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Half of Red to Blue candidates are Women, Nearly One-Third Under 40 Years Old DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today announced the addition of nine candidates to the DCCC’s Red to Blue program. Eighty-two candidates have now earned a spot on Red to Blue by surpassing aggressive goals for grassroots engagement, local support, campaign organization […]

“Congressman Andy Barr has taken tens of thousands of dollars from the payday lending industry and in return he has voted to defund and defang oversight of their predatory practices – those are indisputable facts that Andy Barr’s lawyer can’t magically make disappear. These are nothing more than desperate intimidation tactics from a congressman who […]

TO: Interested Parties FR: Dan Sena, DCCC Executive Director DT: September 14, 2018 RE: Democrats Emerge from Primary Season Stronger Than Ever With the House primary season officially behind us, it is clear that the DCCC has recruited candidates with deep records of service, bipartisan credibility, and resonant healthcare and economic messages who are ready […]

“Everyone saw Rep. Mike Bishop’s smiling face celebrating his vote to gut protections for those with pre-existing conditions in the White House Rose Garden. Mike Bishop was already caught scrubbing his healthcare record on his website, and now his campaign is blatantly misleading Michiganders. Unfortunately for Bishop, his record is clear: he’s taken more than […]

IRVINE – The DCCC announced its first ad of the general election in California’s 48th Congressional District today. The ad takes embattled Congressman Dana Rohrabacher to task for his three decades in Washington, where he has worked tirelessly to benefit himself while failing to deliver for the people of Orange County. The ad, YEARS, makes […]

“Make no mistake, Reps. Erik Paulsen and Jason Lewis have put special interests ahead of their constituents by voting to sabotage affordable healthcare at every turn,” said DCCC Spokeswoman Rachel Irwin. “Paulsen and Lewis can’t run from their constant attacks on affordable healthcare and their votes to gut protections for those with pre-existing conditions like […]

She may just be a sophomore in Congress, but when it comes to violating ethics and campaign laws, Congresswoman Mia Love is an old pro. In 2015, she was forced to pay back taxpayers after she spent their money to fly to DC for the Washington Correspondents Dinner.  Later that year, she had to pay […]

In the race for Texas’s 7th Congressional District, the DCCC today announced a new series of television ads that makes clear a simple point: after nearly 20 years in Washington, Houstonians don’t know much about Congressman Culberson, and the more they hear about how he’s been spending his time, the less they like him. The […]

If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on in southern New Mexico, it’s that scandal-plagued candidate Yvettte Herrell can’t be trusted. Just this year, Herrell was caught pocketing a half-a-million dollars in taxpayer-funded contracts and violating ethics rules when she kept those contracts out of the public eye. The Albuquerque Journal editorial called […]

Today, in the race for Virginia’s Tenth Congressional District, the DCCC announced a new television ad that holds Rep. Barbara Comstock accountable for consistently supporting President Donald Trump’s agenda in Congress, including the GOP tax scam that will hammer her district and threaten Social Security and Medicare. The ad will begin airing in the district […]