In my last column, I wrote about Donald Trump’s job approval ratings among Republicans, Democrats and Independents, noting that his standing among all groups is important. But my primary focus for 2018 should be on Independents, who are likely to be the canary in the coal mine for the…
IOWA — Kim Reynolds (R) ascended to office May 2017. March 16 filing deadline. June 5 primary. Reynolds was the lieutenant governor when then-Gov. Terry Branstad became President Trump’s ambassador to China, launching the former state senator to the state’s top post. A former Clarke County treasurer, Reynolds is now…
Candidate for Colorado’s 6th District
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017
Date of Birth: March 15, 1979; Madison, Wis.
Education: Univ. of Wisconsin (2002), Univ. of Denver Law School (2009)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Rep. Mike Coffman is one of the 23 Republicans representing districts that…
Candidate for Virginia’s 7th District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: Aug. 7, 1979; Red Bank, N.J.
Education: Univ. of Virginia (2001), German International School of Management and Administration/Purdue Univ. (MBA 2002)
Political Office: None; first run for office
Current Outlook: Spanberger is one of the handful of…
Candidate for New York’s 22nd District
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017
Date of Birth: Nov. 22, 1978; New Hartford, N.Y.
Education: Siena College (2000), Albany Law School (2004)
Political Office: State Assembly; Utica School Board (former)
Current Outlook: Brindisi is the likely Democratic nominee against freshman GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney,…
Interview Date: Oct. 13, 2017
Date of Birth: Aug. 12, 1977; Newburyport, Mass.
Education: George Washington Univ. (1999); Fordham (Masters 2004)
Political Office: None; 2016 16th District nominee
Current Outlook: Hartman is the Democratic frontrunner for the right to challenge freshman GOP Rep. Lloyd Smucker in this southeast Pennsylvania district.…
Candidate for Texas’s 23rd District
Interview Date: Oct. 11, 2017
Date of Birth: May 15, 1975; Rome, Italy
Education: Virginia Tech (1997), Harvard Law School (2000)
Political Office: None, first run for office
Current Outlook: GOP Rep. Will Hurd ousted Democratic incumbent Pete Gallego in 2014 and narrowly won a…
Nine months into their respective terms, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating is substantially worse than Barack Obama’s was among both partisan groups and Independents, according to Gallup polls.
Trump’s average job approval numbers for the week of October 9 stood at 79 percent among Republicans, 8 percent among…
It’s not hard to see Democratic takeover opportunities in districts where Hillary Clinton prevailed or Donald Trump won narrowly in 2016, but Democrats have expanded the map with at least a couple recruits who should make Republicans work to defend some deeper red territory next year.
Former…
The last time Democrats held the House majority, they controlled 60 percent of the congressional districts in Iowa. Today, they’re down to 25 percent, and probably need to win at least one, if not two, districts in The Hawkeye State to get back to the majority.
The 1st and 3rd…
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