Nate Silver quantifies various ways in which there are way more competitive races this year than in other recent cycles, including number of races where there are polls within single-digits, where there are polls period, and where there are major financial contributions. • Redistricting: ...
The Texas Farm Bureau finally agrees, too. Though they’ve always endorsed him in the past (and have always endorsed Republicans for governor), they’re giving up on his sorry ass this year and staying neutral in the race. (They previously endorsed Kay Bailey Hutchison against him in the ...
She pulled in $316K, for $745K CoH. Fellow Dem Katrina Swett raised $188K, but has more CoH at $1.15 million. GOPer Charlie Bass leads in the polls but not at the bank: he raised $170K, for $360K CoH. • NJ-03: Freshman Democratic Rep. John Adler is out with an internal...
ID-01, IL-Sen, IN-Sen, Jerry Brown, Jim Keet, Joe Miller, John Salazar, KS-Gov, Lincoln Davis, Lisa Murkowski, MA-Gov, Mark Darr, Mark Kirk, Mason-Dixon, Matt Doheny, Mayors, MI-01, MI-07, MI-09, MI-Gov, Mike Beebe, MO-Sen, Mufi Hannemann, NC-02, Neil Abercrombie, NJ-...
ID-01, IL-Sen, IN-Sen, Jerry Brown, Jim Keet, Joe Miller, John Salazar, KS-Gov, Lincoln Davis, Lisa Murkowski, MA-Gov, Mark Darr, Mark Kirk, Mason-Dixon, Matt Doheny, Mayors, MI-01, MI-07, MI-09, MI-Gov, Mike Beebe, MO-Sen, Mufi Hannemann, NC-02, Neil Abercrombie, NJ-...
•NJ-03: Democratic freshman Rep. John Adler seems to be putting some fundraising distance between himself and Jon Runyan. Adler raised $415K in 2Q to break the $2 million mark for CoH, while Runyan has about $500K in cash. •NY-01: Randy Altschuler’s got a whole lotta cash: he...
Prop. 25 (Majority Vote on Budget):Another very long-overdue measure that eliminates the ridiculous 2/3rds rule to pass a budget in the state legislature. This prop is passing by double-digits in the polls. My recommendation:YES! YES! YES!
($5.3 million vs. $500K) than the Dems. Farm subsidies have been a campaign trail issue – they enrage teabaggers, who savaged the #1 recipient, TN-08 Rep. and agribusiness kingpin Stephen Fincher, in the GOP primary last year over the $3.4 million in federal largesse he’s received ...
OK-Sen:Sooner Poll(10/3-7, likely voters): Jim Rogers (D): 22 Tom Coburn (R-inc): 62 Other: 2 (MoE: ±5.2%) Other results here find the GOP leading for all statewide offices: 40-28 for LG, 50-30 for Attorney General, 41-35 for Insurance Commissioner, 45-31 for Treasurer, ...
(no, I’m not losing it – different county, different state, same name as above) is currently entirely within the borders of NE-02, but it could potentially get cracked. The linked article discusses a number of different possible scenarios for the whole state, and even has somehypothetical...