NEWS: Rep. Ron Kind (D) will announce his retirement Tuesday from #WI03, a swing seat that Trump carried twice
This is a huge blow to Dems' chances of keeping their House majority
story TK w @sarahnferris @heatherscope
Ally Mutnick
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Ally Mutnick
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- NEW: @DCCC is officially reversing its controversial "blacklist" on Tuesday, ending a blanket ban on consultants/firms who work with primary challengers of House Dem incumbents This is a HUGE win for progressives, who have lobbied for it for 2 years
- Some good news for Rep Liz Cheney (R): The WY legislature failed to pass a Donald Trump-backed bill restricting crossover voting on Tuesday That means the #WYAL GOP primary on Aug 16 will remain open and Dems/Indys can easily vote for Cheney
- Some Friday night news: Young Kim (R) ousts Rep Gil Cisneros (D) in #CA39, an Orange County-area seat that Hillary Clinton won by 9 points in 2016 This brings House Republicans to a net a gain of EIGHT seats and Kim is the 17th new GOP woman elected this cycleBREAKING: Republican Young Kim wins election to U.S. House in California's 39th Congressional District, beating incumbent Rep. Gil Cisneros. #APracecall at 5:36 p.m. PST. #Election2020 #CAelection apnews.com/Election2020
- NEW: House Dems unveiled the message they plan to hammer throughout the 2022 cycle: The GOP is the party of QAnon "They can do QAnon or they can do college-educated voters. They cannot do both" - DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney w/ @sarahnferris
- NEW: @dccc makes moves to block primary challenges against Dem incumbents. Per new hiring standards DCCC won't contract with or recommend to House campaign any political firm that works against a sitting member. That's a stark financial deterrent More: njour.nl/s/677493?unloc…
- New: Leaked polling from the top Senate GOP super PAC shows most of their candidates trailing Dems — Brown led Moreno by 6 points in OH — Slotkin up 8 over Rogers in MI — Cruz only up 1 over Allred in TX — All Rs but Hogan are running behind Trump
- Democrats have secured total control in Richmond—the governorship and both chambers of the General Assembly—for the first time since 1993.Projection: Democrats have picked up control of the VA House of Delegates. They'll have a majority for the first time since 1999. #VALEG
- New: Rep Mondaire Jones (D) to me on SPM’s decision to run in #NY17 “Sean Patrick Maloney did not even give me a heads up before he went on Twitter to make that announcement. And I think that tells you everything you need know about Sean Patrick Maloney”Replying to @DavidNirAssuming the map is finalized as-is, Jones would represent 3x as much of #NY17 as Maloney. He's also vastly more progressive than SPM, one of the most centrist Dems in the House. Jones even had more cash on hand than Maloney as of 3/31! $2.9 mil vs. $2.1 dailykos.com/stories/2022/4…
- NEW: How fast did Trump transform suburbia? In FOUR YEARS #GA06 went from an iconic GOP seat once held by Newt Gingrich to the priciest House special ever to safe Dem turf Lucy McBATH is up double-digits in polls. NRCC has been dark on TV since mid-Oct
- House Democrats are marching to Speaker Mike Johnson’s office to demand he swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva They have a call-and-response going: “What is he afraid of?” “Epstein!”
00:00 - There will be two Black women serving together in the Senate for the first time in US history Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland Lisa Blunt Rochester in DelawareWASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Angela Alsobrooks wins election to U.S. Senate from Maryland
