2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

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This is as big as when the Dems landed Evan Bayh in 2016.

Yes, but minus the baggage.

Dino Rossi is a sore loser ass-hat.

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NC CD-13: Atty & philanthropist Kathy Manning (D) launches run vs Cong Ted Budd (R) ... and he's concerned enough about it that Budd launches anti-Manning website within one day of her announcement.

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From looking over www.politics1.com, the Democrats now have candidates in 219 of the 239 Republican held Congressional districts (leaving out the districts in Ohio and Pennsylvania with Republicans who have recently resigned/will resign.)

The site seems to be missing Rex Berry running for the Democrats in the Oklahoma 1st Congressional District.

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These are the only districts left with no announced Democratic candidates (in brackets are the Republican House members)
1.Alabama 1, (Bradley Byrne)
2.Idaho 2, (Mike Simpson)
3.Kansas 1, (Roger Marshall)
4.Kentucky 5, (Hal Rogers)
5.Louisiana 1, (Steve Scalise)
6.Louisiana 4, (Mike Johnson)
7.Louisiana 5, (Ralph Abraham)
8.Michigan 10, (Paul Mitchell)
9.Mississippi 3, (Gregg Harper)
10.Missouri 3, (Blaine Luetkemeyer)
11.North Carolina 3, (Walter Jones)
12.North Carolina 8, (Richard Hudson)
13.Ohio 6, (Bill Johnson)
14.Ohio 8, (Warren Davidson)
15.Oklahoma 3, (Frank Lucas)
16.Tennessee 6, Open Seat
17.Utah 1, (Rob Bishop)
18.Utah 3, (John Curtis) But, special election just held there. Kathryn Allen listed as a potential candidate.
19.Wisconsin 7 (Sean Duffy) Barb Linton is listed as a potential candidate.
20.Wyoming, (Liz Cheney)

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Can any of the Democrats running defeat Will Hurd?

Apparently this person is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination:  http://jayhulings.com/

but there are a couple other credible candidates also running.  I'd call all three of them second tier candidates though.
https://www.judycanales.org/
https://ginaortizjones.com/

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Can any of the Democrats running defeat Will Hurd?

Apparently this person is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination:  http://jayhulings.com/

but there are a couple other credible candidates also running.  I'd call all three of them second tier candidates though.
https://www.judycanales.org/
https://ginaortizjones.com/

Will Hurd is perceived as moderate and is a great campaigner. I think he can keep it close despite the climate.

Yes, this is why I was asking.  I saw him in an interview and was very impressed.

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MARYLAND: Policy consultant Maya Rockeymoore Cummings (D), wife of Cong Elijah Cummings, ended her run for Governor today. Rumors floating in MD her husband will retire and she will jump into race for his seat.

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FL CD-27: Ex-Clinton Admin Health Secy & ex-Univ of Miami Pres Donna Shalala (D) is likely to soon jump into this open congressional seat race, per @politico

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The West Virginia filing deadline is today.  Anyone have any updates?

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The West Virginia filing deadline is today.  Anyone have any updates?

http://wvmetronews.com/2018/01/28/candidates-list-almost-final-for-may-primary/

By Jeff Jenkins in News | January 28, 2018 at 2:30PM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — There appeared to be no big surprises on the final day of candidate filing for the May Primary Election in West Virginia.

None of the lists are final because there’s a chance some candidates filed by mail before Saturday’s midnight deadline and the Secretary of State’s Office hasn’t received the information yet.

From the current list, there will be seven candidates for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. That includes two Democrats, including Manchin, and five Republicans.

All three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives have multiple candidates including the 3rd District where Rep. Evan Jenkins is running for U.S. Senate. No less than 11 candidates want that seat, seven are Republican.

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The West Virginia filing deadline is today.  Anyone have any updates?

Probably the final slate

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

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AL/3: former Miss America Mallory Hagan is apparently exploring

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Kentucky filing deadline was today.  Anybody have any updates?

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'Proco' Joe Moreno has dropped out.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-moreno-drops-out-of-race-for-congressional-seat-given-up-by-gutierrez/

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Kentucky filing deadline was today.  Anybody have any updates?

John Yarmuth facing a potentially serious challenger:

One hour before Tuesday's filing deadline, a prominent member of Gov. Matt Bevin's Cabinet, Health and Family Services Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, filed for the 3rd District Congressional seat.

Glisson's family and friends stood alongside her as she launched her surprise campaign to unseat Yarmuth.

"I want Louisville to succeed, and I want Louisville to become a city that is strong and robust," Glisson said.

Glisson has resigned as head of the largest agency in state government, where she served as Bevin's point person for his controversial plan to change the Medicaid program in Kentucky. Now she's challenging the incumbent in a heavily Democratic district.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/37387352/record-number-of-candidates-file-for-upcoming-kentucky-elections

Full list:
http://apps.sos.ky.gov/elections/candidatefilings/statewide/default.aspx?id=4

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Bad news for Democrats: In the Indiana 8th district, Jonathan Weinzapfel has decided to not run after Democrats tried to recruit him and in the 9th district 2016 nominee Shelli Yoder have decided to not run against Freshman carpetbagger Republican Trey Hollingsworth leaving the Democrats with only a slate of second tier candidates (I gather Dan Canon is emerging as the favorite.)

OK news for Democrats: Robert Kennedy Jr (no relation) who ran against Doug Jones for the Democratic nomination for the U.S Senate is running against Bradley Byrne in Alabama 1st.  Alabama 1st was one of just 13 districts where the Democrats don't have a candidate yet. 

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Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez dropped out of the race in Illinois 4th.

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New Mexico filing deadline was today?  Anybody have any updates?

Yes, I know, I've ended up answering my own question twice now when asking this (on different states.)

As an added bonus: http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/30/libertarian-party-achieves-major-party-s
Libertarian Party Achieves "Major Party" Status in New Mexico

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New Mexico filing deadline was today?  Anybody have any updates?

Yes, I know, I've ended up answering my own question twice now when asking this (on different states.)

As an added bonus: http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/30/libertarian-party-achieves-major-party-s
Libertarian Party Achieves "Major Party" Status in New Mexico

I believe this is the final list:
https://candidateportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/CandidateList.aspx?eid=112&cty=99

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My incomplete fundraising encyclopedia. The figures are from the net contributions, and do not include loans made to the campaign by the candidate or other organizations. Only candidates that raised a noteworthy amount of money were included (usually around $100,000, but I made some exceptions here and there).

2017 Quarter 4 Fundraising

ARIZONA

Arizona's 2nd (Martha McSally - R)
Ann Kirkpatrick (D) - $399,311
Lea Marquez Peterson (R) - $207,465

Arizona's 8th (Trent Franks - R)
Phillip Lovas (R) - $118,885
Hiral Tipernini (D) - $67,086

Arizona's 9th (Kyrsten Sinema - D)
Greg Stanton (D) - $600,630
Steve Ferrara (R) - $141,064

CALIFORNIA

California's 25th (Steve Knight - R)
Katie Hill (D) - $252,342
Steve Knight (R) - $237,544
Bryan Caforio (D) - $205,069
Jess Phoenix (D) - $157,321

California's 39th (Ed Royce -  R)
Mai Khanh Tran (D) - $175,029
Gilbert Cisneros (D) - $133,255
Sam Jammal (D) - $121,275

California's 45th (Mimi Walters - R)
Brian Forde (D) - $401,798
Katie Porter (D) - $261,075
Mimi Walters (R) - $229,061
David Min (D) - $212,092

...

Did you compile this from Opensecrets.org?

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New Mexico filing deadline was today?  Anybody have any updates?

Yes, I know, I've ended up answering my own question twice now when asking this (on different states.)

As an added bonus: http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/30/libertarian-party-achieves-major-party-s
Libertarian Party Achieves "Major Party" Status in New Mexico

https://candidateportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us/CandidateList.aspx?eid=112&cty=99

Not all of the names mentioned on the www.politics1.com site are running, but with the exception of Jerald Steve McFall who is running for the Republicans in the 3rd district, everybody who is running is listed at http://www.politics1.com/nm.htm

Obvious favorite candidate:
Jasen Lemar Edwards (Write-In) - Self-Proclaimed Head of His Own One-Man Foreign Government

So, if he's the head of his own foreign government, why is he running for Congress?

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The Ohio filing deadline was today.  Anybody have any updates?

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The Ohio filing deadline was today.  Anybody have any updates?

Though Wednesday was the filing deadline for major party congressional candidacies, petition signatures must be certified by elections officials before the candidates’ names make the ballot.

While those certifications have not yet occurred, the state is on pace to have a Republican and Democrat on the ballot in all 16 congressional districts this year, just as they did in 2016.

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180207/whopping-19-candidates-are-seeking-pat-tiberis-old-congressional-seat

Not all of the districts are in that news story, but the quote is.

1st
Republican
Steve Chabot
Samuel Ronan

Democratic
Aftab Pureval

2nd
Republican
Brad Wenstrup

Democratic
Janet Everhard
Jill Schiler

3rd
Democratic
Joyce Beatty

Republican
James Burgess
Abdulkadir Haji

4th
Republican
Jim Jordan
Joseph Miller

Democratic
Norbert Denneril
Janet Garret
Leah Sellers
Cody James Slatzer-Rose

5th
Republican
Bob Latta
Todd Wolfrum
Robert Kreienkamp

Democratic
James Neu
J Michael Galbraith

6th
Republican
Bill Johnson
Robert Blazek

Democratic
Werner Lange
Shawna Roberts
Richard Olivito

7th
Republican
Bob Gibbs
Terry Robertson
Patrick Quinn

Democratic
Ken Harbaugh
Patrick Pikus

8th
Republican
Warren Davidson

Democratic
Bill Ebben
Vanessa Enoch
Matthew Guyette
Stephen Shaw
Ted Jones

9th
Democratic
Marcy Kaptur
Joshua Garcia

Republican
Steve Kraus
Keith Colton
W. Benjamin Franklin
Mackenzie Levindofske

10th
Republican
Mike Turner
John Mitchel
John Anderson

Democratic
Theresa Gasper
Robert Klepinger
Michael Milisits

11th
Democratic
Marcia Fudge

Republican
Beverly Goldstein
Gregory Dunham

13th
Democratic
Tim Ryan
John Luchansky
Robert Crow

14th
Republican
David Joyce

Democratic
Betsy Rader

15th
Republican
Steve Stivers

Democratic
Ryan Hupp
Rob Jarvis
Rick Neal

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Open/Special Election Districts

12th
Republican
Melanie Leneghan
Kevin Bacon
Troy Balderson
Gary Chiero
Lawrence Cohen
Carol O'Brien
John Adams
Jon Halverstadt
Tim Kane
Patrick Manley
Myrl Shoemaker

Democratic
Jackie Patton
Danny O'Connor
Doug Wilson
John Russell
Ed Albertson
John Peters
Zach Scott

16th
Republican
Anthony Gonzalez
Christine Hagan
Michael Grausenmeyer

Democratic
Mark Dent
Aaron Godfrey
T.J Mulloy
Grant Goodrich
John Wilson
Susan Moran Palmer

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Yesterday was the filing deadline in Indiana and Alabama.  The Republicans don't have a candidate against Terri Sewell in Alabama. 

So far Democrats have 66 candidates in 66 Republican held districts in Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, Kentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Alabama and Indiana while Republicans have candidates in 27 of 32 Democratic districts.