Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Everytown for Gun Safety reportedly is ready to sink $ 25 million into 2018
congressional races with concealed - carry reciprocity as its centerpiece.
After that nomination, the district has been center of a number of pitched
congressional races with Democrats succeeding.
It's the only
congressional race with any intrigue this year.
Not exact matches
With congressional races, the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google always have sought to apply an even political hand.
The upcoming selection of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is being cast as a three - way
race, in the sense that President Obama mentioned exactly three names in discussing the choice
with Congressional Democrats: Larry Summers, Janet Yellen and Donald Kohn.
For nearly 50 minutes, Greenberg, a candidate in the 5th District
congressional race, chatted
with host John Dankosky about his campaign and his beliefs.
In the
congressional race of that year, the Democrats ended up
with 290 seats to the Republicans» 145.
The bill comes after U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe declared June 26 as the primary for
Congressional races in order for the state to comply
with a law governing timely access to military and overseas ballots.
TPM Media's PollTracker App provides users
with an essential tool to track the 2012 Election in real time — from the presidential
race to each and every
congressional contest.
Ed's track record on the
races for Governor, U.S. Senate (including his own) and the 1st
Congressional District, along
with his relationship
with the National Party, has been a disaster.
You need to look at the poll numbers in various
congressional races and see Carl «BAM BAM» Paladino is well
with Republicans and Independents.
«
With his departure from the NY - 21
Congressional race, the choice for voters becomes much more clear and much more stark: Do we want to send Stefanik back to her DC cocktail circuit, send some candidates running on the Democratic side who are auditioning for the DC cocktail circuit, or someone who is going to stop talking like a cable news wannabe and just get to work.»
Your average
congressional race may not pal around
with the Russkies, but plenty of them have found ways to pass information back and forth
with Independent Expenditure groups right here at home.
Despite trailing Rep. Tammy Duckworth in the Illinois Senate
race, Andrea Zopp met
with members of the
Congressional Black Caucus ahead of the State of the Union to show she is the best candidate to advance their causes.
With 100 percent of machine votes counted, Anna Throne - Holst, the former Southampton Town supervisor, maintained a razor - thin lead over David Calone in Tuesday's Democratic primary election to represent New York's First
Congressional District, and the
race will come down to absentee ballots.
The 2012
race between Buerkle and Maffei was the most expensive
congressional campaign in Central New York history,
with the candidates and their independent supporters spending about $ 10 million.
But now we discover that Sanders is opposing,
with cold hard cash, openly gay Democrats in TWO out of THREE down - ballot
congressional races.
The 2016 Senate
race in North Carolina could be just as competitive as the 2014 contest, which flooded local televisions
with more than $ 100 million in political ads to become one of the most expensive
congressional races in history.
Democrats are especially focused on Nassau County
races this year in particular,
with potential pickup opportunities
with the seat being vacated by Sen. Jack Martins, a
congressional candidate, and the one held by incumbent Sen. Kemp Hannon, who is running for re-election.
One final note: lest you think that these rules apply only to big campaigns
with the resources to put out Obama's 1800 separate YouTube clips, Tom Rosenstiel noted that individual videos can actually matter MORE to a smaller campaign, for instance for a
Congressional race or a local issue.
The Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee pushed back today against a poll conducted for Long Beach City Councilman Gary DeLong (R) that showed a close
race with state Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D) for California's Democratic - leaning 47th district.
The Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee added an additional $ 1.3 million in ad buys Friday in five districts to boost incumbents
with increasingly challenging re-election
races.
«As we look forward to a vigorous political agenda for 2012, including a Presidential primary, a US Senate
race, and newly drawn line for
Congressional and legislative districts, this leadership team, along
with our tremendous staff in Albany and New York City, ensures that our State Party is fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead,» Cox said.
Faso was not concerned
with how «New York Fights Back» would affect his
congressional race next year, noting how the people in his district view Cuomo and Pelosi.
With three weeks to go before Election Day, the DCCC and the National Republican
Congressional Committee have been shifting money away from
races that appear less competitive and toward ones that now pop a little brighter on the committees» radars.
While we came up a little short on Election Day, Lisa and I will never forget those who stood
with us as we came the closest of any Republican in Massachusetts to win a
Congressional race.
Renee and guest Ronnie Ellis
with CNHI News Service run down the key state legislative
races in this year's primary contest, the top - tier candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the 6th
congressional district, the impact of recent educator activism in response to pension legislation and education funding, and more.
The
race for the 27th
congressional district could be a very competitive one next year,
with the first Democrat eyeing the seat.
Tenney, a three - term member of the State Assembly, enters the primary
race with a campaign debt of $ 110,000 from her last
congressional bid, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Lavrov's visit comes amid heightened scrutiny of Russia,
with the FBI and
congressional committees probing Moscow's meddling in the 2016
race.
Democratic
congressional candidate Mike Derrick has the second lowest fundraising results, at this point, of local
congressional challengers in six local
congressional races, according to campaign finance reports filed
with the Federal Election Commission.
The Republicans started this cycle behind the Democrats in overall online experience (
with notable exceptions like Patrick, David All, Matt Turk and Mindy Finn), and if senatorial and
congressional races follow the presidential campaigns» current pattern, that imbalance seems likely to persist for years to come.
This just in from the newly - announced Republican candidate for Louisiana's 3rd
Congressional seat (soon to be abandoned by Charlie Melancon), who clearly feels that a robust online presence is a selling point: [Jeff] Landry launched his website for his
race today in concert
with his...
A source said Cuomo was exploring the possibility of replacing McMurray
with Lieutenant Govenor Kathy Hochul in the
congressional race.
In districts
with competitive
congressional races, that number jumped to as high as 14 percent.
Other local Democrats wonder why Schreibman put himself forward for the
congressional race instead of recruiting an Ulster County Democrat
with more name recognition.
Locally, where Faso is locked in a close
race with Democrat Zephyr Teachout for the 19th
Congressional District, Ulster County GOP chair Roger Rascoe offered the same advice.
House
races remain very much in flux, however, as the LATFOR process is yet to deal
with Congressional reapportionment.
Second, House Republicans lag badly behind their Democratic campaign counterparts in the
race for cash; the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee ended 2009
with $ 16.7 million in the bank while the National Republican
Congressional Committee said earlier today that they closed January
with $ 4.1 million on hand.
WASHINGTON — A few hours after Conor Lamb, the Pennsylvania Democrat, claimed victory in a House
race with a vow to oppose his party's leader, Nancy Pelosi, the once - and - perhaps - future speaker was explaining to a group of female
congressional candidates why she did not retire after 2016.
Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus), right, and Democrat Colleen Deacon, center, sit
with moderator Grant Reeher, left, for their first debate in the
race for the 24th
Congressional District.
But an official
with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012
congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.
In an interview
with USA Today earlier this month, Tenney said Louis Brindisi represented some of the worst criminals in Utica's community, and that should reflect on his son Anthony, who's seeking the Democratic ticket in the
race for the 22nd
Congressional District.
With Anthony Weiner about to pop into the
race for mayor, one of his Democratic rivals demanded yesterday that he pony up $ 350,000 for the cost of the election required to fill his hastily vacated
congressional seat two years ago.
With less than seven months to go until the general election, U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei holds a big fundraising edge over Republican challenger John Katko in the 24th
Congressional District
race.
An excerpt from a Hartford Courant Editorial Board interview
with Democratic U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty in the 5th
Congressional District
race.
The bad blood spilled over into the 2016
race,
with Rangel endorsing one of Espaillat's primary foes — and blasting him while doing so for not resigning from his state Senate seat to fully commit to the
congressional race.
The mostly cordial first debate in the 2nd
Congressional District
race got personal when the topic of gun control came up,
with U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney's Republican opponent criticizing him for taking part in a Democratic - led House sit - in to push for votes...
The
race drew national attention in March, when Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee operative Tim Persico met
with a local Democratic leader to ask if he thought Susan Wild or Greg Edwards, two other candidates in the
race, would be willing to drop out and run for state Senate, a proposition they both rejected.
With their
race for congress in the newly apportioned seven - county 19th
Congressional District approaching what appears to be a close