2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

[henster]

Recruitment for the Senate Ds has been pretty disappointing, still no candidates in the two states(NV,AZ) they must win to even break even in the Senate. 

[henster]

Ds should consider mounting a serious challenge against Chris Collins, I remember Lee Terry made that stupid comment about his paycheck during the shutdown in 2013 and it cost him.

[henster]

Ds should consider mounting a serious challenge against Chris Collins, I remember Lee Terry made that stupid comment about his paycheck during the shutdown in 2013 and it cost him.

Looks like Kathy Hochul is being recruited for a rematch against Collins hopefully she follows through with it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/us/politics/health-care-vote.html

[henster]

State Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D) is reportedly eyeing a run in VA-02 versus Rep. Scott Taylor (R).  By 2016 presidential margin, this is the 30th-most D House seat held by an R.  Source: https://twitter.com/geoffreyvs/status/883353944696737792

The only way former Navy SEAL Scott Taylor is being defeated is by running a vet against him, there is already a former Air Force and Navy vet running right now. Rigell was a former Marine and Nye the last Dem rep worked overseas in Iraq for the State Dept.

[henster]

VA-GOV has me feeling down on Dems for 2018, the Gillespie campaign is a good preview of what you will see from candidates across the country. Linking Dems to whatever bogeyman group whether it be MS-13/Antifa and using wedge issues like statues or the pledge. These issues seem to enough to bring home dissatisfied Rs and a good chunk of Indies who disapprove of Trump.

[henster]

I do wonder how much a Dem vs. Dem Gov/Senate race will really help Ds. How many Rs are really that motivated to come out for Senate and Governor candidates who are going to lose anyways and have no $$ to motivate voters. House Rs will be spending millions on TV and ground game more than any Senate or Gov candidate would if they made it through top 2.

[henster]

Shocking how little Senate polling we have so far. Virtually nothing for WV, PA, WI, ND, IN, MT, OH.

[henster]

This Green Beret Matt Reel is running in Marsha Blackburn's open seat he's a Dem so its probably hopeless but he has a really great intro video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9NbjyBeRLo

[henster]

Gallego should have ran for the Flake seat, it would've been a good matchup against McSally who is going to endlessly talk about her military service.