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Rasoul and Davis Slightly Ahead in Virginia Lieutenant Governor Contests
Photo: Rasoul for Lieutenant Governor, Davis for Lieutenant Governor The race to replace scandal-plagued Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax is a clown car: there are currently 6 Democrats running for the position and 6 Republicans, for a total of 12 candidates. 4...
Four Rating Changes in Virginia House After Q1 Finance Reports
As of very early Friday morning, the campaign finance reports for every candidate running for the Virginia House of Delegates became available on the Virginia Department of Elections site. After combing through these reports, we only have 3 changes as a result of the...
Virginia Democrats Go Head-to-Head in Gubernatorial Debate
Tonight, the Democratic Party of Virginia held their first debate for the 2021 statewide primaries. The five candidates running to become the next Governor of Virginia are former Governor Terry McAuliffe of Fairfax County, State Senator Jennifer McClellan of Richmond...
Can Laura Kelly Survive the Midterm?
Kansas, who will you vote for this time? With the 2022 election season slowly ramping up it’s time to take out first look at the competitive races that we’ll see. In this article we’re going over Kansas, where incumbent Democrat Laura Kelly is in for what will likely...
Preview: Special Election in Virginia’s 38th State Senate District
On Tuesday, there will be a special election in Virginia's 38th State Senate District in Southwest Virginia to replace the late Ben Chafin. I decided to take a look at what a good performance for the Democrats could look like, finding out the best performing Democrat...
Estimating the 2020 Election Results in the Virginia House
The four months following the 2020 Elections have been a whirlwind, to say the least. The fervor, meticulosity, and ubiquity that for months accompanied any and all mention of November 3rd seems, on the surface, to have died down. However, there is still much to glean...
Primaries in New Jersey Legislature Heating Up
Besides Virginia, New Jersey is the other state hosting statewide elections this year, with the Governorship, and all the seats in the State Senate and Assembly up for grabs. Democrats are in no danger of losing their majority in either chamber, with the question of a...
First Look: Evers Looks at Tough Re-Election Campaign Amid Polarizing Pandemic
Photo: Tony Evers for Wisconsin Evers, the former state superintendent, won his bid for governor in a year of Democratic gains in the House while then President Trump’s approval rating was underwater. This time, it is a bit different. President Joe Biden won Wisconsin...
Our First Look: The Virginia House of Delegates
In a turn of events not seen since the 1980’s, each member of the Virginia House of Delegates will likely have to run for re-election three years in a row due to the chamber having to operate using the current district lines, which were drawn a decade ago. This trend...
How Our Bang for Your Buck Content is Made
Last year, we saw a tremendous increase in campaign fundraising during the election season. Up and down the ballot, candidates raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the 2020 general election. However, grassroots donors on both sides of the aisle burned a...