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At the Races: Political diss-course
Some of the AFT PAC’s biggest expenditures included $1 million each to two major Democratic super PACs, House Majority PAC and Senate Majority PAC.
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Some of the AFT PAC’s biggest expenditures included $1 million each to two major Democratic super PACs, House Majority PAC and Senate Majority PAC.
Last week the “crosspartisan” group Issue One released a report finding that about 1 in 8 congressional staffers are not making a living wage.
Wesley Hunt, who is running for the GOP nomination in Texas’ 38th District, hauled in more than $1 million in the most recent fundraising quarter and holds $1.5 million in the bank.
representation: Even as Democrats attack Republicans with “Jim Crow 2.0” rhetoric for opposition to voting rights legislation, some of the GOP’s rising-star fundraisers, such as Texan Wesley Hunt, who hauled in $1
Cuellar, a Democrat who is facing a rematch from progressive Jessica Cisneros in the March 1 primary and a raft of potential Republican opponents, said he would “fully cooperate in any investigation.”
Big money: The GOP outside group One Nation, an affiliate of the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC, launched a $1 million TV, radio and digital ad campaign in West Virginia this week targeting, you
Jim Ryun, who held the world record for several distances (his 800-meter record, 1:44.3, was an estimated time based on the 1:44.9 he logged in an 880-meter race in 1966 — according to Wikipedia).
The count: 297 That’s how many ballots postmarked on or before Monday, Nov. 1, weren’t counted in the special election primaries for Florida’s 20th District because they didn’t arrive at the supervisors
Just 33 percent of Democrats approved of “the way Congress is handling its job” in the poll taken Oct. 1-19, down from 55 percent in September.
The 22 Republicans targeted by the DCCC raised a combined $11.1 million, averaging $508,000 each and ending the quarter with an average $1 million on hand.
Abby Finkenauer, who announced she raised more than $1 million in the third fundraising quarter.
The court has until Nov. 1 to finalize the map — and several groups have promised legal challenges — but candidates are already starting to announce bids for the newly drawn 8th District, north of Denver
Unconventional wisdom: The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Dec. 1 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a potential challenge to the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Ryan also did not know if or when his Senate campaign would hold in-person events again, noting that he is quarantining until Oct. 1.
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Up first is Colorado, where nonpartisan commissioners have until Oct. 1 to send their final maps to the state Supreme Court.
Valenzela’s narrow loss, by just 1 point, to Republican Beth Van Duyne last fall — at the same time the district’s voters backed Joe Biden over President Donald Trump by 5 points — was one of many
“We were outspent 4-to-1 and being a part of that was special. Being there from the get-go would’ve made it that much sweeter.”
She won by just over 1 point.