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Today, Dr. Nila Devanath, a hospital physician, announced her campaign for Congress in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. The daughter of immigrants who built their lives in Hampton Roads, Nila is running to fight for the families, veterans, and...
by make757blue
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on Tue Oct 21, 2025 at 05:44 PM PDT
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I find myself in an odd position—being reluctant to trust polling. Specifically, national polling. It’s become obvious that pollsters are scared of underestimating Trump support for a third time. But we’re at a point where polling is so far at variance...
by Darrell Lucus
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on Fri Oct 25, 2024 at 06:00 AM PDT
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It is time to redirect donations away from MVP Harris. She’s raised a gargantuan $530M so far since becoming the Democratic nominee and she will undoubtedly get more campaign cash. GO ahead and ...
by bilboteach
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on Thu Aug 29, 2024 at 04:02 AM 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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MVP Kamala Harris is seeing a surge in donations. This was the latest update I could find. It is probably still close to that number given it is overnight. However, all of that fundraising effort will be in vain if we do not keep the Senate and win...
by bilboteach
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on Mon Jul 22, 2024 at 01:06 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 ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Jun 19, 2024 at 05:00 AM PDT
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With Republicans’ strict abortion bans blanketing nearly the entire Southeast, Virginia has become the last Southern state where pregnant people can access abortion care through fetal viability or to protect their health. Just north of its border with...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Jun 06, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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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 Fri Apr 05, 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 ● NH-02: Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster unexpectedly...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 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. Leading Off ● NY-03: Democrat Tom Suozzi will be returning to Congress after winning Tuesday’s special election...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Feb 14, 2024 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. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● CA-Sen: With ballots about to go out to voters...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled the first round of its “Red to Blue” program for the 2024 election cycle on Monday, highlighting the Democratic House candidates whom the committee thinks have the strongest chance of picking up...
by Jeff Singer
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 01:56 PM PST
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This district is one of the seats that tends to decide who controls the House of Representatives. Since the year 2000, it has belonged to the party that held the levers of power in every election ...
by bilboteach
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on Sun Jul 14, 2024 at 03:31 AM PDT
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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 election. ...
by bilboteach
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on Wed Nov 29, 2023 at 03:31 AM PST
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Twelve House Republicans representing districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020 voted to make Rep. Jim Jordan the speaker of the House on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they had a second chance. They knew that their votes would not be decisive—Jordan would...
by Laura Clawson
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on Wed Oct 18, 2023 at 11:50 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 ● NC-08: Republican Mark Harris, whose 2018 House...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Wed Sep 13, 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. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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Navy veteran Missy Cotter Smasal on Wednesday became the first notable Democrat to announce a campaign against freshman Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican who flipped one of the most ...
by Jeff Singer
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on Wed Sep 06, 2023 at 12:08 PM 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 ● MT-Sen: The latest unflattering story about...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Jul 13, 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. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off ● NE-02: Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Jul 06, 2023 at 05:00 AM PDT
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