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Complete 2Q fundraising charts! For the House, we've got every incumbent plus all notable challengers—588 candidates in all

Daily Kos Elections 2Q 2024 House fundraising reports roundupwww.dailykos.com Quarterly fundraising reports for congressional candidates covering the period from April 1 to June 30 were due at the Federal Elections Commission on July 15 by midnight ET. Below is our chart of fun...

Morning Digest: What Bob Menendez's conviction means for New Jersey's Senate race #NJSEN

Morning Digest: What Bob Menendez's conviction means for New Jersey's Senate racewww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

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There are varying definitions of which places belong to the cultural region of Appalachia. None of them include Republican Sen. J.D. Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

Morning Digest: Why Trump's pick for VP could wind up undermining Trump #OHSEN

Morning Digest: Why Trump's pick for VP could wind up undermining Trumpwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

WATCH: Daily Kos political director @davidnir.bsky.social & TN state Rep. Justin Jones discuss the importance of focusing on downballot offices with Mark Thompson at #NN24

Mark Thompson interviews Daily Kos' David Nir and Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones.www.youtube.com Mark Thompson interviews Daily Kos political director David Nir and Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones on Friday, July 12, at Netroots Nation in Baltimore.

Morning Digest: Vulnerable Washington Republican plays 3D chess to keep career afloat #WA04

Morning Digest: Vulnerable Washington Republican plays 3D chess to keep career afloatwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading Off...

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At moments like these, when news is breaking fast and emotions are running hot, it's more important than ever that we behave responsibly.

Reminder: Daily Kos does not and will not tolerate conspiracy theorieswww.dailykos.com At moments like these, when news is breaking fast and emotions are running hot, it's more important than ever that we behave responsibly. At Daily Kos, that means all of us—staff and community members...

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An important reminder about covering breaking news.

An important reminder about how to cover breaking newswww.dailykos.com Whenever breaking news hits, there’s a mad scramble, in outlets across the world, to be the first with the most. But, as WNYC wrote in 2013, “In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong...

Morning Digest: Utah's top court opens door for fairer maps—but not this year

Morning Digest: Utah's top court opens door for fairer maps—but not this yearwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Democrats have major opportunities to make gains in state supreme courts this year—and even flip one from red to blue. That's why Daily Kos is proudly endorsing six candidates running for the top courts in MI, NC & OH

Daily Kos proudly endorses 6 candidates for state supreme courtwww.dailykos.com The United States Supreme Court is lawless, unhinged, and out of control. Led by an ill-gotten far-right supermajority, our highest court has issued an increasingly berserk series of decisions aimed ....

Morning Digest: How an election conspiracy theorist could lose ... in a GOP primary

Morning Digest: How an election conspiracy theorist could lose ... in a GOP primarywww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

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Utah's Supreme Court *finally* will release its ruling tomorrow in the case challenging Republican gerrymandering. Oral arguments were held one YEAR ago on July 11, 2023. This delay ensured the GOP's gerrymanders were used in 2024 even if the court rules for plaintiffs regarding future elections

Morning Digest: What happens if Arizona passes dueling ballot measures to reshape its elections?

Morning Digest: What happens if Arizona passes dueling ballot measures to reshape its elections?www.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading ....

What happens if a pro-abortion amendment and an anti-abortion amendment both pass? Nebraska may be about to find out.

Morning Digest: Two red states could vote to restore abortion rights this fallwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Leading ....

Morning Digest: Court blocks yet another discriminatory GOP map, this time in Mississippi

Morning Digest: Court blocks yet another discriminatory GOP map, this time in Mississippiwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast Daily ...

Morning Digest: Joe Arpaio's toxic legacy looms over the race for his old job

Morning Digest: Joe Arpaio's toxic legacy looms over the race for his old jobwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Morning Digest: Santos' ex-treasurer may be meddling in Democratic primary to aid at-risk Republican #AZ01

Morning Digest: Santos' ex-treasurer may be meddling in Democratic primary to aid at-risk Republicanwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

A new super PAC is spending close to $900,000 to sink Matt Gaetz in next month's #FL01 primary, an effort that includes ads linking him to a former friend who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor

New PAC attacks Rep. Matt Gaetz over ties to convicted sex traffickerwww.dailykos.com An outside group called Florida Patriots PAC is spending over $880,000 to tie far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz to former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, a onetime Gaetz friend who pleaded ...

Morning Digest: The nastiest GOP primary in America keeps getting nastier #AZ08

Morning Digest: The nastiest GOP primary in America keeps getting nastierwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Morning Digest: How redistricting reform could upend Ohio politics

Morning Digest: How redistricting reform could upend Ohio politicswww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

America's oldest ally is about to hold momentous elections that could usher in France's first far-right government since Vichy, so we've brought @taniel.bsky.social from @bolts.bsky.social on to The Downballot podcast this week to break everything down for us

French snap elections previewplayer.captivate.fm <p>Momentous elections are taking place in just days in France, so we've brought Bolts editor-in-chief Daniel Nichanian on this week's episode of "The Downballot" to give us the complete picture....

Morning Digest: Why a tiny primary could have big implications for November #NY17

Morning Digest: Why a tiny primary could have big implications for Novemberwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Morning Digest: Three Trump picks just got blitzed

Morning Digest: Three Trump picks just got blitzedwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Polls have closed in Colorado and New York's downballot primaries, with Utah to follow at 9 ET/7 local time. We'll be liveblogging the key contests, plus the South Carolina runoffs, on this big night!

Live coverage: June 25 primaries in Colorado, New York, and Utah, plus runoffs in South Carolinawww.dailykos.com Downballot primaries continue tonight with races in four states. The first polls close in South Carolina at 7 PM ET. We'll begin our live coverage at 9 PM ET when polls close in Colorado and New York.

Morning Digest: How Boebert's district switch could still cost the GOP her seat #CO03

Morning Digest: How Boebert's district switch could still cost the GOP her seatwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Tuesday is PACKED with primaries, and @jeffsinger.bsky.social previews what to watch. Will Trump's picks, including one who wants McConnell and Lindsey Graham executed, win? Who gets nods in battleground seats? And how does the most expensive House primary EVER go? www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

Pastor who called for Lindsey Graham's execution on verge of winning House seatwww.dailykos.com Multiple House members are fighting for renomination Tuesday on one of the biggest primary nights of the year. Far-right icon Lauren Boebert will find out if her plan to swap House seats in Colorado ....

Morning Digest: How Matt Gaetz is fighting off McCarthy's revenge tour #FL01

Morning Digest: How Matt Gaetz is fighting off McCarthy's revenge tourwww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

The campaign of far-right pastor Mark Burns, a Trump endorsee who's called for Lindsey Graham & Mitch McConnell to be executed for treason, somehow secured a $750K bank loan without any collateral except for "future contributions" to his campaign #SC03

$750K loan fuels right-wing Pastor Mark Burns' congressional bid. Unclear how he'll pay it back.www.postandcourier.com Upstate Pastor Mark Burns could very well become South Carolina's next Congressman. He's also nearly one million dollars in debt.

Morning Digest: Virginia's 2025 race for attorney general just got underway #VAAG

Morning Digest: Virginia's 2025 race for attorney general just got underwaywww.dailykos.com The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team. Subscribe to The Downballot, our weekly podcast ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao learned she'll face a recall two days before the FBI raided her house.

Oakland mayor learns she'll face recall election two days before FBI raids her housewww.dailykos.com Election officials in Alameda County, California announced Tuesday that the campaign to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao had turned in enough signatures to force a vote, a development that came two ...