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  In Wisconsin’s 8th District race, Mike Gallagher is out with a new campaign spot that’s grabbing attention – for being a “Willie Horton-style smear” designed to scare people. This tactic has been widely condemned ever since it was first employed in 1988, but that doesn’t stop Mike Gallagher from pulling out all the stops […]

Both candidates would caucus with House Republicans, support Paul Ryan for Speaker It turns out that conservative candidates Martin Babinec and Claudia Tenney have a lot in common. Take for example last night’s Time Warner Cable news debate. When asked if he would support Paul Ryan, Babinec replied, “I will caucus with the Republicans and […]

This is a first. During the Time Warner Cable news debate last night, NY-22 Republican congressional candidate Claudia Tenney refused to outright accept the results of her election. At first dodging the question entirely, Tenney then said that she would accept the results of her election “as long as there is no corruption that has […]

Paulsen says he’ll write in Marco Rubio, meaning his ballot won’t be counted   Erik Paulsen, faced with what should be an easy choice between a well-qualified public servant and an alleged serial sexual predator, today threw up his hands and decided not to decide.   Giving his first on-camera interview in 64 days, Paulsen […]

During last night’s debate between Morgan Carroll and Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th congressional district, Trump-Republican Mike Coffman FINALLY revealed his true anti- immigration agenda and embraced Trump’s cruel, inhumane immigration plan: mass deportations of families. Here’s the moment when Mike Coffman fully embraced Trump’s mass deportation plan: Kyle Clark: “Question for you, Congressman Coffman. You […]

Faso’s lobbying record: big oil & gas and payday lender clients, pay-to-play scandals, ponzi-like scandals For a ‘proud lobbyist,’ Albany insider John Faso really doesn’t want Hudson Valley voters to know about his lobbying scandals. Yesterday, he complained about an ad that simply outlined the pay-to-play scandals and investigations that dogged his lobbying career. Here […]

September: The DCCC raised over $21 million in September alone, versus the $9.8 million that the NRCC has just (quietly) reported for the same time period. The DCCC has consistently outraised the NRCC this cycle, and this eye-popping $11 million advantage in September is the latest and greatest example. The DCCC outraised the NRCC by $7.5 million […]

ICYMI: “Blatantly Unfair” – Newspaper Calls Out Brian Fitzpatrick’s False Attacks Against Steve Santarsiero Key Point: “If you look at Santarsiero’s attendance record over his tenure in Harrisburg, he has a 98 percent rating. That’s among the best in both the House and Senate.” Editorial: Truth always loses the money race The Intelligencer It is […]

  A poll from GBA Strategies released today shows a net five-point shift towards Democratic State Senator Ruben Kihuen over the last three weeks in his race to unseat one-term incumbent Republican Cresent Hardy.   Despite weeks of Republican attack ads, Kihuen leads by two points in both head-to-head (45 to 43 percent) and four-way […]

Clinton Leads Trump by Five Points A new poll conducted by Tulchin Research found Democrat Bryan Caforio has closed the gap between himself and one-term incumbent Republican Steve Knight and is now in a statistical tie in the race for California’s 25th Congressional District. Caforio trails Knight by just two points – 44 percent to […]