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Candidate Conversation - Cort VanOstran (D)

April 6, 2018 · 2:26 PM EDT

Missouri’s 2nd District - Rating: Solid R

Interview Date: Feb. 28, 2018

Date of Birth: Sept. 14, 1988; Joplin, Mo. 

Education: Harvard (2011); Washington Univ. School of Law in St. Louis

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Donald Trump carried this St. Louis-area…

Candidate Conversation - Russ Fagg (R)

April 6, 2018 · 2:25 PM EDT

Montana Senate - Rating: Tilt Democratic

Interview Date: Feb. 14, 2018

Date of Birth: June 26, 1960; Billings, Mont.

Education: Whitman College (1983), Univ. of Montana Law School (1986)

Elected Office: Montana State Legislature (two terms, elected 1990); district court judge (1994)

Current…

Candidate Conversation - Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)

April 6, 2018 · 2:24 PM EDT

California’s 50th District - Rating: Likely R

Interview Date: March 27, 2018

Date of Birth: Feb. 24, 1989; San Diego, Calif. 

Education: San Diego State Univ. (2012)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Campa-Najjar hopes to unseat GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is under…

When History Overtakes a Campaign Promise

by Stuart Rothenberg April 6, 2018 · 10:59 AM EDT

The press release from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was groundbreaking, if difficult to believe.

The chairman of the DCCC said his committee “will not fund any Democratic candidate who initiates attacks against their Republican opponents of an ‘intimate’ personal nature.”

In…

Nathan’s (Mostly) Political One-Liners: Barn Jackets, HGTV and Pop Punk Music

by Nathan L. Gonzales April 5, 2018 · 3:40 PM EDT

My inclination is to write 4,000 words about everything, so I’m trying something new by limiting myself to one line of a thought or analysis per race/existential thought. Here it goes:

Arizona’s 8th District. With EMILY’s List endorsing Democrat Hiral Tipirneni and the Republican National…

How Women Could Lose Senate Seats in the Latest Year of the Woman

by Leah Askarinam April 4, 2018 · 11:33 AM EDT

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith’s appointment in Mississippi will bring the number of women in the U.S. Senate to 23, the largest in U.S. history. While there’s room for that number to grow in the November midterm elections, with a handful of women in both parties running in competitive seats, it’s…

Ratings Update: Connecticut 5 Remains Solid Democratic for Now

April 2, 2018 · 9:30 PM EDT

Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced that she won’t run for re-election after the Connecticut Post reported that she recommended her former chief of staff for a job after facing accusations of physically and verbally harassing another staffer.

“Too many women have been harmed by harassment in…

How Can the GOP Turn Out Trump Voters?

by Stuart Rothenberg April 2, 2018 · 9:26 AM EDT

In my column last week, I noted that current public opinion data and recent election results point to a likely Democratic takeover of the House in the fall.

Some argue President Donald Trump’s unpopularity is already baked into the election cake, leaving Republicans little room to maneuver. But if…