AL-6, Avery Vise, Club for Growth, Family Research Council, Gary Palmer, NC-6, Paul DeMarco, Phil Berger Jr., Rep. Howard Coble, Rep. Spencer Bachus, Rick Walker
In House on July 15, 2014 at 10:23 am
AL-6
Retiring Rep. Spencer Bachus’ (R) replacement, for all intents and purposes, will become known tonight. Having voted 74.3 percent for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, suburban Birmingham’s 6th District ranks as the eighth most Republican CD in the country. Therefore, the general election campaign will not prove much of a test for whomever becomes the GOP nominee – either state Rep. Paul DeMarco (R) or Alabama Policy Institute founder and president Gary Palmer (R) – opposing trucking industry analyst Avery Vise (D).
Originally, seven GOP candidates fought for the two run-off spots on June 3, ending with DeMarco placing first with 33 percent and Palmer, in his first attempt in running for public office, garnering 20 percent to secure second position. Four of the five candidates – all but the last place finisher – eliminated in the June 3 primary have each endorsed Palmer. Large segments of the national and local conservative movement are also backing the policy center founder including the Club for Growth and the Family Research Council leadership. DeMarco scores support from the NRA and a large Continue reading >
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Aimee Belgard, Alabama, California, Chris McDaniel, Don Norcross, Gary King, Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Gov. Robert Bentley, Gov. Susana Martinez, Iowa, Joe Baca, John Driscoll, John Lewis, Joni Ernst, Mark Jacobs, Matt Schultz, Mike Rounds, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pat Murphy, Rep. Bruce Braley, Rep. Buck McKeon, Rep. Gary Miller, Rep. Gene Taylor, Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. Spencer Bachus, Rep. Steve Palazzo, Rep. Tom Latham, Rep. Travis Childers, Rick Weiland, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Sen. Thad Cochran, South Dakota, Staci Appel, Steve Lonegan, Swati Dandekar, Ted Lieu, Tom MacArthur
In Election Analysis on June 2, 2014 at 11:38 am
Voters in eight states go to the polls tomorrow, making June 3rd the largest single voting day on the primary election calendar.
Mississippi
We begin our analysis in the south, with the premier race of the day. Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran fights to win renomination against state Sen. Chris McDaniel in order to continue his long political career. Cochran was originally elected to the Senate in 1978 and became the first modern-day Republican to represent a Deep South state. He won his House seat six years earlier, in fact on the same day that Richard Nixon was re-elected president.
The latest public opinion polls actually showed McDaniel leading the senator, perhaps as a result of a unified front of national conservative organizations falling in line behind the challenger and spending Continue reading >
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