Tag: Congress

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins renomination over three challengers

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    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) defeated challengers Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Badrun Khan, and Sam Sloan in the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th Congressional District. As of 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time on June 23, Ocasio-Cortez had received 73.8% of the vote to Caruso-Cabrera’s 18.6%. This was Ocasio-Cortez’s first primary after she unseated incumbent Joseph Crowley in the…

  • All candidates in New York’s 10th District Democratic primary complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) recently completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Nadler, a 28-year incumbent and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is running for re-election in New York’s 10th Congressional District. He joins Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog, the two other candidates in the race, in completing a Candidate Connection Survey. Ballotpedia asks all…

  • Scott Taylor wins Republican nomination for VA-02, sets up rematch with Elaine Luria

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    Scott Taylor defeated Ben Loyola and Jarome Bell to win the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. Taylor had received 48.2% of the vote to 28.3% for Loyola and 23.4% for Bell as of 8:00 PM Eastern with 74% precincts reporting. Taylor served a single term in the U.S. House before…

  • Cawthorn defeats Bennett in NC-11 Republican primary runoff

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    Madison Cawthorn defeated Lynda Bennett in North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District Republican primary runoff Tuesday. With 60% of precincts reporting, Cawthorn had received 66% of the vote to Bennett’s 34%. Former incumbent Mark Meadows (R) did not seek re-election and left office early to serve as White House chief of staff. Meadows, along with President…

  • Massie defeats challenger McMurtry in KY-04

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    Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated challenger Todd McMurtry in the Republican primary for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. As of 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Massie had received 88.2% of the vote to McMurtry’s 11.8%. McMurtry was Massie’s first primary challenger since he was elected in 2012. Election forecasters project Massie is a solid favorite to defeat the…

  • 2,989 major party candidates filed for 2020 Congress elections

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    As of June 22, 2,989 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 453 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 362—185 Democrats and 177 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Republicans-Issue 23 (June 17, 2020)

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    This week: Riggleman is third incumbent to lose nominating contest in 2020, Trump endorses Messner in Senate primary in NH, Plurality of voters undecided on challenge to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes On the news Where do Republican and conservative pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On…

  • Heart of the Primaries 2020, Democrats-Issue 23 (June 17, 2020)

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    This week: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and KY’s two largest newspapers endorse Booker for Senate, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC makes first-ever expenditure, Steve Marchand not running for governor of New Hampshire On the news Where do Democratic and progressive pundits and commentators disagree? Each week, we bring you excerpts that highlight differing views. On protests and coronavirus…

  • 2,972 major party candidates have filed for the 2020 Congress elections

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    As of June 15, 2,972 major party candidates have filed to run for the Senate and House of Representatives in 2020. So far, 448 candidates are filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for U.S. Senate. Of those, 360—184 Democrats and 176 Republicans—are from one of the two major political parties. In 2018,…

  • Filing deadline passes for congressional candidates in Connecticut, New Hampshire

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    On June 11 and June 12, the major-party filing deadline passed to run for U.S. Congress in Connecticut and New Hampshire, respectively. The Connecticut filing deadline had previously been June 9, but it was moved to June 11 by Governor Ned Lamont’s (D) executive order in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In Connecticut, neither U.S. Senate seat…