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Indiana’s 5th District — Rating: Lean Republican
Interview Date: July 30, 2020 (Google Meet)
Date of Birth: Oct. 6, 1978; Ukraine
Education: Kyiv National Economic Univ. (2000); Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis (MAcc)
Elected Office: State Senator (2017-present)
Current Outlook: Spartz…
Texas’ 25th District — Rating: Likely Republican
Interview Date: August 14, 2020 (Zoom)
Date of Birth: July 25, 1972; South Oak Cliff (Dallas), Texas
Education: Univ. of Texas-Arlington (1995); Univ. of Texas law school (1998)
Elected Office: None; 2018 25th District nominee
Current Outlook:…
With a slew of potentially poll-moving campaign events on the horizon, now is a great time to freeze-frame and look at the state of the presidential race.
Here’s what that Snapshot tells us: across a collection of 24 national polls released over the past two weeks, Joe Biden led Donald…
Every four years, on January 20th, the president-elect is sworn into office, usually among the country’s political elite sitting shoulder to shoulder and in front of a massive crowd of onlookers composed of Americans from across the nation. Since 1981, presidential inaugurations have taken place on…
The 2020 elections are still more than two months away, but I’ve got one piece of advice for when they’re complete: Listen carefully.
Specifically, listen carefully to the politicians and party strategists, because what happened in the elections matters less than what the politicians think…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
After losing 40 seats and the House majority in 2018, Republicans convinced themselves that things couldn’t get any worse. But with less than three months to go before the elections, President Donald Trump has yet to regain his footing and Republicans are at…
Alaska
At-Large District. Don Young, R, re-elected 53%. Trump 51%. Independent Alyse Galvin fell 7 points short of unseating Young, the longest-tenured current House member, in 2018, but she’s back and hoping that Young’s flippant early response to the coronavirus can give her a boost. The numbers…
Kansas
1st District (Western Kansas) Open; Roger Marshall, R, running for the Senate. Trump 69%. With Marshall opting to run for Senate, the GOP field was wide open in “The Big First,” where securing the Republican nod is tantamount to election. Former Lt. Gov. Tracey Mann finished first in a…
With President Donald Trump underperforming by at least 8-10 points around the country, here is a list of districts that Trump carried in 2016 that he could lose to Joe Biden in the fall. With a strong correlation between presidential and House results, that makes these districts (all…