2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

[smoltchanov]

The Democrats should coalesce around Sara Jacobs in CA-49. We don't need any more 60-something year old businessmen in congress anymore.

Who "WE"? Are you making decisions for every voter in the district?

[Virginiá]

I heard a rumor on Dailykos that local dems in Cali want Applegate to drop out as they are afraid of dirt that might come up on him in the GE

I heard he may run for Orange County Board of Supervisors

Yeah the story makes it sound like he is open to the idea so it must be something bad to make him change his tune

I hope the domestic violence rumors aren't true.

I'm not sure if they are, but if the above local dems rumor is true, then I'm surprised this is being raised as a problem now. This stuff was known in 2016 - I vividly recall reading a news article about it. I had just assumed that it was either not true or no big deal as no one ever brought it up.

[Badger]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

[Bidenworth2020]

The Democrats should coalesce around Sara Jacobs in CA-49. We don't need any more 60-something year old businessmen in congress anymore.

or we could, instead of backing a #Resistance 28 year old who thinks she is entitled to the seat, we could run an experienced, compassionate environmental attorney.

[King Lear]

Democrats need to unite behind Applegate, because he’s the most electable candidate.

[136or142]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

http://www.politics1.com/ga.htm
District 6:
Karen Handel (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Kevin Abel (D) - Businessman & Community Activist
Bobby Kaple (D) - Ex-TV News Anchor & Journalist
Sam Levine (D) - Attorney

Filing deadline, March 9.

[BuckeyeNut]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

Who cares? We’re not winning GA-06. Get someone good in 07.

[YE]

Can we actually get a politician for once in a district like GA-06?

[Skill and Chance]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

Who cares? We’re not winning GA-06. Get someone good in 07.

I really don't understand the obsession with GA-07 on this forum.  Trump got over 51% there.  Meanwhile, GA-06 was almost tied and looks barely less attractive than the two suburban Texas districts Dems are aggressively targeting, yet almost everyone here is saying it's a waste of time because a random 28-year-old who didn't live in the district narrowly lost while matching Clinton's PV numbers in the district?!     

[Holmes]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

Who cares? We’re not winning GA-06. Get someone good in 07.

GA-06 falls before GA-07.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

Who cares? We’re not winning GA-06. Get someone good in 07.

Definitely disagree, actually I think we may pick up GA-7 this cycle.
GA-06 falls before GA-07.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Ossoff will not run again in GA-06

So who will? (Other than Handel of course).

Who cares? We’re not winning GA-06. Get someone good in 07.

That's unnecessarily defeatist considering GA-06 is not even a remotely safe Republican seat anymore the way it used to be.

[junior chįmp]

So something I was looking at earlier...judging by the record amount of retirements this mid-term combined with all the potential GOP losses, the 116th House of representatives will most likely be the first House that is minority Baby Boomers:



As you can see above, the first Boomer was elected to the House in the 1970 midterms, they became the majority in 1995 after the 1994 mid-terms, and peaked in 2007 just before the economy collapsed in the Great Recession.

[136or142]

Candidates in Georgia 7
District 7:
Rob Woodall (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Shane Hazel (R) - Business Development Manager & Iraq War Veteran
Kathleen Allen (D) - Risk Manager & Progressive Activist
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) - Ex-State Senate Budget Director & Ex-Congressional Aide
Melissa Davis (D) - Government Budget Analyst & Community Activist
David Kim (D) - Learning Center Chain CEO & Community Activist
Ethan Pham (D) - Attorney & Ex-Software Developer
Steve Reilly (D) - Attorney, Army Veteran, Democratic Activist & '12 Nominee
Toddy Lentz (Independent) - Retired Defense Contractor Analyst, Journalist & Navy Veteran

http://www.politics1.com/ga.htm

[Jeppe]

Carolyn Bourdeaux and David Kim are the front-runners on the Democratic side.

[Hindsight was 2020]

I'm having trouble finding a source but apparently the GOP did an internal for Nunes that has in in serious danger of losing to Janz

[LimoLiberal]

I'm having trouble finding a source but apparently the GOP did an internal for Nunes that has in in serious danger of losing to Janz

Where did you see this originally? I'm very interested.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

I'm having trouble finding a source but apparently the GOP did an internal for Nunes that has in in serious danger of losing to Janz

Excellent, it seems his obstruction of justice will not go unpunished!

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

CA 22nd is a very red district, and it would have been Safe R just a few months ago. But, Nunes is doing everything possible to try to lose the district (barring pedo stuff), and he's done a darn good job at that so far, so much so that this thing is probably only Lean R today. If there was a runoff between Nunes and Janz held today, I would have to say that Nunes would only scrape by 53-47 or so.

[Doimper]

I'm having trouble finding a source but apparently the GOP did an internal for Nunes that has in in serious danger of losing to Janz

Where did you see this originally? I'm very interested.

Yeah, I'm also curious about this.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I'm having trouble finding a source but apparently the GOP did an internal for Nunes that has in in serious danger of losing to Janz

Where did you see this originally? I'm very interested.

Yeah, I'm also curious about this.

Me too, though I find it believable.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Devin Nunes is an utter disgrace for even congress.

[Hindsight was 2020]

I was checking around social media and can't find a source. It could be the person I heard this internal from is mistaking the PPP poll from January

[PragmaticPopulist]

ND-AL: State Senator John Grabinger (D-Jamestown) is running. He first won in 2012 as Romney was carrying his district 57-40, and easily won reelection in 2016, 59-41, even as Trump was carrying it 63-28.

[Dr. Arch]

ND-AL: State Senator John Grabinger (D-Jamestown) is running. He first won in 2012 as Romney was carrying his district 57-40, and easily won reelection in 2016, 59-41, even as Trump was carrying it 63-28.

Wow, sounds like a good candidate on paper.