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Yesterday GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy endorsed Scheller… less than one week after she announced It’s been less than a week since Republican Lisa Scheller entered the race for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District but she’s already shown that she’d rather prioritize the endorsement of Republicans in the swamp than talking to voters in the district. “McCarthy’s […]

Memorandum To: Interested Parties From: Michael Beckendorf, DCCC Southern Regional Political Director Date: October 16, 2019 Subject: Post-Texodus, Q3 Fundraising Shows Democrats Remain on Offense As the dust settles from Texas Republicans’ frantic stampede for the exits, third quarter fundraising results make clear that Democrats are well-positioned to continue driving deep into historically Republican territory […]

Peel back the spin, look at the raw numbers, and it is clear that the battlefield the DCCC began building at the beginning of 2019 is backed up by the strength of Frontline fundraising, the Committee’s record breaking fundraising, and Democratic challengers already beginning to outraise Republicans in targeted offensive seats. DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos […]

Peel back the spin, look at the raw numbers, and it is clear that the battlefield the DCCC began building at the beginning of 2019 is backed up by the strength of Frontline fundraising, the Committee’s record breaking fundraising, and Democratic challengers already beginning to outraise Republicans in targeted offensive seats. DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos […]

Will They Explain Their Connections to Ukraine Scandal? Last Monday, the Associated Press reported that an oil magnate involved in a scheme to push lucrative contracts to entities connected to Trump allies had given a ton of money to Washington Republicans — including $20,000 to Claudia Tenney. That was just the beginning. By week’s end Syracuse.com reported that […]

Spano’s spin is so bad that we had to try our hand at fixing it From DCCC spokesman Avery Jaffe: “Facing continued questions about his illegal fundraising scheme and a new bipartisan investigation into his shady finances, Congressman Spano fired his longtime political consultant and once again raised less money this quarter than the quarter […]

Republicans in Washington “giddily” boasted that this district work period would be politically painful for Democrats standing tall to uphold the rule of law, but as Congress returns to session, here’s the reality: GOP asking activists to heckle California Democrats over impeachment. It’s not working McClatchy | Kate Irby and David Lightman The fundraising arm […]

You cannot make this up. Yesterday the NRCC was caught red handed and then forced to donate the money they had taken from Lev Parnas, a man who was arrested for conspiracy to funnel Russian donors’ cash into U.S. elections. But it turns out the NRCC also took over $66,000 from Igor Fruman, Lev Parnas’ […]

As Public Health Endemic Grows, NRCC Mocks “Valley Fever” Town Hall Held by Rep. Cox In their rabid craze to attack Congressman TJ Cox for doing his job by holding a town hall on the growing health issue of Coccidioidomycosis or “Valley Fever”, Republicans and the NRCC instead decided to score political points at the […]

Since late September, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has run through—by our count—at least eight different defenses, explanations, and justifications of President Trump’s repeated attempts to coerce foreign governments to interfere in American elections. That seems peculiar until you realize that this isn’t about getting the to the truth for Minority Leader McCarthy, it’s about […]