Today, DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold “one person, one vote”: “The Supreme Court’s ruling on ‘one person, one vote’ is a victory for our democracy because our country is stronger when everyone has a seat at the table. “Unfortunately, callous efforts by […]

2014 NRCC Candidate DeMaio Turns on 2016 NRCC Candidate   “It’s not a good sign for San Diego Republicans if the NRCC’s former candidate Carl DeMaio is already throwing punches in the primary,” said Barb Solish of the DCCC.   ICYMI   Meet San Diego’s Own Rachel Dolezal (Race Imposter) KOGO AM News: The DeMaio […]

Gitsham Takes Hard Right in Messy San Diego Primary   When lobbyist Denise Gitsham told CPAC’s ultra-conservative audience two weeks ago that she’s ‘one of them,’ she wasn’t kidding. In the first debate of what is shaping up to be a messy Republican primary in San Diego, Gitsham took a hard right, saying she would: […]

  The New York Times Magazine today published an in-depth look at how the slow response to the Porter Ranch Gas Leak made it what some call the biggest environment disaster since the BP Oil Spill.   The leak began in October, but vulnerable Congressman Steve Knight, who represents the area, didn’t appear in public […]

Establishment politician Michael Roberson had a rough week last week, capped off by Jon Ralston’s scathing column about his bogus tax-cut claim, which PolitiFact rated “false.” Roberson is still fending off allegations of improper campaign finance activity and a newly released internal GOP poll shows Roberson a distant third– nearly 30 points behind Danny Tarkanian […]

Today Governor Jerry Brown signed the historic minimum wage deal the California state legislature passed last week. Despite protests at his San Luis Obispo office, Assemblyman Katcho Achadjian still proudly voted against the bill. Achadjian is running in California’s 24th Congressional District, which favors Democrats and stretches along the Central Coast through Santa Barbara and […]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Recession Rod. Recession Rod. Recession Rod. Congressman Rod Blum earned the nickname and it’s not likely to disappear anytime soon. That’s because Blum glibly doubled-down rather than apologize or attempt to clarify his bizarrely out-of-touch pro-recession message. The Moines Register editorial appropriately took him to task. — Editorial: A congressman […]

Weekly House Cleaning A DCCC News Roundup Donald Trump had quite the painful week, reaching an all-time low in his war on women, and there’s no group more concerned by it than House Republicans. Alex Burns summed up the events in the New York Times: Donald J. Trump, who in recent days has mocked a […]

As Trump hits new low with women, Reed already looking for an out Is Tom Reed already distancing himself from his endorsement of Donald Trump? Take a look at his recent interview with NPR. When asked why he was one of the first to walk the Trump plank, Reed said that Trump was taking the […]

Barbara Comstock running for Senate Ha! Great April Fool’s Day joke, right? But no. Looks like this one is actually true. Turns out that Comstock’s team has started buying up domain names apparently in anticipation of her upcoming run for Senate. Comstock is now the proud owner of comstockforsenate.com, comstockforsenate.org, barbaracomstockforsenate.com, and barbaracomstockforsenate.org. “Career politician […]