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A new public poll showing GOP Rep. Mia Love trailing Democratic challenger Doug Owens by 6 points doesn’t smell quite right. But the congresswoman could still be in for a competitive race, even though Utah’s 4th District isn’t a typical swing seat.
The June 2-8 automated poll conducted by…
Four months away from the Iowa caucuses on the calendar, California seemed to have a negligible chance of playing a part in the presidential nominating contests. But just as it looked like Republicans and Democrats might fight it out all the way to June 7, Donald Trump locked up the GOP nomination…
Nominee for Montana’s At-Large Seat
Interview Date: June 14, 2016
Date of Birth: April 5, 1967; Oakland, Calif.
Education: Montana State Univ. (B.A. 1993); Harvard Univ (Master of Education 1994); Univ. of Montana (J.D. 2004); Univ. of New Mexico (attended)
Political Office: State…
Candidate for Minnesota’s 2nd District
Interview Date: June 7, 2016
Date of Birth: Nov. 10, 1949; New Prague, Minn.
Education: Saint Benedict’s College (attended)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Miller is in the middle of a competitive primary in the race to…
Nominee for Nebraska’s 2nd District
Interview Date: June 6, 2016
Date of Birth: August 16, 1963; Chicago, Illinois
Education: Northern Illinois Univ. (1984); Northwestern College (attended)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Bacon is the Republican nominee in the…
Alex Law came to our candidate interview with three interns, and I think one of them was wearing shorts.
Some of my colleagues chastised me for scheduling a meeting with a 24-year-old kid challenging Rep. Donald Norcross in a Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 1st District, considering Norcross…
Sen. Ron Wyden isn’t shy about raising money , even though he isn’t in any danger of losing re-election. At least now the Oregon Democrat has shifted some of that effort elsewhere, except it’s for a colleague who is also in a safe race.
“They think they’ve got a shot in Vermont,” says the…
Republicans are criticizing one of the Democrats’ top recruits in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races for misstating her family’s college history. But Katie McGinty’s response lines up with what she told me in an interview four months ago.
McGinty is the Democratic nominee in…