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Oregon’s 5th — Rating: Likely Democratic
Interview Date: December 13, 2021 (via Zoom)
Date of Birth: May 31, 1967; Milwaukee, Wis.
Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (1992); Cornell University (Masters, 1995); Univ. of Oregon (J.D., 2016)
Elected Office: 2018 2nd District nominee; 2020…
California House
Rather than running for re-election in the newly-drawn 3rd District and potentially face a formidable GOP assemblyman and competitive general election, GOP Rep. Tom McClintock is choosing to run for re-election in the newly-drawn 5th District, which has more of a GOP lean. It does…
New Mexico has just three congressional districts, but as one of just seven states in which Democrats fully control the mapmaking process it has drawn serious attention from national Democrats eager to press any advantage that helps them defend their five-seat majority in the U.S. House of…
Arizona’s independent redistricting commission unanimously passed a new congressional map that maintains the state’s breakdown of five districts carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 election and four districts carried by President Donald Trump, but also affords Republicans great opportunities to flip…
California’s independent redistricting commission unanimously passed a new congressional map for the Golden State that shores up the state’s Democratic delegation and puts several Republicans on their heels.
That’s a boon for national Democrats looking to hold onto their razor-thin majority in…
Oklahoma was home to one of the most surprising results of the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats picked up a deeply Republican district in the heart of the state.
So when this year’s redistricting process rolled around, Republicans in the Oklahoma state legislature took care to ensure such an…