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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 […]

“The extreme records of Congressmen Jeff Denham, Steve Knight, and Darrell Issa left them vulnerable to Donald Trump’s toxic candidacy,” said Barb Solish of the DCCC. “With less than three weeks until Election Day, there is nothing they can do to earn the support of California voters who reject their misogynistic, xenophobic, and dangerous Republican […]

“The question for Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans tonight is whether they think their standardbearer Donald Trump should uphold a fundamental tenet of our democracy and honor the results of this election. Donald Trump’s claim that he will ‘keep us in suspense’ about whether he will respect voters’ decision on November 8th is as […]

Refusing to vote means you don’t care who wins Shockingly, Mike Coffman, faced with what should be an easy choice between a well-qualified public servant and an alleged serial sexual predator today threw his hands up and decided not to decide. By choosing not to vote, Coffman has decided not to lift a finger to […]

Calls Sexual Harassment Accuser a Liar   Scott Jones sounded a lot like Donald Trump at last night’s debate in California’s 7th Congressional District. Jones, like Trump, has been dogged by sexual harassment allegations and – just like Trump – Jones took no responsibility, instead continuing his pattern of disrespect towards women.   From The Sacramento Bee:   Jones, meanwhile, faced […]

Poll Shows Murphy With Three Point Lead, Three Weeks Out In a new DCCC-commissioned poll released today, Democrat Stephanie Murphy has a three-point advantage (48-45%) over incumbent Republican Congressman John Mica. The poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group and Lester & Associates for the DCCC, confirms the findings of a DCCC poll released last week […]