Author: Janie Valentine
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Five Republican-held U.S. House districts up for election this fall were won by Clinton in 2016
There are five Republican-held U.S. House districts up in 2020 that Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential election: New York’s 24th, North Carolina’s 2nd, North Carolina’s 6th, Pennsylvania’s 1st, and Texas’ 23rd. The five districts voted for Clinton by as many as 24.4 percentage points (NC-02) and as few as 2.0 percentage points (PA-01).…
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Oberweis wins IL-14 Republican primary
Jim Oberweis won the Republican primary for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District on March 17, defeating six other candidates. With 100% of precincts reporting, Oberweis received 25.6% of the vote, followed by Sue Rezin with 22.8%, Catalina Lauf with 20.1%, Ted Gradel with 13.3%, and James Marter with 11%. Jerry Evans and Anthony Catella also ran…
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Newman defeats incumbent Lipinski in IL-03 Democratic primary
Marie Newman defeated incumbent Daniel Lipinski in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. Newman received 47.1% of the vote to Lipinski’s 44.8%. Newman will run in the district’s general election on Nov. 3, 2020. Lipinski is the first incumbent member of Congress to lose a primary in 2020. In 2018, four U.S. House…
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Nunes (R) and Arballo (D) advance to CA-22 general election
Incumbent Devin Nunes (R) and Phil Arballo (D) advanced to the Nov. 3 general election for California’s 22nd Congressional District, defeating three other candidates in the March 3 top-two primary. As of March 11, Nunes had received 56.9% of the vote to Arballo’s 24.8%. The only other candidate with more than 10% of the vote…
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Costa and Cookingham advance to CA-16 general election
Incumbent Jim Costa (D) and Kevin Cookingham (R) advanced to the Nov. 3 general election for California’s 16th Congressional District, defeating two other candidates in the March 3 top-two primary. As of 10:00 a.m. PT on March 5, Cookingham had received 38.5% of the vote to Costa’s 37.5%, followed by Esmeralda Soria (D) with 18.4%…
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Harder and Howze advance to CA-10 general election
Incumbent Josh Harder (D) and Ted Howze (R) advanced to the Nov. 3 general election for California’s 10th Congressional District, defeating four other candidates in the March 3 top-two primary. As of 5:50 p.m. PT on March 4, Harder had received 39.8% of the vote to Howze’s 37.5%. The only other declared candidate with more…
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Siegel and Gandhi advance to TX-10 Democratic primary runoff
Mike Siegel and Pritesh Gandhi advanced to a Democratic primary runoff election for Texas’ 10th Congressional District on March 3. With 97% of precincts reporting, Siegel received 44.0% of the vote, and Gandhi received 33.1%. Shannon Hutcheson was in third with 23.4%. The runoff will be held May 26, 2020. The winner of the primary…
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President Trump endorses former White House physician Ronny Jackson in TX-13 Republican primary
President Donald Trump endorsed former White House physician Ronny Jackson ahead of the March 3 Republican primary for Texas’ 13th Congressional District. On Friday evening, Trump tweeted, “I hope we can get Admiral @RonnyJackson4TX of Texas, who served our Country so well, into the runoff election in #TX13! Ronny is strong on Crime and Borders,…
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Fifteen of 29 of the largest cities holding 2020 mayoral elections have Republican incumbents
Twenty-nine mayoral elections will be held in the 100 largest U.S. cities in 2020. In 15 of those cities (52%), the incumbent mayor is a Republican. In 12 (41%), the incumbent is a Democrat. In one, the incumbent is an independent, and in one the incumbent is nonpartisan. Compared to the entire group of the…