Posts Tagged ‘Ted Lieu’
American Crossroads, Brad Zaun, California, Chris McDaniel, Club for Growth, Elan Carr, Eloise Gomez Reyes, Gene Taylor, Iowa, Karl Rove, Lesli Gooch, Mississippi, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Paul Chabot, Pete Aguilar, Rep. Buck McKeon, Rep. Mike Honda, Rep. Steven Palazzo, Ro Khanna, Sen. Thad Cochran, Staci Appel, Steve Knight, Ted Lieu, Tom Carey, Tony Strickland
In House, Primary, Senate on June 5, 2014 at 10:12 am
Mississippi
Now with 100% of the precincts finally reporting, US senatorial challenger Chris McDaniel and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) are advancing to a Republican run-off election on June 24. The primary ended in a razor-thin result, as we now all know, with McDaniel finishing first and coming within 1,702 votes of clinching the nomination. Because McDaniel and Cochran virtually split the votes evenly – McDaniel 49.4 percent; Cochran 49.0 percent – realtor Tom Carey’s 1.6 percent finish forced the two major candidates into a secondary election.
Though the spread between the two leaders is only 1,386 votes, McDaniel is already establishing early momentum for the run-off. With analysts conceding that McDaniel has the more committed following, and therefore a base of support more likely to vote in a summer run-off election, the signs are pointing to an upset. While the Club for Growth is committed to spending on McDaniel’s behalf in the run-off, Karl Rove’s American Crossroads 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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California, Gov. Tom Corbett, Jim Burn, Mike Barley, Pennsylvania, Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. Mike Honda, Ro Khanna, Rob McCord, Ted Lieu
In House on February 11, 2014 at 12:41 pm
California
Delegates from the California Democratic Party met in regional caucuses this past weekend to vote on a first round of official party endorsements. If a candidate becomes the party endorsed candidate, he or she is then placed on statewide slate mailers and can receive access to party campaign resources. At this preliminary endorsement level, a candidate must receive 70 percent of the voting delegates’ support in order to be placed on a consent calendar for pro forma approval at the Democratic State Convention. Falling short of the 70 percent plateau means further individual voting will occur at the convention, held this year on March 7-9 in Los Angeles.
With the state now instituting a jungle primary system where the top two finishers in the June 3 election advance to the general election irrespective of partisan preference, political party endorsements become more important. Therefore, these regional and Continue reading >
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Antonio Villaraigosa, California, Debra Bowen, Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Richard Bloom, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Ted Lieu, Wendy Greuel
In House on February 6, 2014 at 12:59 pm
California Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D) surprise retirement announcement last week undoubtedly caught the Golden State’s Democratic establishment by surprise, but the local pols have quickly regained their bearings.
Two political heavyweights jumped into the race in the past three days, and it is possible that this could be the duo who qualifies for advancement to the general election. Los Angeles city controller and defeated mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel (D) and state Sen. Ted Lieu (D) have both officially entered the congressional race. Feminist Sandra Fluke (D), who came to prominence when Rush Limbaugh attacked her on his national radio program, says she isn’t entering the congressional campaign, but will run for Lieu’s now open state Senate seat.
Already members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation are taking sides, as is former mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) announced her support for Greuel, while Rep. Karen Bass (R-CA-37) will back Sen. Lieu. The Continue reading >
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