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Candidate Conversation - Hans Keirstead (D)

October 13, 2017 · 2:28 PM EDT

Candidate for California’s 48th District

Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Date of Birth: April 21, 1967; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Education: Univ. of British Columbia (Bachelors 1994, Phd 1998) 

Political Office: None, first run for office

Current Outlook: Keirstead is a top contender against…

Candidate Conversation - Mikie Sherrill (D)

October 13, 2017 · 2:27 PM EDT

Candidate for New Jersey’s 11th District

Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Date of Birth: Jan. 19, 1972; Alexandria, Va. 

Education: U.S. Naval Academy (1994), Georgetown Law School, London School of Economics 

Political Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Sherrill is running to…

Candidate Conversation - Austin Petersen (R)

October 13, 2017 · 2:26 PM EDT

Republican Candidate for Senate in Missouri

Interview Date: Sept. 15, 2017

Date of Birth: Feb. 19, 1981; Independence, Mo.

Education: Missouri State Univ. (2003)

Political Office: None; 2016 presidential candidate, Libertarian Party 
Current Outlook: There could be space for a Trump-style,…

Candidate Conversation - Chrissy Houlahan (D)

October 13, 2017 · 2:25 PM EDT

Candidate for Pennsylvania’s 6th

Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2016

Date of Birth: June 5, 1967; Patuxent River, Md. 

Education: Stanford Univ. (1989), MIT (Master’s, 1994)

Political Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Rep. Ryan Costello is one of the 23 Republicans who represents a…

New Hampshire 1: Open Seat Moves to Toss-Up

October 6, 2017 · 2:15 PM EDT

Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter’s retirement leaves an already competitive seat more vulnerable as an open seat, considering Donald Trump carried New Hampshire’s 1st District 48-46 percent in 2016. 
 
“I felt the tug of family at our reunion on Independence Day, and I have continued to feel it,”…

What Happened to Mountain Republicans in the South?

by Stuart Rothenberg October 3, 2017 · 1:11 PM EDT

Even when Democrats dominated the so-called Solid South, the GOP showed strength in mountain areas of the region. Northwestern Arkansas, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and western Virginia all had substantial Republican sympathies.

But now that the national Republican Party has…

2018 Senate Overview: Divided and Conquer?

by Nathan L. Gonzales September 29, 2017 · 2:30 PM EDT

At the beginning of the cycle, it seemed almost certain that Republicans would expand their majority. With 25 Democratic senators up for re-election in 2018, compared to just eight Republican senators, the map is dramatically tilted in the GOP’s favor. But nearly halfway through the midterm cycle,…

2018 Senate Overview (Sept. 9, 2017): Alabama - Maine

September 29, 2017 · 2:29 PM EDT

ALABAMA. Open; Luther Strange (R) defeated in Sept. primary. Dec. 12 Special Election. Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, won the GOP primary runoff on Sept. 26 over Sen. Luther Strange, who had been appointed early this year to replace Jeff Sessions. Moore had been…