Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-DCCC Retirement Watch List) calling it quits, rather than face the toughest race of his political career, makes four Texas Republican retirements in a span of two weeks. Republicans may call it a “feature, not a bug,” but we call it the Texodus. Not only are these retirements a reaction to the […]

Targeted Ads to Run in Both Spanish and English Across the Central Valley Today, the DCCC announced the launch of a targeted digital ad buy in California’s 21st Congressional District. The ads highlight rejected Congressman David Valadao’s choice to side with President Trump 98% of the time while in Congress and his votes to strip […]

Spano campaign: “The FEC is looking into the situation with the loans” Ross Spano’s long-simmering “Loangate” scandal is beginning to boil over. This morning, the Tampa Bay Times reported that the embattled congressman was hit with new complaints to the Office of Congressional Ethics and Federal Election Commission. At issue is the “bank loan” Spano […]

After String of Demoralizing Retirements, Aggressive Campaign of Field Operations And Digital Ads Will Keep Pressure on Vulnerable Republicans   Republicans limped out of July (or at least some did), but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s ‘August Accountability’ Project is keeping the pressure on them this month. “August Accountability” is the latest project in the […]

It’s astounding that David Valadao voted with Trump 98% of the time. It’s clear that he was more interested in pleasing party bosses than fighting for the interests of the Central Valley’s working families, and that the last thing he deserves is a do-over. 

Es simple: David Valadao se preocupó más por complacer a los líderes de su partido y enriquecer a los grandes farmacéuticos que por el bienestar y la salud de sus constituyentes. El difícil creer que tenga la audacia de pedir una segunda oportunidad. Pero hay demasiado en juego para darle otra oportunidad a una persona […]

The fourth Texas Republican to announce his retirement, Rep. Marchant (TX-24) was on the DCCC’s 2020 Retirement Watch List “The DCCC started this cycle by going on offense, and the reality for vulnerable Washington Republicans of defending their deeply unpopular health care repeal agenda is setting in for Republican incumbents from Kenny Marchant to Will […]

Dems have been putting up record fundraising numbers and strong new candidates while GOP scrambles to keep “wave” of retirements from turning into a “tsunami” We are officially in August, but House Republicans’ July is going to leave a mark. Let’s take this point by point: Half a dozen prominent GOP members, including Will Hurd (!), have […]

Think back to the last two weeks. In less than 14 days, 6 different Republicans — including Will “Future of the Republican Party” Hurd — have announced they’re done explaining their party’s deeply unpopular health care repeal agenda, and they’re done with the misery of life in the minority. In the last two weeks we […]

As the age-old saying in political campaigning goes, “Elections are won in the off-year.” Following their embarrassing sweep last November, apparently the Orange County GOP and their candidates for Congress have not taken this lesson to heart. As reported by the Capistrano Dispatch, Orange County Congressional Democrats—have raked in $4.47 million from donors, out earning […]