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With today’s candidate filing deadline in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, Republicans face a “huge” field and no clear frontrunner to take on Rep. Matt Cartwright. With candidates twisting and turning in their attempts to tie themselves to the Washington Republican establishment and the president, this race will be an expensive and damaging race to the […]

Add This To The List Of House Republican Recruitment Woes We knew House Republicans were having trouble recruiting candidates. But we didn’t know it was this bad. The NRCC’s “Contender” program:     Your phone isn’t having trouble loading the list. The page is actually blank. The NRCC is struggling to find candidates running “mature […]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, and Kansas Democratic Party today challenged Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab in court over his refusal to implement Kansas’s new election law, passed in 2019 with bipartisan support, that improves access to the ballot for Kansans. The law allows counties to let […]

Eleven of the twelve New Jersey Congressional Districts, including NJ-02, significantly increase share of Democrats Democratic registration across the Garden State is surging. According to the New Jersey Globe, New Jersey’s most “closely-watched” districts have become more Democratic since 2018. Between grassroots energy and Trump’s unpopularity across the state, particularly in suburban districts, Republican candidates […]

Former GOP Congressman Runs the Trump Playbook: Bad Business and Worker Exploitation Late yesterday, The Fresno Bee reported that former GOP Congressman and failed dairyman David Valadao has been taken to court after getting caught once again for endangering and exploiting his farm workers. “When David Valadao isn’t shamelessly promoting the Trump agenda to Central […]

“Only after learning Democrats were abandoning him in his district and that he wasn’t faring well against potential Republican challengers did Van Drew see the political light turning red, as opposed to blue” Jefferson Van Drew may be positioning himself as a real Republican, but his local paper isn’t buying it. The Ocean City Sentinel’s Editorial […]

The hits just keep coming for embattled Congressman Ross Spano. Already facing DOJ and House Ethics investigations, today it was confirmed that the Florida Bar is also looking into Spano’s campaign finance violations as potential grounds to disbar the longtime lawyer and soon to be one-term Congressman. This news comes after he filed a Q4 […]

As Republican leadership complains that Republican donors are giving up on retaking the House, the DCCC announced its largest January fundraising haul in committee history. The DCCC’s $12.1 million January bests its previous record by $2.8 million. This month’s record-breaking sum includes $5.8 million raised online with an average online donation of $16. “Washington Republicans […]

Valadao Milked His Family Dairies For Campaign Cash While Leaving Farm Workers & Creditors Penniless Failed former Congressman David Valadao is using his bankrupt dairy farm to prop up his Congressional campaign, with the farm contributing nearly $17,000 to his campaign coffers, including $1,950 in the 4th quarter of 2019. That wouldn’t be a big […]

Republican donors are giving up on retaking the House. Don’t take our word for it – take House GOP leadership’s. Politico reports that Leader McCarthy and NRCC Recruitment Chair Susan Brooks admit that their donors don’t want to waste dollars on the battle for the House. Politico: GOP donors appear to have other priorities. House […]