North Carolina
8th District (Concord and Fayetteville) Richard Hudson, R, re-elected 55%. Trump 54%. Hudson is juggling multiple complicating factors in his bid for a fifth term. The congressman is still introducing himself to 25 percent of the district that he hasn’t represented before since it…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
The Senate battlefield is practically set now that Republicans in Kansas finally chose a nominee. Overall, the outlook remains the same: Democrats are most likely to gain control of the Senate. The most likely outcome is a Democratic net gain of 3-5 seats.…
North Carolina’s 8th District — Rating: Lean Republican
Interview Date: June 25, 2020 (Zoom)
Date of Birth: Sept. 18, 1954; Florence, S.C.
Education: UNC-Chapel Hill (1976 undergraduate, 1979 law school); Duke Univ. (L.L.M 2014)
Elected Office: State Supreme Court Justice (former); state…
Arkansas’ 2nd District — Rating: Likely Republican
Interview Date: June 25, 2020 (Zoom)
Date of Birth: March 20, 1951; Willisville, Ark.
Education: Southern Arkansas Univ. (1973); Ouachita Baptist Univ. (Masters, 1981)
Elected Office: State Senate (2009-present); State House (former)
Current…
Alaska Senate Race — Rating: Likely Republican
Interview Date: July 9, 2020 (Google Meet)
Date of Birth: April 13, 1962; Juneau, Alaska
Education: UMass-Amherst (1985); Univ. of Washington medical school (1989)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Alaska is a…
Kentucky’s 6th District — Rating: Solid Republican
Interview Date: July 16, 2020 (Google Meet)
Date of Birth: Sept. 12, 1978; Brenham, Texas
Education: Morehead State Univ. (2008); Univ. of Kentucky law school (2011); Georgetown College (attended)
Elected Office: None; 2018 nominee for Kentucky…
Minnesota’s 2nd District —Rating: Solid Democratic
Interview Date: July 27, 2020 (Google Meet)
Date of Birth: September 24, 1987; St. Louis Park, Minn.
Education: University of Minnesota (2010); New England College (Masters, 2020)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook:…
Whereas Biden and Trump have seemingly stayed locked into their current positions, Hillary Clinton and Trump found their poll numbers slippin', tumblin', sinkin', and fumblin' all throughout the campaign. In other words, the polls this year have been substantially less volatile. 2016 is not…
Marine veteran Tyler Kistner is one of the few Republican challengers to outraise a Democratic incumbent in the second quarter of the year. But his difficult path to election in the Twin Cities suburbs in Minnesota is a microcosm of the House GOP’s struggle nationwide as President Donald Trump…
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