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Candidate for Wisconsin’s 8th District
Interview Date: Sept. 21, 2016
Date of Birth: March 3, 1984; Green Bay, Wis.
Education: Princeton Univ. (2006); Georgetown (Ph.D)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Gallagher is the GOP nominee in a competitive open seat because…
Hillary Clinton’s shrinking lead in the presidential race could help Republicans keep control of the Senate. Even if Donald Trump doesn’t win the race for the White House, losing competitive states by a close margin will improve vulnerable GOP senators’ chances of survival.
The map continues to…
This can’t be what Democrats imagined when Republicans nominated Donald J. Trump as their presidential nominee.
Hillary Clinton’s high-single-digit lead in the national polls coming out of the conventions has all but evaporated, and even her grip on the Electoral College looks less certain than it…
Republicans hold just two House seats in New England: New Hampshire’s 1st District, which Frank Guinta’s Tuesday primary victory imperils for the GOP, and Maine’s 2nd District, a rural, blue-collar area long represented by a Blue Dog Democrat.
GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin narrowly won Maine’s northern…
In spite of Donald Trump closing the gap with Hillary Clinton and GOP prospects for holding the Senate improving, House Democrats believe we are on the eve of the fight for the House turning dramatically in their favor.
Democratic strategists don’t believe Republican incumbents and challengers…
Candidate for Washington’s 7th District
Interview Date: Sept. 12, 2016
Date of Birth: April 26, 1984; Minneapolis, Minn.
Education: Princeton Univ. (2006)
Political Office: State Representative
Current Outlook: Walkinshaw is locked in a competitive race for retiring-Rep. Jim McDermott’s…
Donald Trump continues to struggle in the presidential race and the Republicans’ hold on the Senate is a precarious position.
Many of the most vulnerable Republican senators are doing everything in their power to stave off a re-election loss, but Trump appears to be digging holes in some states…
“If Donald Trump happens to win,” a veteran Republican campaign consultant said to me recently, “It is going to put a whole lot of field operatives out of work.”
Trump, of course, has been running for president virtually without a campaign.
Yes, there is a candidate. And the candidate has…
Republican Pat Toomey always knew that his re-election run this year would be difficult in a perennial battleground state like Pennsylvania. But he could hardly have imagined the challenge of running alongside a presidential nominee like Donald Trump.
The first-term lawmaker won a seat in the…