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Tenney’s Twitter Frenzy Raises Speculation Former U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney is back at it. Tenney tweeted almost 100 times last week, from her tweets responding to Rep. Brindisi’s legislative successes to her retweets of the Washington Republicans she’s desperate to join and criticisms of the press. It feels like a cry for attention to us, so we’ll bite: Claudia, are you running for Congress again? While Tenney sits behind her keyboard, Rep. […]

“People have a right to be heard. Elected representatives have a duty to make sure they are. Hagedorn is falling short.” In a scathing editorial, Congressman Jim Hagedorn’s hometown editorial board lambasted him this weekend for breaking his campaign promises and failing to be accessible to his constituents. The Free Press of Mankato editorial comes […]

Kedley is the second Iowa Republican in barely a month to pass on the race Instead of becoming stronger, the GOP field in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District is shrinking… down to zero. Barely a month after jumping in, Osceola Mayor Thomas Kedley and sole Republican IA-02 candidate announced his plans this weekend to drop out of the race. […]

Asked what he was doing to help lower costs, Hagedorn comes up short It was billed as a roundtable discussion on agriculture, but according to newly obtained audio, a recent event quickly moved off-topic as southern Minnesotans used their time with Congressman Jim Hagedorn to confront him on another major issue – health care. Grilled […]

Yet another place Senator Bishop Stands with Drug Companies and Special Interests… Senator Dan Bishop has a long history of putting Big drug manufacturers and special interests before North Carolinians. And it’s not just because  he doesn’t want pharmacists to be allowed to tell North Carolinians about lower cost drugs… In 2015, Senator Bishop voted […]

Building on the Success of 2018, Cycle of Engagement is the House Democrats’ Strategy to Earn Every Vote and Take Nothing for Granted from these key constituencies   Today, DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos formally announced the Cycle of Engagement – the largest early investment House Democrats have ever made to improve the way we’re connecting […]

Washington Republicans think it’s good politics to attack a mother who lost her son to gun violence Last night, Rep. Lucy McBath (GA-06) led the U.S. House of Representatives to make history. For the first time in more than 20 years, the federal government is set to fund research into gun violence prevention – following […]

Small dollar donors continue to power fundraising success, with average online gift of $17 Today the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it raised an historic $8.85 million in May, doubling May of 2015 and outpacing any previous Presidential cycle off-year May in DCCC history. This announcement follows the DCCC outraising the NRCC in April, $7.85M […]

Do it, Allen! Today, as disgraced former Florida Congressman and certified wacko Allen West publicly mulls a run for Congress in Texas’ 32nd congressional district, the DCCC is launching a new digital ad – urging West to take the plunge and jump into the race. In 2012, West was thrown out of office by Florida […]

With his gerrymandered district in jeopardy, rumors grow of a strong primary challenge to Steve Chabot  Steve Chabot is on political life support. After barely hanging on to his heavily gerrymandered seat last November – and with that unfairly-drawn map having been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court – things are looking pretty grim for […]