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Special Election For Farenthold’s Seat Set For June 30
When Farenthold resigned on April 6, state election laws prohibited the governor from scheduling an election until the Nov. 6 midterms.
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When Farenthold resigned on April 6, state election laws prohibited the governor from scheduling an election until the Nov. 6 midterms.
Farenthold did not retire until April 6, so the next special election couldn’t be held until the same day as the midterm elections, Nov. 6.
He did the same last year, ahead of Gianforte’s 6-point special election victory over Democrat Rob Quist. The night before the special election, Gianforte attacked Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs.
A shopper looks over the merchandise at the Pence’s Exit 76 Antique Mall in Edinburgh, Ind., on April 6.
You can read more analysis of these races and each of the 36 races for governor in the April 6 issue of Inside Elections. Three move in favor of Democrats.
The new numbers are alarming for Democrats, as it showed Applegate, who narrowly lost to Issa in 2016, dropped 6 points and is no longer in the lead as he was in a poll from two months ago.
The two remaining candidates, both Democrats, pediatrician Mai Khanh Tran and former Obama administration official Sam Jammal, had 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively.
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The Count: 6 So far, six campaigns have staffers who have opted to unionize, all of them with candidates who are liberal Democrats.
Trump carried it by 6 points. EMILY’s List got involved early for Betsy Dirksen Londrigan. She also has support from Schakowsky and Senate Minority Whip Richard J.
The committee angered some liberal groups with its involvement in the primary for Texas’ 7th District, which was held on March 6.
Stage Set for 6-way Democratic Primary in Georgia 7th -
The Illinois Republican is one of being targeted by Democrats in 2018, and Trump carried his district by 6 points in 2017.
An automated poll commissioned by Jenkins and conducted by Harper Polling March 5-6 showed Jenkins ahead with 29 percent of likely GOP primary voters, followed by Blankenship with 27 percent and Morrisey
Updated 6:28 p.m. | Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran announced Monday he will resign from the chamber effective April 1, giving way to a special election in November.
GS Strategy Group surveyed 500 likely primary voters Jan. 6-9. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the general election race a
Laura Moser is running in the crowded March 6 primary in the Houston-based 7th District.
GS Strategy Group surveyed 500 likely primary voters Jan. 6-9.
The first congressional primary election of 2018 is on March 6 — only a few weeks away. The midterm elections are just nine months away. We do not have a minute to waste. Reps.
Harper Polling surveyed 500 Republican primary voters Feb. 5 to 6 via landlines phones using Interactive Voice Response. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.