NRSC Senior Advisor Daniel Huey will be the committee’s independent expenditure director for the 2016 cycle. The committee also picked Chelsea Hawker as deputy director for the IE.
“Together with our great candidates and their state-of-the-art campaigns, Daniel and Chelsea’s talent will again…
For the last year, House Democratic strategists have been dreaming of Republicans nominating Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Cruz for president. With less than 10 months to go before Election Day, and Trump and Cruz leading in the polls, those dreams are much closer to reality.
Democrats need a…
Alabama. March 1 primary. April 12 run-off.
2nd District (Roby, R). Some allies of Martha Roby, and her 1st District colleague Bradley Byrne, are concerned that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz will turnout a disproportionate number of angry conservative voters in March and hurt their renomination…
Indiana. Feb. 5 filing deadline. May 3 primary.
2nd District (Walorski, R). Jackie Walorski seems to attract competitive races, but Democratic strategists aren’t talking up retired police officer Lynn Coleman. South Bend Democrats are getting more organized, but he’ll need a sizable national wave…
New York. April 14 filing deadline. June 28 primary.
1st District (Zeldin, R). Lee Zeldin defeated Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in 2014 and instantly became a top takeover target. Democrats are still headed for a competitive primary between Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst and Suffolk…
The strangest election in our lifetime continues to get stranger.
Very rarely, one party decides to make a suicidal statement about its views and values. It happened in 1964 and again in 1972, for example. But this time, both parties are at least flirting with the idea of nominating candidates…
In 2014, Steve Beshear sat in the first lady’s box during the State of the Union as President Barack Obama applauded the Democratic governor’s work on health care in Kentucky. Just two years later, Beshear is out of office and feuding with his Republican successor, who vowed to undo his work.
“And…
National Republican Congressional Committee Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel Jessica Furst Johnson will be the committee’s Independent Expenditure Director for the 2016 cycle.
“Jessica was instrumental in helping us win our historic Republican majority in 2014 and we are excited she…
Republican Rep. Scott Rigell is retiring from Virginia’s 2nd District, leaving a competitive open seat for his party to defend. The news, first reported by the Virginian-Pilot, was a surprise to some people who have worked closely with the congressman in the past.
The Virginia Beach-based…
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