• MI-Sen: Rep. Elissa Slotkin has earned an endorsement from a third House colleague, Dan Kildee, ahead of the Aug. 6 Democratic primary. Previously, Reps. Haley Stevens and Hillary Scholten gave Slotkin their backing.
• OH-Sen: Rep. Max Miller has averted what could have been an uncomfortable family gathering by endorsing his father-in-law, rich guy Bernie Moreno, in the March 19 Republican primary.
• DE-Gov & Wilmington, DE Mayor: National Wildlife Federation head Collin O'Mara said this week he'll make up his mind in the "coming weeks" about joining the Sept. 10 Democratic primary for Delaware's open governorship, though his decision to loan his campaign $750,000 indicates which way he's leaning. O'Mara, who raised another $123,000 from donors, says he has $870,000 in the bank for a potential race to succeed Democratic Gov. John Carney, who is termed out.
Carney himself expressed interest in running in October in running to replace retiring Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, and he said this week he was getting "closer to launching a mayoral campaign." The governor's fundraising also indicates he's serious about leading Delaware's largest city: Carney took in $111,000 during the final two months of last year, which is more than twice as much as would-be primary rival Velda Potter-Jones brought in during 2023.
• CA-47: Activist Joanna Weiss is airing the first negative ad of the March 5 top-two primary, highlighting state Sen. Dave Min's May drunk driving arrest. The narrator begins, though, by arguing that Min, who like Weiss is a Democrat, "broke his no-corporate money promise."
Only then does the spot show dashcam footage of Min swaying back and forth as he talks to a police officer, with the narrator saying he "drove drunk, lied to the police, and endangered innocent lives." The rest of the ad is devoting to saying that Weiss can be relied on to stand up for progressive values. Both candidates are competing to succeed Senate candidate Katie Porter, who supports Min, in this competitive Orange County constituency.
• CO-05: Former Secretary of State Wayne Williams, per Colorado Politics, says he will decide by the end of January whether he'll campaign to succeed retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn, a fellow Republican. Williams lost reelection to Democrat Jena Griswold in 2018, and while he revived his career the following year by winning a seat on the Colorado Springs City Council, his 2023 bid for mayor ended in a 58-42 defeat against independent Yemi Mobolade.