2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

[cinyc]

Because Bellone is probably waiting until King (who is unbeatable) retires. He'd be the favorite in an open seat

Probably but my point was NY is still blue heavy an hates the Donald but dems seem to have a an early recruiting problem here

NY-2 doesn't hate Trump.  It voted 53-44 for Trump.  Suffolk County and the south shore of Nassau County that is in NY-2 isn't as heavily blue as you think.

[cinyc]

Because Bellone is probably waiting until King (who is unbeatable) retires. He'd be the favorite in an open seat

Probably but my point was NY is still blue heavy an hates the Donald but dems seem to have a an early recruiting problem here

NY-2 doesn't hate Trump.  It voted 53-44 for Trump.  Suffolk County and the south shore of Nassau County that is in NY-2 isn't as heavily blue as you think.

I know it's not heavy blue but King has been making mistakes like Lee Zeldin in skipping town halls that look really bad

Really bad to whom?  The 10 people who know he's skipping town halls?  It hasn't been much of an issue here, where most congressmen are pretty anonymous because there are too many of them to constantly show up on the NYC metro TV news.  At least King pops up on TV from time to time, usually when national security issues come up.

King is the very definition of an entrenched incumbent.  He can get away with skipping town halls and not draw a good opponent.  His seat swung toward the Republicans last cycle, not against them (Obama won the district in 2012).  Zeldin can't get away with that as easily.