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We changed the Rothenberg Political Report / Roll Call rating in nine House races this week, one in favor of the Democrats and eight in favor of Republicans.

Not exact matches

The Republican frontrunner in the race to fill House Speaker Paul Ryan's seat in Wisconsin's 1st District raised more than $ 250,000 during the first week of his campaign.

The report, a redacted version of which was released publicly last week, alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed a cyber campaign aimed at helping Trump beat his rival Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

On the legislative and policy front, Bill C - 11 has passed the committee stage and seems likely to race toward royal assent by the summer, last week's unveiling of the telecom policy (including policies on the forthcoming spectrum auction and foreign ownership) puts to rest a major issue associated with the digital economy strategy, the CRTC recently published its final anti-spam regulations with Industry Canada expected to follow with theirs shortly, the open government initiative has been making considerable progress, and Government House Leader Peter Van Loan told the House of Commons on Thursday that Bill C - 12 (the PIPEDA reform bill) may finally move forward next week.

«The White House doesn't take kindly to being told they have a gender problem on their economic team,» the Washington Post «s Ezra Klein noted a few weeks ago writing about the race to succeed Ben Bernanke as the new chair of the Federal Reserve.

Washington (CNN) A pair of leading Democratic super PACs are engaging in a slate of California House races that are worrying the national party with a six - figure digital ad campaign in the coming weeks.

Congressional primaries next week in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia feature three Senate Democrats facing reelection in a state won by President Trump in 2016, and a number of competitive House races.

Readers will have one more opportunity this week to pick the House and Senate races Roll Call will cover from the ground in the final weeks of the midterms.

This week... the matchups were decided in three Senate races, more House contests took shape, and we ranked the most vulnerable members.

As Donald Trump's campaign has fallen to pieces in the past few weeks, Democrats and Republicans alike have turned their attention to the Senate and House races that will determine which party controls the legislative branch.

After a tumultuous week, in which House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary, here is a look at the financial side of the races to watch in less than two weeks: Incumbents in Primary Trouble New York's 13 District Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel is in the political fight of his life.

Qualifying for the seat wrapped up last week and the field is among the most crowded of any of the state's U.S. House races, according to the Associated Press.

Less than two weeks before Election Day, the parties don't agree on much — except these House races will be decided by the slimmest of margins.

Rep. - elect Anthony Brown, who lost a governor's race in Maryland two years ago, walks down the House steps for the 115th Congress freshman class group photo during the first week of orientation on Nov. 15.

Razor - thin margins mean more than a handful of House races might not produce a winner today — or this week.

As House Majority Whip Steve Scalise continues to recover from the shooting at the Republican baseball practice last week, his campaign team sent its support to the Republican candidate in Georgia's 6th Congressional District race.

If so, here it is: One week after making stops in Iowa, the state that votes first in the presidential primary and caucus calendar, he's now heading to New Hampshire, which holds the first primary in the race for the White House.

WASHINGTON — Only weeks after she lost the Syracuse mayor's race, House Democrats started recruiting Juanita Perez Williams to challenge U.S. Rep. John Katko in this year's mid-term election.

Fred Dicker of The New York Post reported this week that Cuomo is privately conceding he has little chance of making a 2016 run for the White House should Clinton enter the race.

Though Rep. Chris Collins endorsed Trump this week, most New York Republicans in its House delegation are staying clear of giving a nod in the race just yet.

Only weeks after she lost the Syracuse mayor's race, House Democrats started recruiting Juanita Perez Williams to challenge GOP Rep. John Katko in this year's mid-term election.

With three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four - point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled by persistent perceptions that he is not qualified to be president.

The calls, which will go into the districts of Reps. Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Steve Kagen (Wisc.) as well as open seat House races in New Jersey's 3rd and 7th district and statewide in Maine where Rep. Tom Allen is challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins, take direct aim at planned calls by Freedom's Watch, announced last week, targeting a handful of Democratic incumbents and challengers over the rising cost of gas.

With less than three weeks left before the November midterms, the ever - widening House playing field of competitive races is now nearly double what it has been in other recent elections, according to independent political handicappers.

«Janet Cruz raises a lot of money in first weeks of campaign for Senate but Dana Young raises more» via Florida Politics — House Majority Leader Cruz nearly matched Tampa Republican Young in April fundraising despite joining the Senate District 18 race 10 days into the month.

Having covered the 25 top House races last week, we decided to look at those races that occupy slots 26 to 50 — all of which, amazingly, have real potential to switch sides in 11 days time.

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Pence is making moves to keep President Donald Trump from getting too involved in the governor's race, mostly because Pence had served with Putnam more than a decade ago in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Two House Democratic groups are stepping into a California race just weeks before the June 7 top - two primary to make the case that the Republican, an immigrant from Lebanon, is no different from Donald Trump.

But there's another reason this race could be notable for the conservative hardliners: Taking out a longtime appropriator would serve as a sweet follow - up to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary loss in Virginia two weeks ago.

As a result, until the final weeks before the election, Democrats were outspending their Republican counterparts in many tight Senate and House races.

«Republican emerges for Broward House seat» via the News Service of Florida — Davie Republican Joseph Anthony Cruz opened a campaign account this week in Broward County's House District 98, which became open when Katie Edwards - Walpole decided against seeking re-election... Most of Broward County has long been a Democratic stronghold, and the District 98 race has drawn Democratic candidates Andrew Dolberg, Elaine Geller, Michael Gottlieb and Stephen Korka.

After a redistricting map similar to what is likely to become law shifted the political prospects of a number of Members last week, three Florida politicians made big announcements today to shake up the Senate race and three House races.

The statement by Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, echoed criticism by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi earlier in the week, in which she said race was a factor in how Republicans responded to President Barack Obama's administration.

Last cycle, one of the biggest conservative players, American Crossroads, did not buy any airtime for House races until the final weeks of the election.

Our plan: Once every few weeks, we'll nominate five House races.

We'll begin today by looking at the 10 most competitive Senate races, with a post next week on the 10 biggest House targets.

For the past two weeks we have chronicled the battle for the House and Senate and now we offer our final ratings of 35 of the most competitive House seats and nine of the most competitive Senate races.

House Speaker Paul Ryan appeared to indicate the race was lost last week, and said his remaining priority would be to ensure Republicans retained the majority in the House.

This week we've added four races: Vermont's At - Large House race, Tennessee's open Senate seat and gubernatorial showdowns in Michigan and Arkansas.

Derrick received a fresh boost of momentum last week when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee moved his campaign into their Red to Blue Program, which means the race has been selected as one of four dozen targeted as necessary to flip the House this fall.

was blamed for the defeats of two Democratic candidates in races last week in Georgia and South Carolina with some in her party even suggesting a change in leadership is needed if they have any hope of winning control of the House in the 2018 mid-term elections.

Friedman opened the account Thursday, less than three weeks after another Democrat, Pat Gessel, withdrew from the House District 120 race.

Former MP George Galloway vowed to tackle London's «social housing crisis» as he entered the mayoral race this week.

While Stefanik, a former White House aide who turns 30 next week, entered the race last August, the race received scant attention until incumbent Bill Owens announced his retirement in January.

For the second straight week, national Democrats are out with a new TV ad in the 24th Congressional District race linking Republican congressional candidate John Katko to House Speaker John Boehner and other House GOP leaders.

The DNC has taken out a line of credit of between $ 5 and $ 10 million, however, to provide additional funds to House and Senate races in the final three weeks.

The last two weeks of the 2006 campaign have House Democrats seeking to expand the playing field of competitive races in hopes of giving themselves a larger margin for error on Nov. 7.

In other news this week, Republicans learned that a GOP - leaning outside group, American Crossroads, is exceeding its fundraising goals and will spend additional money on top House races.

As of this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hiring full - time operatives to do political organizing work in 20 key Republican - held districts — an unusually early investment in House races that do not even have declared candidates yet.

Informed sources tell CNN that White House political director Patrick Gaspard met early last week with the Democratic governor to let him know about the administration's concerns he could not win the governor's race next year — a problem that could affect races down - ticket, not the least of which Senate seat now held by Kirsten Gillibrand.