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At the Races: Debt drama may not fuel campaign ads
Hayes won reelection in 2022 by less than a percentage point. The debt ceiling vote could have political implications for lawmakers seeking higher office.
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Hayes won reelection in 2022 by less than a percentage point. The debt ceiling vote could have political implications for lawmakers seeking higher office.
It highlights several Senate and gubernatorial races that the Democrats won in 2022 thanks in part to Republican candidates seen by the voters as “too extreme for their states and district.”
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said on the Senate floor Wednesday that Democrats are “hopeful that she can come back next week.” AOC’s plans: New York Rep.
We’re not convinced that any of this week’s results actually can foretell the outcomes of next year’s elections. But here’s a roundup of some larger themes.
The count: $6 million That’s how much 18 House and Senate members — 15 Republicans, three Democrats — had in unpaid campaign bills after winning their races in November, Federal Election Commission
Polling results from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan would be more helpful to understanding how the electorate may have shifted over the last two years and where it might be headed
With such a closely divided Senate, even subtle changes could matter in the fight for the majority.
With such a closely divided Senate, each race is an important part of the fight for the majority.
Growth at top firms Some of K Street’s biggest firms, which represent multiple clients, posted gains in 2022, defying some expectations of an election year slump.
The campaign arm for Senate Democrats, whose 51-seat majority control in this Congress includes Sinema even though she officially became an independent after the November election, wouldn’t comment
Vance on May 3, 2022 in Independence, Ohio.
Gary Peters will chair the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for a second cycle, as Democrats face a more difficult election map in 2024.
That initial benchmark is derived using Inside Elections’ Baseline, which captures a state’s political performance by combining all federal and state election results over the past four election
Disagreements between McCarthy and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell aren’t new.
I suspect that one of the results of the last election we’ve had is that those lines have begun to fade some because, first of all, the chamber had a very strong record of winning in its endorsement process
But that 4-point slip from 2018 to 2022 is considerably smaller than the 11-point drop picked up by the AP Votecast survey.
Bankman-Fried made more than 130 donations in the 2022 election cycle, including six-figure contributions to Democrats’ House campaign arm, as well as contributions to incoming House Democratic Leader
With the benefit of the 2022 election results, we can look back at which states have evolved and changed the most over the past 10 years and identify the ones that will be the most competitive heading
With the Georgia runoff in the books, Democrats gained a seat in 2022, pushing their Senate majority to 51-49.
Depending on how you look at it, the Georgia contest is either the last Senate battle of 2022 or the first of 2024.