The following stories are examples of this week's Election Roundup of 35 down ticket stories covering Sunday 9/18 through Saturday 9/24.
(MO-Sen) Jason Kander (D) blunts Roy Blunt (R), making race close By annieli
On election issues of guns, gun ownership, gun access, and gun deaths, it is always about rights, and the GOP relies on conventional means when there will always be red state Democrats who will own guns. Millennial undecideds may find themselves presented with perhaps more interesting choices. This campaign reminds us how despite the numbers of firearms in the US, they are far from distributed evenly per capita or even spatially. More importantly, most gun owners are not members of the NRA.
(CA-17) As #KhannaGate unfolds, Honda supporters want San Jose Mercury News to withdraw endorsement #CA17 By remembrance
Rep. Mike Honda supporters across Silicon Valley are having “Aha!” moments as news comes to light of the lawsuit against Ro Khanna for Congress for hacking into sensitive fund raising data and using it to contact Honda supporters. The LA Times reports from Thursday’s press conference, "What you have here is a cyberattack," said Gautum Dutta, an attorney for Honda's campaign. "You have the theft of confidential, proprietary information that's then used against the supporters of a rival campaign. That's un-American and it's illegal." That afternoon, Khanna campaign manager Brian Parvishahi resigned from his position.
(AZ-Maricopa Sheriff) While Sheriff Arpaio continues his birther stunt, the county coughs up another $4.5M to defend him By Mother Mags
Donald Trump may have abandoned birtherism as an official talking point, but his most notable brother in bigotry, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, soldiers on! Soon after Trump said on Friday that President Obama was born in the United States (“Period!”) reporters here quizzed the nation’s highest profile birther lawman about whether he too had given up the con.
Sunday 9/18 through Saturday 9/24
Stories: (35)
Senate: (9) posts, (4) states
House: (10) posts, (6) states, (9) districts
State and more: (12)
General: (2)
Tools: (1)
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Senate
(IL-Sen) CSGOPOTD: Mark Kirk- 2016 Update By republicinsanity
It was one year ago that we published our original “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” profile of U.S. Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois, who even 365 days ago was considered the most vulnerable incumbent Senator in the country.
(MO-Sen) Jason Kander (D) blunts Roy Blunt (R), making race close By annieli
On election issues of guns, gun ownership, gun access, and gun deaths, it is always about rights, and the GOP relies on conventional means when there will always be red state Democrats who will own guns. Millennial undecideds may find themselves presented with perhaps more interesting choices. This campaign reminds us how despite the numbers of firearms in the US, they are far from distributed evenly per capita or even spatially. More importantly, most gun owners are not members of the NRA.
(MO-Sen) National Republicans get ready to help out endangered Missouri Republican Roy Blunt By Jeff Singer
Last week, the DSCC made their first ad reservations in Missouri’s Senate race, with them investing a hefty $3.5 million on Jason Kander’s behalf. Now, Politico reports that the NRSC is about to jump in to defend Republican Sen. Roy Blunt.
(NV-Sen) NEVADA IS KEY TO WINNING SENATE – LET’S GOTV IN VEGAS! by steve schear
For West Coasters like me, Nevada is the closest and cheapest place to do some meaningful GOTV work. In addition to its six electoral votes, it also has one of the most important Senate races in the country -- Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto against Republican Joe Heck.
I’m a little later than expected in publishing my weekly diary analyzing the New York Times’ Upshot’s aggregation of the forecasters and data modelers’ predictions of the 2016 U.S. Senate races — my Aggregating the Senate Aggregators column. That’s because as of today, FiveThirtyEight has now joined the scrum, and that forced me to tweak my spreadsheets a bit.
(Sen-Polls) Nate Silver Polls Plus on Senate: Dems 56.1-43.9 By teacherken
You can see it here - Pickups: WI 92.1-7.9, IL 77.3-22.7, IN 73.0-27.1
(Sen-Var) IL, NV, NC, PA, AZ & NH-Sen: Sen. Tom Udall (D. NM) Wants These Strong Women In The U.S. Senate By poopdogcomedy
U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D. NM): On the path to taking back the Senate majority for Democrats, we can also accomplish something else important. Electing more great women to the Senate. Women make up half of this country’s population, yet they only make up 20% of the Senate. If we want Congress to better reflect this country, we need to give women a stronger voice in the Senate.
House
(CA-17) High-Tech Watergate in Silicon Valley Congressional Race #CA17 By Glen The Plumber
Earlier this morning the Mike Honda For Congress Campaign filed a civil lawsuit against Ro Khanna For Congress, Inc. and Brian Parvizshahi, Ro Khanna’s Campaign Manager. The Honda campaign is accusing Brian Parvizshahi of violating the Federal Economic Espionage Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for illegally accessing the Honda campaign’s proprietary data and email lists. Ro Khanna has also been named as a conspirator under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
(CA-17) As #KhannaGate unfolds, Honda supporters want San Jose Mercury News to withdraw endorsement #CA17 By remembrance
Rep. Mike Honda supporters across Silicon Valley are having “Aha!” moments as news comes to light of the lawsuit against Ro Khanna for Congress for hacking into sensitive fund raising data and using it to contact Honda supporters. The LA Times reports from Thursday’s press conference, "What you have here is a cyberattack," said Gautum Dutta, an attorney for Honda's campaign. "You have the theft of confidential, proprietary information that's then used against the supporters of a rival campaign. That's un-American and it's illegal." That afternoon, Khanna campaign manager Brian Parvishahi resigned from his position.
(CA-39) Brett Murdock working hard to defeat this 12-term Republican in CA-39 By DenisL
In my district, CA-39, we have a choice between a far-right conservative congressional lifer and a solid Democrat who was recruited by the DCCC to run against him. I've written about all many of the things wrong with Ed Royce previously and outlined Brett Murdock's background and why he is a better fit for California. But do the Democrats stand a chance of flipping this seat in November? Absolutely--and here are the main reasons why.
(FL-07) Democrats go on the offensive against Republican John Mica in a redrawn suburban Orlando seat By Jeff Singer
Redistricting made Republican Rep. John Mica's suburban Orlando seat considerably bluer (Obama carried the new version of Florida’s 7th Congressional District by less than 0.1 percent in 2012), and national Democrats are making an expensive effort to flip it.
(FL-13) A new poll shows David Jolly leading Charlie Crist, but there are reasons to be skeptical By Jeff Singer
Rep. David Jolly is one of the most endangered Republicans in the House, but a new survey for St. Pete Polls for the blog Florida Politics gives him a small 46-43 lead over Democrat Charlie Crist. Back in June, just before Jolly officially announced that he would drop his Senate bid and run for re-election in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, St. Pete Polls showed the two tied 44-44. This sample gives Hillary Clinton a 47-40 lead in this St. Petersburg seat, which would represent a drop from Obama’s 55-44 victory here four years ago.
(MI-01) Lon Johnson (D) MI-1st District Candidate and Gun Reform (with poll) By Chxmi
Here’s a funny introductory ad from Democrat Paul Clements, a college professor running against Republican Rep. Fred Upton in Michigan’s 6th District.
The contest for New York’s 19th Congressional District, an open Hudson Valley seat has been an unusual race to handicap.
One of the hackiest of hack congressmen, Republican Pat Meehan of PA-07 will be noticeably absent when Trump comes back to collar counties of Philadelphia in his district to try to bamboozle the well educated suburban women with a phony child care plan. Trump is doing very poorly in the collar counties of PA and that accounts for his losing this state.
(WA-05) WA-05 DEBATE DATES SET- Joe Pakootas Against McMorris Rodgers By peagreen
Joe Pakootas has dates set to debate Cathy McMorris Rodgers. The first week of October there will be back to back debates. The second one to be recorded by the Spokane PBS station, KSPS, broadcast later in the evening and rebroadcast the following week.
(House-Var) Attack ad tying Darrell Issa to Trump leads slate of new Democratic House ads
By Kerry Eleveld
Why does Darrell Issa, the wealthiest member of Congress, think Donald Trump is "the obvious choice" for president? His Democratic rival, Doug Applegate, has the answer in his new campaign ad: they're two peas in a pod.
State, County, Local and more
(AZ-Maricopa Sheriff) While Sheriff Arpaio continues his birther stunt, the county coughs up another $4.5M to defend him By Mother Mags
Donald Trump may have abandoned birtherism as an official talking point, but his most notable brother in bigotry, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, soldiers on! Soon after Trump said on Friday that President Obama was born in the United States (“Period!”) reporters here quizzed the nation’s highest profile birther lawman about whether he too had given up the con.
Voters have an opportunity to finally put an end to California's failed experiment with the death penalty by passing Proposition 62, and replacing it with a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
Having lived in California for 20 years, voting in the Golden State is more complicated than just casting your ballot for a Democrat. California has a wacky initiative process that registered voters must sift through every year that can quickly get confusing. This November, we will have 17 ballot propositions to vote from—which is highly confusing. You can sift through the voter pamphlet, or check out Ballotpedia. Or you can do what Los Angeles activist Damian Carroll did, who summarized all seventeen measures in haiku.
(FL- Co.Clerk) Ronnie Fussell's Reign of Error By SamDuval
It’s time to stop Fussell’s reign of error at the Clerk’s office. Vote Paula Bartlett for Clerk of Courts on November 8th! To find out more or to donate, go to electPaula.org
(NC-Gov) Breaking: Roy Cooper calls for release of Charlotte officer-involved shooting video UPDATED By SteelerGrrl
North Carolina Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Roy Cooper, has released a statement calling for the videos of Tuesday's officer-involved shooting to be released to the public.
(NC-Gov) Pat McCrory's trail of lies about the press questions he never actually took By Kerry Eleveld
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCory has been avoiding questions from the press ever since the one-two punches of being ditched by both the NCAA and the ACC over his anti-LGBT HB2 law. He knew how to fix that: Just fabricate his own questions and plant them at an event. This story from Charlotte Observer reporter Taylor Batten reveals so many Pat McCrory pants-on-fire lies that it's hard to keep track, so let's number them, shall we?
(NC-Gov/Sen) Siena Poll Has Cooper (D) & Ross (R) Leading McCrory (R) & Burr (R) By poopdogcomedy
Well-educated white voters are rejecting Republican candidates in North Carolina, and it might just be enough to jeopardize the chances of Donald J. Trump to win the presidency and his party to keep the Senate.
(ND-StHouse) Facing the Storm: Chase Iron Eyes Runs for North Dakota Congress By MattRemle
“I’m running for Congress out of necessity. I take a look around and I see that our government is broken, and I feel responsible to do my part to try and fix this on behalf of North Dakota.” –Chase Iron Eyes --On the second day of the North Dakota Democratic convention, the party decided to endorse Chase Iron Eyes from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is challenging U.S. Rep Kevin Cramer, a Republican.
(NH-Gov) The first poll of New Hampshire's governor's race gives Republican Chris Sununu the lead By Jeff Singer
Monmouth takes their first look at New Hampshire’s statewide races. In the Senate contest, Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte posts a 47-45 edge over Democrat Maggie Hassan. The HuffPost Pollster average has the two deadlocked 44-44, so this poll isn’t a massive shock. However, Hillary Clinton leads 47-38 in the Granite State, indicating that Ayotte is running far ahead of Donald Trump. Other polls have found a gap in Ayotte’s favor, but it hasn’t usually been this large. (Clinton has an average lead of 42-37.) Monmouth also gives us our first look at the gubernatorial race between Democrat Colin Van Ostern and Republican Chris Sununu since they won their nominations last week, and Sununu starts with a 49-43 lead.
(NY-StSen) Bribery Charges Shake Up New York State Senate Race By DemDames
An unfolding federal corruption investigation could have a major impact on the Senate race in New York’s 42nd District where longtime Republican incumbent John Bonacic faces Democratic challenger Pramilla Malick.
Here are today's Senate and gubernatorial polls: AZ-Sen: Insights West: John McCain (R-inc): 53, Ann Kirkpatrick (D): 35 (37-33 Trump).
General
(Sen-House-Var) Ad Roundup: Democrat Doug Applegate tied Donald Trump to Darrell Issa By Jeff Singer
Guides and Tools
The "SOS" List: Your Go-To Tool for GOTV! by Goodwhich
“SOS” stands for Secretary of State, the officials who oversee elections and how they are conducted in each state in our union. General Voting, Volunteer Info.
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