House News & Analysis
Candidate for Washington’s 8th District
Interview Date: Jan. 29, 2018
Date of Birth: Oct. 15, 1959; Seattle, Wa.
Education: Seattle Univ. (1982)
Elected Office: State Senate (former 2016-2017, 2012, 1997-2003); 2004, 2008 gubernatorial nominee; 2010 U.S. Senate nominee
Current Outlook: Rossi is the likely Republican nominee in the open seat…
Candidate for Colorado’s 5th District
Interview Date: Jan. 30, 2018
Date of Birth: Feb. 17, 1982; Boonton, N.J.
Education: Air Force Academy (2003); Pardee RAND Graduate School (Ph.D., 2006)
Elected Office: State Senate; 2014 U.S. Senate candidate
Current Outlook: As a sitting state senator, Hill is one of the most…
Candidate for Arizona’s 2nd District
Interview Date: Oct. 18, 2017
Date of Birth: June 6, 1977; Midland, Mich.
Education: Albion College (1999); Wayne State School of Medicine (MD)
Political Office: Arizona House (former, 2009-2013); 2016 2nd District nominee
Current Outlook: Heinz is a credible contender in one of Democrats’ better…
Candidate for Arizona’s 2nd District
Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017
Date of Birth: March 24, 1950; McNary, Ariz.
Education: Univ. of Arizona (1972; law school 1979)
Elected Office: U.S. House (former, 2009-2011, 2013-2017); Arizona House (former, 2005-2007); 2016 U.S. Senate nominee.
Current Outlook: Kirkpatrick is a top contender for the…
Candidate for Arizona’s 2nd District
Interview Date: Jan. 10, 2018
Date of Birth: Jan. 19, 1970; Santa Fe, N.M.
Education: Univ. of Arizona (1992); Pepperdine Univ. (MBA, 1996)
Elected Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Marquez Peterson is the likely GOP nominee in the open seat race to…
GOP Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen’s retirement makes his 11th District of New Jersey even more vulnerable for Republicans
While the congressman had some of his own baggage—an employee at a local bank landed in hot water with her employer when the congressman alerted the CEO that she was a…
Over the past few weeks, members of Congress, journalists and television hosts agreed on one thing: The looming government shutdown was a huge deal. Then, after the shutdown ended, those same people pontificated about who won and who lost, as well as about liberal dissatisfaction with the deal to open…
The deep, dark secret of political handicapping is that there isn’t a singular equation that can project the winner of each congressional race. It is helpful to know who is running and where they are running. But thanks to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court throwing out the congressional map and…
Republican Rep. Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania is the latest Member hit with allegations of sexual misconduct, putting his suburban Philadelphia seat at even more risk of a Democratic takeover.
GOP Leadership removed Meehan from the Ethics Committee within hours of the initial New York Times report that he…
Republicans looking to rebound from a historic special election loss in Alabama might look to Arizona’s 8th District.
In December, a female staffer reported that GOP Rep. Trent Franks pressured her to be a surrogate for the congressman and his wife, allegedly offering her $5 million. Franks announced he would…