Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold
Sonny Bono was elected as a Republican in 1994 from a Southern California seat.
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Sonny Bono was elected as a Republican in 1994 from a Southern California seat.
Five seats represents the smallest initial Senate battleground going back to 1994, when The Rothenberg Political Report (Inside Elections’ predecessor) first started rating races.Â
Historically, the party that controls the White House loses seats in the first midterm election after its victory.
Eight Democrat-held seats are considered vulnerable, according to Inside Elections’ initial ratings.
According to the preliminary numbers, 36 percent of voters said they identified as Republicans, where Republicans have been in 10 of the prior 19 elections from 1984 forward.
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the 34th District race Solid Democratic.Â
While the historical midterm trend for the president’s party is ominous in House elections, it’s more mixed in Senate races.
Staying in the House: Speaker Nancy Pelosi will stay in her job though the midterm elections at least, “extending her nearly 20-year run as the House’s top Democrat after she turns 82 and, perhaps
“In order to gain influence with American politicians and candidates, they illegally funneled foreign money into the 2018 midterm elections with an eye toward making huge profits in the cannabis business
The departures come as Democrats face headwinds in the upcoming midterm election cycle.
ANALYSIS — Political observers all know the party holding the White House tends to fare poorly during the midterm elections.
Most partisan waves take place during midterm elections (e.g., 1958, 1966, 1974, 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2018).
The contest looks close, but I still find it difficult to believe Menendez will lose during a midterm election about Trump.
Whether the progressives’ irritation builds into something more threatening to Schumer’s leadership could hinge on how much, if any, momentum the party’s left wing sees in the midterm elections and
Given the current political polarization, the normal midterm dynamic (which punishes the president’s party) and the added risk of losing open seats, it’s likely that most of those 25 GOP districts will
The National Rifle Association went into the 1994 midterm elections with a plan: Target politicians who had voted for that year’s crime bill.