House News & Analysis
At 86 years old, Grace Napolitano must have outlived some potential successors. But now the oldest member of the House of Representatives has decided to retire.
The San Gabriel Valley Democrat has served 13 terms in Congress, and has often sat at the top of retirement watch lists, especially after…
Two longtime Republican members of Congress in North Texas are headed to the exits — Kay Granger, who represents Fort Worth and its western suburbs, and Michael Burgess, who represents the suburbs and exurbs north of Cowtown.
Granger, the dean of Texas’ 38-member congressional delegation, is one of Congress’ most…
Alaska’s At-Large District. Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced her campaign against Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Republicans are optimistic that Dahlstrom can pull together various wings of the state Republican Party, but the race is complicated by Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system and 2022 GOP candidate Nick Begich’s campaign. Lean Democratic.
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Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Erin Covery look at the fight for the Senate in the wake of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's decision not to see re-election in West Virginia, discuss the recent exodus from the House with multiple members not running again, talk about the latest in the GOP…
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Kildee won’t represent mid-Michigan in Congress.
Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee, whose district includes Flint and the Tri-Cities region, announced today that he would not run for re-election, bringing his decade-long career in the House to a close. In a statement, the…
At the beginning of the 2022 cycle, Rep. Marcy Kaptur appeared to be one of the most endangered House Democrats in the country.
Redistricting had transformed Kaptur’s comfortably blue district into a Republican-leaning seat that was now a top target for the GOP. But in a stroke of luck, Republican…
Virginia Republican Jen Kiggans has worn a lot of hats in her lifetime, but next year she’s putting on an unfamiliar one: endangered incumbent.
Kiggans is a former Navy aviator, nurse practitioner, and state senator, but she’s never had to run for re-election before. Now the Republican congresswoman is a…
Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko’s retirement may have sparked this cycle’s messiest Republican primary — two 2022 statewide nominees, the Arizona state House speaker, and Lesko’s scandal-ridden predecessor are all vying for a chance to succeed the outgoing congresswoman.
Within 24 hours of Lesko’s announcement, 2022 attorney general nominee Abe Hamadeh…
Arizona’s 6th District. Kathleen Winn, who came in third place in the 2022 GOP primary this seat, is challenging first-term Rep. Juan Ciscomani. Winn, a former community outreach director for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, is running to Ciscomani’s right in the August 6 primary, and could weaken the incumbent…
Nathan Gonzales, Erin Covey and Jacob Rubashkin look ahead to the key 2023 races, talk about the impact of the new maps in North Carolina and Alabama after redistricting, and discuss the GOP presidential primary without Mike Pence in the race.
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