The DCCC & DSCC May Be Hopeless– But Progressives Can Still Hold Off A 2022 Red Wave
Republicans see Youngkin’s victory as the first of many wins to come, even facing the challenge of having to dislodge a barrage of incumbent Democratic governors across the ma...
Staten Island Is Crying Out For Change, Not Another Status Quo Conservative– Meet Brittany
I grew up 2 blocks from the Brooklyn part of what is now NY-11, the Staten Island/Brooklyn district that keeps swinging back and forth between conservative Republicans and conse...
Endorsement Alert In Kentucky– Meet Chris Preece
Other than KY-03 (Louisville), KY-06-- which includes Fayette (Lexington) and Franklin (Frankfort) counties-- is the only congressional district in Kentucky where a Democrat has...
Endorsement Alert: Steven Holden for New York’s 24th
This cycle, expect NY-24 to be one of the most avidly contested congressional races in the country. Won by Obama twice, by Clinton in 2016 and last year by Biden-- 53.4% to 44.4...
Blue America Has 2 New Candidates This Week
One of the hardest things in electoral politics is to make an effective case to oust an incumbent in a primary. We've just endorsed two congressional candidates who are working ...
Abandoned By The DCCC 2020
With a tiny handful of exceptions-- basically Kara Eastman, Joyce Elliott and Dana Balter (who is running in a D+3 district)-- Cheri Bustos and her DCCC have once again decided ...
Julie And Mike– The Key To Flipping Texas
Many Texas voters-- particularly in the suburbs and exurbs around Dallas-Ft Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio-- are sick of Trump and giving up on his enablers. And wheth...
WA-10: It’s Progressive Beth Doglio vs Corporate Conservative Marilyn Strickland
Republicans aren't competitive in Washington's 10th district-- basically most of Thurston County (Olympia) and part of Pierce County (Tacoma area). With incumbent Denny Heck ret...
Progressive Democrats Have Clear Shots To Flip Several Red Districts Blue
In an OpEd for the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, Rahm Emanuel celebrated the idea of "Biden Republicans," basically conservative GOP voters who have had enough of Trump and a...
Lessons From Marie Newman’s Big Win
Technically, you can't call Marie Newman "Congresswoman Newman" until January when the Speaker swears her in. But in IL-03-- a district where Trump didn't get to 40% of the vote...
DCCC Lost All The Races Yesterday– But Progressives Did Well
Last night 3 important congressional races ended. Nancy Pelosi, Cheri Bustos and their DCCC need to think closely about what happened. One contest was a primary in Omaha and two...
Don’t Let Their Corruption Kill Off Our Champions
As you know, the DCCC has a rule about primaries. It was promulgated by Cheri Bustos and Nancy Pelosi: any political operative who works against an incumbent Democrat is cut off...
