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New Democrats’ PAC Adds 12 Challengers to Candidate Watch List
Last cycle, the PAC contributed about $1 million to federal candidates and it expects to give out at least that much this cycle.
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Last cycle, the PAC contributed about $1 million to federal candidates and it expects to give out at least that much this cycle.
Ashford lost re-election to a second term in 2016 to Republican Don Bacon, a former Air Force brigadier general, by just over 1 point.
By David Hawkings and Bian Elkhatib [jwp-video n=”1″] Around 55 members of Congress will be leaving the Hill for good (at least for now) at the end of 2016.
President Barack Obama carried the district by 1 point in 2008 and Mitt Romney carried it by 7 points in 2012. Ashford has been the first Democrat to represent the district since 1995.
But with competitive Senate and gubernatorial races, the two red states will see a combined $1 million from the coordinated campaign.
Fall Forecast: The Top 10 Most Vulnerable House Members [jwp-video n=”1″] Colorado’s Mike Coffman, for example, sits in a district President Barack Obama won by 6 points in 2012.
1. Rod Blum, R-Iowa (1st District) Blum represents a district that Obama has twice carried by double digits.