7, 2016
Date of Birth: Nov. 10, 1949; New Prague, Minn.
Education: Saint Benedict’s College (attended)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Miller is in the middle of a competitive primary in the race to replace GOP Rep. John…
Nominee for Nebraska’s 2nd District
Interview Date: June 6, 2016
Date of Birth: August 16, 1963; Chicago, Illinois
Education: Northern Illinois Univ. (1984); Northwestern College (attended)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Bacon is the Republican nominee in the competitive, Omaha-based district against Democratic Rep. Brad…
Alex Law came to our candidate interview with three interns, and I think one of them was wearing shorts.
Some of my colleagues chastised me for scheduling a meeting with a 24-year-old kid challenging Rep. Donald Norcross in a Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 1st District, considering Norcross…
Democrat Loretta Sanchez is giving up her House seat and the opportunity to continue to serve with her sister in Congress to run for the Senate in California, while the Mooney brothers are hoping to become Congress’s latest pair of siblings.
The Sanchezes (Loretta of the 46th District…
Democrats don’t have very many vulnerable House seats to defend, particularly with Donald Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, but Nebraska’s 2nd District is one of them.
National Democrats spent over $400,000 trying to help the weakest Republican candidate win the GOP primary in order to boost…
Amidst all the turmoil of the GOP presidential race and Donald Trump’s surge to the nomination, no Republican incumbent has lost a primary. That streak will come to an end on June 7 in North Carolina but, ironically, it won’t even be the same day as the presidential primary.
…Republican Rep. John Kline is retiring from his competitive, suburban district in Minnesota and expressed concern over the lack of quality GOP candidates to replace him. Those concerns are becoming reality as the seat continues to develop into a primary Democratic takeover opportunity.
In 2014, Kline was re-elected by…
