Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and guest Mary Ellen McIntire of Roll Call talk about how the State of the Union speech and Republican response will impact congressional races, dive into key primaries from Super Tuesday that will help decide the House and Senate majorities and identify a handful of candidates…
With the presidential primaries on cruise control, a couple dozen consequential congressional primaries on Super Tuesday either helped set the stage of competitive general elections or effectively elected a new member of Congress by choosing a winner in a solid district.
Since California takes awhile to count votes, here are…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Abby Livingston of Puck News analyze the key upcoming House primaries in Texas, the Democratic primary for the right to challenge GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, and try to figure out which congressional district some recent TV shows and movies take place in.
California’s 22nd District. There’s a real possibility that Democrats are shut out of one of their best takeover targets in the country. Some Democratic strategists are concerned that GOP Rep. David Valadao and Republican Chris Mathys will finish in the top two ahead of 2022 Democratic nominee Rudy Salas and…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Scott Eidler of Newsday discuss Democrat Tom Suozzi's special election victory in New York's 3rd District in the race to replace George Santos. Nathan and Jacob also analyze former Gov. Larry Hogan's entry into the Maryland Senate race and the recent retirements in the House…
Senate Republicans scored a major coup last week when former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced he would run for the Old Line State’s open Senate seat this fall. Hogan’s last-minute entrance, which caught even the most plugged-in Maryland politicos off-guard, puts Maryland’s race on the battlefield, and it’s undoubtedly a…
By Nathan L. Gonzales & Jacob Rubashkin
Even though they haven’t avoided primaries and are running into battle with untested candidates, Republicans are still well-positioned to win control of the Senate in 2024.
Republicans have a long history of nominating candidates who lose winnable races, from Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell,…
Arizona. Kyrsten Sinema (I) elected 2018 as a Democrat (50%). Filing deadline April 8. Primary Aug. 6. It won’t be official until the filing deadline, but it seems less and less likely that Sinema wages a re-election bid as an independent — The Arizona Republic detailed the challenge Sinema will…
Maryland. Open; Ben Cardin (D) not seeking re-election. Primary April 23. This race received a major shakeup with the news that former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan will run. Hogan is the only Republican who could conceivably make this race competitive, since he exited office in 2022 very popular. But he…
Pennsylvania. Bob Casey, Jr. (D) elected 2006 (59%), 2012 (54%), 2018 (56%). Filing deadline February 20. Primary April 23. Republicans effectively cleared the field for former Bridgewater hedge fund CEO David McCormick, who narrowly lost the 2022 GOP primary for the state’s other Senate seat. (Brandi Tomasetti, the secretary and…
