Inside Elections

2022 Gubernatorial Ratings (July 15, 2022)

July 15, 2022 · 2:24 PM EDT

2022 Senate Overview (July 1, 2022): The Slog to the Majority

July 1, 2022 · 2:30 PM EDT

By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin

Republicans are set up for sweeping success in the midterm elections, but it’s turning out to be a race by race slog to the Senate majority for the GOP. 

With a slumping economy and concerns about inflation, high gas prices, the supply chain, crime, and…

2022 Senate Overview (July 1, 2022): Alabama - Georgia

July 1, 2022 · 2:29 PM EDT

Alabama. Open; Richard Shelby (R) not seeking re-election. In one of the cycle’s most topsy-turvy primaries, the ultimate winner was Katie Boyd Britt, the former Shelby chief of staff and president of the Alabama Business Council who had the support of much of the DC GOP establishment. Britt…

2022 Senate Overview (July 1, 2022): Hawaii - North Carolina

by Jacob Rubashkin July 1, 2022 · 2:28 PM EDT

Hawaii. Brian Schatz (D) appointed 2012, elected 2014 (70%), 2016 (74%). Aug. 13 primary. Several Republicans, most notably state Rep. Bob McDermott, filed to take on Schatz. None of them will beat the incumbent. The senator had $4 million in the bank on March 31, at which point none of the…

2022 Senate Overview (July 1, 2022): North Dakota - Wisconsin

July 1, 2022 · 2:27 PM EDT

North Dakota. John Hoeven (R) elected 2010 (76%), 2016 (78%). Hoeven will face Democratic-NPL nominee Katrina Christiansen, an engineering professor at University of Jamestown, in the fall. The senator had $3.3 million in the bank on May 25 compared to Christiansen’s $18,000. Democrats won’t be…

House & Governor Report Shorts (July 1, 2022)

July 1, 2022 · 2:26 PM EDT

California
22nd District. Now that all but the last couple hundred ballots have finally been counted, GOP Rep. David Valadao can breathe a brief sigh of relief. The incumbent will outpace fellow Republican and former Fresno City councilor Chris Mathys by just 1,226 votes, after Democrats started…

2022 Senate Ratings (July 1, 2022)

July 1, 2022 · 2:25 PM EDT

2022 House Ratings (July 1, 2022)

July 1, 2022 · 2:24 PM EDT

The Congresswoman and the Taxpayer-funded TV Ads

by Jacob Rubashkin June 30, 2022 · 1:19 PM EDT

“I’m Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Democrat for Congress, and I approve this message.”

In 2021, it was a difficult refrain to escape in South Florida; Cherfilus-McCormick’s advertisements, each ending in that disclosure, aired hundreds of times on TV.

But three commercials that aired earlier this…

Colorado Senate: Bennet More Vulnerable After Primary

by Nathan L. Gonzales June 29, 2022 · 12:39 PM EDT

Many have tried to become the next Claire McCaskill. Most have failed.

The former Democratic senator from Missouri is credited with strategic advertising that convinced Republicans to nominate a flawed opponent in 2012. Candidates and party strategists on both sides of the aisle have tried to…