Author: Janie Valentine
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30 Democratic-held U.S. House districts up for election this fall were won by Trump in 2016
There are 30 Democratic-held U.S. House districts up in 2020 that Donald Trump won in the 2016 presidential election. Incumbents have filed for re-election in 28 of the 30 districts. Most are expected to be among the House's most competitive elections in 2020. The 30 districts voted for Trump by as many as 30.8 percentage…
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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,…