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Serial political loser Jim Oberweis maintains strong name ID after running for Governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House six times and losing six times Only Jim Oberweis would issue a poll that Politico Illinois described as “bizarre” and raising “more questions than it probably answers.” On Thursday, the serial political loser released a new survey […]

Oakland County went blue in 2018… and it ain’t going back. As chief of staff to President Obama’s auto rescue, Rep. Haley Stevens was a leader in the effort to save Michigan autoworker jobs and the American auto industry. But in Oakland County, Republicans are stuck in reverse gear – and they know it. Rep. […]

As ‘Young Gun’ Steel Runs for Congress,  She Votes for New Policy to Immediately Destroy Public Records Including Her Own, Steel has a Long Record of Opposing Transparency and Ethical Oversight Last week, GOP Congressional candidate and Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel joined her colleagues in approving, without public discussion, an extremely controversial new policy […]

DCCC Puts Up Strongest Off-Year August Ever While NRCC Struggles to Compete Turns out a deluge of Republican retirements isn’t the only bad news the NRCC has to contend with… The National Republican Campaign Committee raised a disappointing $3.9 million in the month of August, according to its filing with the FEC Friday. By comparison, […]

Today the DCCC announced it raised a record-breaking $7.21 million in August of 2019, its strongest off-year August in DCCC history and nearly $1 million more than the committee raised in August of 2017. This record-breaking August follows 7 consecutive months in 2019 where the DCCC has outraised the NRCC. The DCCC’s August fundraising report […]

Pete King Says, “…I’ll have to think everything over” Is Congressman Pete King going to retire? The Long Island press corps is certainly asking. Last week, Newsday reported that Congressman Peter King may be thinking about retiring. Pete King, who has been in Congress for nearly three decades, says as of “right now” he intends […]

“Congressman Cook’s retirement marks the 18th Republican in Washington to call it quits this year alone. As Republicans come to terms with life in the minority and the impossible task of defending their toxic and unpopular agenda of repealing health care protections for people with pre-existing conditions and giving tax handouts to the wealthy and […]

With Tea Party Endorsement, A Race to the Right has Officially Begun Earlier this week, the ultra-conservative House Freedom Fund announced its endorsement of Jeanne Ives, throwing fuel onto an already divisive primary that’s brewing in Illinois’ 6th district. This comes on the heels of Washington Insiders and Republican establishment naming Evelyn Sanguetti to House […]

Local GOP discuss censure and possible primary of Congressman Nobody wins when the family feuds… Denver Riggleman knows he has a tough race ahead of him. Turns out winning reelection just got a bit more complicated for the Congressman. First, the DCCC added the vulnerable Republican to its offensive battlefield, signaling that the seat is […]

OC Register: “There’s A Mini Revolt Underway in the Republican Party of Orange County” It has been one rough summer for the Orange County GOP, when they aren’t being outhustled and out-organized by local Democrats or being outraised by the grassroots, they are losing their once unsurmountable voter registration lead. But last week’s news tops […]