Campaigns · 116th Congress
At the Races: New year, same politics
Republicans are on defense in the Senate, where they enjoy a 53-47 majority.
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Rating change: King retirement weakens GOP hold on New York seat
Andrew Cuomo carried the 2nd by 4 points in 2018, even as King was defeating Democrat Liuba Grechen Shirley 53 percent to 47 percent.
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Beto O’Rourke ends bid for 2020 Democratic presidential nomination
“Hell yes we’re going to take your AR-15’s, your AK-47,” O’Rourke famously said in a Democratic debate in September. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”
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Medicaid at issue in 2019 races for governor
Edwards took 47 percent of the vote, but Rispone and third-place finisher Rep. Ralph Abraham combined for a majority with 27 percent and 24 percent, respectively.
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Democratic polls show competitive House races in Texas
Kenny Marchant is retiring, 47 percent of respondents supported a Democrat while 46 supported a generic Republican.
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Jedi impeachment politics: Wrong your conventional wisdom could be
Removal from office would require 67 senators to vote to convict him after a trial, and Democrats (and independents who caucus with them) hold only 47 Senate seats.
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Beto O’Rourke campaign reported Texas state lawmaker’s AR-15 tweet to FBI
O’Rourke received some of the loudest applause of the night on the Democratic presidential debate stage in Houston on Thursday when he said, “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15, your AK-47
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North Carolina’s 9th District highlights trouble spots for both parties
McCready won those precincts with 58 percent of the vote in 2018; this year, he got only 47 percent. “T
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Why working-class whites aren’t giving up on Trump
In fact, Trump beat Hillary Clinton among whites with a college degree (48 percent to 45 percent), and he and Clinton evenly split (47 percent each) respondents with an income of at least $100,000
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Can Republicans hold on to a North Carolina Trump district on Tuesday?
Trump carried the 9th District with 54 percent of the vote in 2016, but the same poll showed 47 percent of voters here approved of his job performance compared to 48 percent who disapproved.
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Iowa’s Joni Ernst preps for ‘full throttle’ Senate race
Joni Ernst] With Republicans currently controlling the Senate 53-47, Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take over — or three if they win the White House, in which case a Democratic vice president
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Ben Sasse, one of the Senate’s last remaining Republican Trump critics, to seek reelection
The 47-year-old is one of the last remaining members of the “Never Trump” faction in Congress, with many of those who opposed the president in 2016 either retiring or losing primary challenges in
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Kamala Harris backtracks on eliminating private health insurance
A poll released this month by the left-leaning Navigator Research firm found that 47 percent of registered voters would support a Medicare for All program that would provide Medicare to all Americans and
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Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte may run for governor, opening up at-large House seat
The latest Morning Consult tracking survey from April put his state approval rating at50 percent approving to 47 percent disapproving. [jwp-video n=”1″]
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Federal court strikes down Ohio congressional map as partisan gerrymander
Democrats, who won 47 percent of the vote, got 25 percent of the seats. Races in two of the districts, won by Republican Reps.
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Ocasio-Cortez still popular in district despite being unfavorable nationally
Among the Democrats polled, 47 percent view her favorably, 7 percent view her unfavorably and 44 percent haven’t heard enough about her.