With 10 days to go before the Dec. 12 Alabama Senate special election, anyone who tells you they are certain who will win either is lying to you or just misinformed.
Limited public polling shows Republican Roy Moore with a narrow advantage over Democrat Doug Jones in spite of multiple allegations…
Democrats are relying on a stable of first-time challengers in their effort to regain the House majority, but their fate may ultimately depend on a handful of defeated Members and re-run candidates.
Of course it’s not impossible (or unprecedented) for a candidate who loses a congressional election…
Candidate for North Carolina’s 9th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: July 18, 1983; New York, N.Y.
Education: Duke (2005); Harvard (MBA, 2011)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: McCready gives Democrats a credible challenger in a district President…
Candidate for Texas’ 23rd District
Interview Date: Oct. 20, 2017
Date of Birth: Feb. 1, 1981; Arlington, Va.
Education: Boston University (Bachelor’s, two Master’s degrees, 2003)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: The 23rd District, which stretches across a…
Candidate for California’s 50th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Jan. 31, 1969; Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md.
Education: Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (Bachelor’s, 1995); Naval Postgraduate School/Naval War College (Masters, 2001); Arizona State Univ. (attended)
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Candidate for Indiana Senate
Interview Date: Oct. 25, 2017
Date of Birth: March 24, 1954; Jasper, Ind.
Education: Wabash College (1976); Harvard (1978 MBA)
Elected Office: State House; Jasper school board (former)
Current Outlook: The Beltway seems to be focused on the GOP primary feud…
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Celina Estrada and Sam Zapata weren’t even born when Republican Ed Royce was first elected to Congress in 1992. Yet a year before the 2018 elections, the two students spent a recent evening knocking on doors in the hills of Orange County, California, to support the vulnerable…
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is “probably the most confident, strongest Democrat to run for the U.S. Senate since I moved to Arizona in 1998,” trumpeted an Arizona State political science professor. Across the country, the party is “notably underwhelmed” by the three Democrats running against Massachusetts…
New York Rep. John Katko and Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen have been very popular with voters. Unbeatable? Maybe not, but certainly well-entrenched and able to win in very challenging environments.
But even popular incumbents have been swept from office during partisan electoral waves, and…
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