Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D. GA) in support of U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D. NV) re-election campaign: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D. NV) Democrats just took control of the Senate, and Mitch McConnell and the GOP are already scheming to restore their power in 2022....
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Doesn’t sound like a safe incumbent to me: x NEW from me tonight at 10 on @WJTV . Sen. @Cindyhydesmith won't commit to debating @MikeEspyMS at this time. Take a listen. pic.twitter.com/Ot6NldJoHw— Gerald Harris (@GeraldHarrisTV) October 8, 2020 Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who less than a week ago said she...
From The Huffington Post: x YouTube Video NextGen America, which focuses on turning out voters under age 35, is expanding its target list to include Senate races in Alaska and South Carolina, and House elections for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District and Kansas’ 2nd and 3rd Congressional districts. The group, funded...
Some very good news out of South Carolina today: x #SCsen: The @dscc just announced a “seven-figure” investment in South Carolina after @harrisonjaime (D) was tied with @LindseyGrahamSC (R) in a recent poll. Buy will support TV ads, polling, field org etc. Read more about how SC has become competitive...
Some more encouraging news out of Texas today courtesy of Morning Consult’s latest poll: x Texas Senate GE:Cornyn (R-inc) 44% (+6)Hegar (D) 38%@MorningConsult 7/24-8/2https://t.co/hxLcpCRxJcâ Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) August 4, 2020 No Senate candidate is running statistically ahead of his or her party’s presumptive presidential nominee in the four states, mirroring...
Monmouth University released their Georgia poll today. They found that both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied 47/47 but I wanted to bring attention to the polling in both the U.S. Senate races in Georgia: In the regularly scheduled U.S. Senate election, Republican incumbent David Perdue holds a 49%...
Some more big news today: x Endorsement Alert ð¨ I want to thank the @DSCC and Chair Senator Catherine Cortez Masto. This endorsement signals to my opponent that our grassroots movement to put this country back on track by prioritizing people over politics is a winning solution come November #IDSen...
In case you haven’t heard: Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy drew the first high-profile challenger to his reelection bid Wednesday, when Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins announced his last-minute entrance into Louisiana’s Senate race as the candidate signup period began. All of Louisiana’s incumbent members for Congress who are running for...
Suprisingly, the 2020 Kentucky Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate was probably the major driver for the higher than expected voter turnout (initial estimate of 32% voter participation statewide). Yes, I know that is still a terrible number for any democracy, but the usual voter turnout in Kentucky is around 20%...
Some more big news out of Georgia: x Congratulations @ossoff! With recent polls showing a dead heat in this #GASen race, it's clear that Georgia is in play & Democrats can win this competitive battleground. Help Jon keep up the momentum to flip this seat: https://t.co/62qLybcfWV pic.twitter.com/KBK6LvtkpXâ Senate Democrats (@dscc)...
Received this e-mail today from singer-songwriter Carole King on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in support of MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: MJ Hegar (D. TX) Hi there, First, and most important, I hope you and your family are safe and well. I'm emailing you personally...
Newsweek has a really good piece out about Dr. Al Gross (I. AK) who is running to unseat U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R. AK) that’s worth a read: Dr. Gross, who also is a commercial fisherman, is gunning for Republican Senator Dan Sullivan’s seat. With Gross recently out-fundraising his opponent,...
The progressive Jewish magazine, Forward, has a piece that profiles eight Jewish candidates running for Congress. Four of the candidates profiled are Democrats, including U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Matt Lieberman (D. GA). The other Democrats mentioned are Sara Jacobs (D. CA-53) and Kathy Manning (D. NC-06)....
Received this e-mail from Dr. Al Gross (I. AK) on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: x “It did not have to happen this way.” This is a shocking account of the deadly consequences of inaction by this president, a denial still shared by yes-men like @SenDanSullivan.https://t.co/BBREU85yzN â Dr....
Received this e-mail today from celebrated author and life-long Mainer, Stephen King, on behalf of the DSCC and in support Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon’s (D. ME) U.S. Senate campaign: Sen. Susan Collins (R. ME) & Brett Kavanaugh My fellow Democrats, Listen, I write for a living and I'm not...
Very good move: x I want to help. Email me at corona@dralgrossak.com or reply to this tweet and I'll personally respond. I don't have all the answers, but I'll work tirelessly to make sure that I can either answer your questions, or direct you to another source that can. We...
The Nation has a great piece out right now in which Steve Phillips lists 12 states that he believes that Democrats have a great shot at flipping in this year’s election to give them a Senate Majority: The impeachment trial in the US Senate is clearly a constitutional and moral moment of...
Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), has been coming out of retirement and his presence in the upcoming 2020 Democratic Primary can certainly be felt. While out of office since 2017 and being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the former Nevada Senator has made it his...
Some big news today out of Texas: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Monday endorsed MJ Hegar for Senate, picking the former Air Force helicopter pilot over four other major contenders in the crowded Texas primary field. “Texas has emerged as a battleground opportunity for Democrats up and down the ballot,...
Here’s some big news today out of Alaska courtesy of the DSCC: Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, issued the following statement endorsing Dr. Al Gross in the Alaska U.S. Senate race: “Dr. Al Gross is a lifelong Alaskan who understands the unique needs of...
As we all know, Wall Street donors in the Democratic Party would rather re-elect Donald Trump than allow Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) to become the Democratic nominee. In a clear sign, they are terrified of Warren becoming the nominee, they are now threatening to keep Moscow Mitch and the...
Here’s the latest news out of Maine courtesy of PPP’s latest poll: PPP’s newest Maine poll finds that Susan Collins is in trouble for reelection…and that she’s likely to find herself in more trouble no matter what side of impeachment she comes down on. Collins is unpopular, with only 35%...
Received this e-mail today from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in support of Andrew Romanoff’s (D. CO) U.S. Senate campaign: Really?? Big (bad) news from The Intercept: Senate Democrats' Campaign Arm Is Pressuring Consultants Not To Work With Leading Progressive Candidate In Colorado This is nuts. A progressive governor just...
Since I’m playing catch up with my election diaries, I wanted to make sure you all had a chance to see this episode of the NowThis series, Who Is?, where Rose McGowan narrates this brutal episode that exposes the real U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R. IA): x YouTube Video By the...
Ah, spring. Life is revitalized, and hope renewed. Winter is in the rear view mirror, and the promise of a long, lazy summer fills the windshield. Cast your mind back two years to the spring of 2017. The hopeful, sparkly dew of anticipation in a brand new administration, the smell...
Many, many years ago, all the way back on November 10th, 2016 ore so, Mitch McConnell was one chipper turtle, he was living high on the hog. That’s because the hog had just gotten elected President, but hadn’t actually taken the oath of office yet, so he wasn’t actively screwing...
It’s starting to sink in: Republican Sen. Cory Gardner helped mastermind the GOP’s midterm strategy of pushing Senate candidates closer to President Donald Trump. But heading into his own 2020 re-election bid in Colorado, he’s allowing more distance with the not-so-popular president. And he’s not alone. Sen. Thom Tillis of...