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I'm working on curating a list of declared Democratic challengers to Republican House incumbents in 2026. Here is the list so far, a good-looking batch of 107 fresh faces: Democratic challengers 2026 The FEC currently lists about 1,153 House...
by joeknapp
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on Wed Sep 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM PDT
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Scranton mayor launches House bid in Pennsylvania swing district Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti (D) launched her bid for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district on Tuesday, teeing up a challenge against incumbent Rep. Rob Bresnahan...
by cbastian
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on Tue Sep 02, 2025 at 06:03 PM PDT
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Not a huge story, here. I have been running phone banks for Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in Florida for the past month or two. But I need to save democracy AND get my steps in. So, I’m going to try and shift phone bank duty hosting duty to others.* I went...
by netop
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on Sun Oct 27, 2024 at 01:20 PM PDT
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In the excitement about MVP Harris I feel that another important goal has been lost. We’re falling for the same trap we always do in a Presidential year — we focus so heavily on the race for ...
by bilboteach
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on Fri Aug 23, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● Primary Night: Arizona's new embrace of...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Jul 30, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The math is looking quite good for taking back the House of Representatives right now. We’ve gained one seat thanks to Rep. Tom Suozzi winning a special election a few months ago. This offsets ...
by bilboteach
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on Wed Jun 19, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● NV-Sen: Republican Jeff Gunter, who served as...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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One might think that there’s no possible way a progressive could hold down a seat that Donald Trump won twice. Yet that’s the case in Pennsylvania’s 8th district, where six-term incumbent Rep. ...
by bilboteach
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● MI-08: Michigan politicos were taken aback when...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Jan 04, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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In order to win back the House of Representatives, we need to gain a net of 5 seats from the Republican Party. I’ve already posted � an overview � of the entire House landscape for the 2024 ...
by bilboteach
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on Wed Dec 06, 2023 at 03:31 AM PST
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● NC-06: Bo Hines, who was the 2022 GOP nominee for...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Fri Nov 10, 2023 at 05:00 AM PST
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Mon Aug 28, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.
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by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from Daniel Donner, David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert and David Beard. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Apr 11, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Republicans may soon find out that the only thing worse than losing the House is winning it. That’s because the foundation on which the GOP’s new majority rests is as shaky as they come—and that’s no mere opinion. It’s an unassailable fact, borne out...
by David Nir
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on Thu Dec 01, 2022 at 06:30 AM PST
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Mon Oct 31, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Morning Digest: New polls see GOP leads in key races to decide control of North Carolina's top court The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Subscribe to...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Oct 06, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Tue Sep 20, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Aug 17, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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