House News & Analysis
Iowa’s 1st District — Rating: Toss-up
Interview Date: July 11, 2018
Date of Birth: Dec. 12, 1988; Dubuque, Iowa
Education: Drake Univ. (2013)
Elected Office: State House (2014; re-elected 2016)
Current Outlook: Finkenauer will face GOP Rep. Rod Blum in a district that President Donald Trump carried with less than…
California’s 45th District — Rating: Lean Republican
Interview Date: July 11, 2018
Date of Birth: Jan. 3, 1974; Fort Dodge, Iowa
Education: Yale (1996); Harvard Law School (2001)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Porter, a UC-Irvine law professor, will face GOP Rep. Mimi Walters after receiving…
New Hampshire’s 1st District — Ratings: Tilt Democratic
Interview Date: July 23, 2018
Date of Birth: March 2, 1968; Atlanta, Ga.
Elected Office: None; Ran for state senate in 2014
Current Outlook: Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is retiring, leaving behind an open seat that President Donald Trump carried by less…
I swore I’d never do it again.
In October, I interviewed 16 Democratic House candidates in two days. As much as I enjoy having face-to-face conversations with people running for the offices we cover, it might have been too many in a row.
But when Democratic candidates descended on Washington…
CONCORD, N.H.- From Merrimack to Raymond to Wolfeboro, most of the whopping 18 candidates running for New Hampshire’s 1st District took to the streets to march in annual Fourth of July parades, reaching out to voters as the clock counts down towards the state’s early September primary.
The race for…
While much of the country is focused on the final wave of primaries, Ohio is hosting a special election to fill former GOP Rep. Pat Tiberi’s 12th District seat on Aug. 7. It’s the fourth House special election across the country this year, and two of the previous ones got…
New York’s 19th District — Rating: Tilt Republican
Interview Date: July 11, 2018
Date of Birth: Jan. 19, 1977; Schenectady, N.Y.
Education: Colgate Univ. (1999), Oxford (Rhodes Scholar, 2001), Harvard Law School (2005)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Delgado faces one of the most vulnerable GOP…
California’s 22nd District — Rating: Solid Republican
Interview Date: July 10, 2018
Date of Birth: Jan. 5, 1984; Montclair, Calif.
Education: Cal. State Stanislaus (2006 Bachelor’s, 2009 Master’s); Southwestern Law School (2012)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Janz’s campaign (and the race) seemed pretty sleepy until…
California’s 7th District — Rating: Solid Democratic
Interview Date: June 27, 2019
Date of Birth: Oct. 13, 1971; Concord, Calif.
Education: U.S. Naval Academy (1995)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Last year, it seemed possible that Democratic incumbent Ami Bera could be vulnerable, given that he…
California’s 10th District: Rating: Tilt Republican
Interview Date: July 9, 2018
Date of Birth: Aug. 1, 1986; Woodland, Calif.
Education: Stanford Univ. (2008); Harvard (MBA/MPP 2014)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Given that Hillary Clinton carried this district last cycle, receiving 49 percent in 2016, this…