2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

[Virginiá]

Roe? boooooo BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

TN-01 is among the most Republican-leaning seats in the country. We need more competitive seat retirements

[Virginiá]

Democrats dominating Senate fundraising battle

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/10/democrats-senate-fundraising-2018-402087

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[Virginiá]

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.

I wonder how much the House popular vote will be affected by an unusual imbalance in the number of contested seats when all is said and done (few Safe R seats w/o Dem challengers vs more Safe D seats w/o Rep challengers). I'm guessing off the top of my head that most of the uncontested Safe D seats are regularly won by 70%+, so the gains shouldn't be too stark.

[Virginiá]

Desperate Republicans turn to Adelson

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/11/sheldon-adelson-republicans-2018-402098

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[Virginiá]

Nice. He was the only Democrat to win PA-10 in 2016, and overperformed there compared to the other Dems.

How are vacancies for the Auditor's office handled?

[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.

[Virginiá]

Pretty rude for Huerta to drop out right before the deadline, that is, assuming the party didn't know far in advance.

[Virginiá]

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I wonder if Angle could open this seat up for Democrats. NV-02 isn't an impossible district. At 53 - 44 Romney and 52 - 39 Trump, it seems doable with a controversial candidate that has no incumbency advantage.

[Virginiá]

Anyone running against Valadao?

T.J. Cox

Today's DKE digest has some stuff on him.