For the last few years, Texas has largely been a wasteland of competitive and interesting House races. But with a handful of vulnerable Republican incumbents, a bipartisan group of retiring congressmen, and one congressman running for Senate, the Lone Star State is guaranteed to send a fresh crop of Members…
Leslie Cockburn (D)
Candidate for Virginia’s 5th District
Interview Date: Nov. 9, 2017
Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1952; San Mateo, Calif.
Education: Yale (1974); Univ. of London (Masters)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Trump carried this central Virginia district with 53 percent in 2016, but…
Ben McAdams (D)
Candidate for Utah’s 4th District
Date of Birth: Dec. 5, 1974; Salt Lake City, Utah
Education: Univ. of Utah (2000), Columbia Law School (2003)
Political Office: Salt Lake County mayor; state Senator (former)
Current Outlook: Rep. Mia Love narrowly lost her 2012 congressional bid to incumbent Jim…
Max Rose (D)
Candidate for New York’s 11th District
Interview Date: Dec. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Nov. 28, 1986; Brooklyn, N.Y.
Education: Wesleyan (2008); London School of Economics (Master’s, 2009)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Republican Rep. Dan Donovan won this seat in a special…
Call me crazy, but I'm not sure we won't see a government shutdodwn, even though Congress managed to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Dec. 22. Why? Because no one in Washington is particularly afraid of a government shutdown.
Democrats aren’t afraid of a government…
Democrats are relying on a stable of first-time challengers in their effort to regain the House majority, but their fate may ultimately depend on a handful of defeated Members and re-run candidates.
Of course it’s not impossible (or unprecedented) for a candidate who loses a congressional election to come back…
Candidate for North Carolina’s 9th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: July 18, 1983; New York, N.Y.
Education: Duke (2005); Harvard (MBA, 2011)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: McCready gives Democrats a credible challenger in a district President Donald Trump carried 54-43 percent…
Candidate for Texas’ 23rd District
Interview Date: Oct. 20, 2017
Date of Birth: Feb. 1, 1981; Arlington, Va.
Education: Boston University (Bachelor’s, two Master’s degrees, 2003)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: The 23rd District, which stretches across a significant chunk of the Texas-Mexico border, will be…
Candidate for California’s 50th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Jan. 31, 1969; Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md.
Education: Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (Bachelor’s, 1995); Naval Postgraduate School/Naval War College (Masters, 2001); Arizona State Univ. (attended)
Political Office: Jamul-Dulzura School Board
Current Outlook: In 2016, GOP Rep. Duncan…
Candidate for Indiana Senate
Interview Date: Oct. 25, 2017
Date of Birth: March 24, 1954; Jasper, Ind.
Education: Wabash College (1976); Harvard (1978 MBA)
Elected Office: State House; Jasper school board (former)
Current Outlook: The Beltway seems to be focused on the GOP primary feud between Rep. Todd Rokita and…
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