Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed former Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe’s run for Congress in the state’s 7th Congressional District. McAuliffe, the wife of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and a State Department official during the Biden administration, launched her campaign on Wednesday. ”Dorothy McAuliffe has spent her life fighting for children…
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), a Democratic titan of the House, announced Thursday that he will seek reelection this year for an 18th term, ending the speculation that he was ready to retire at the end of this Congress. Speaking to reporters in South Carolina, Clyburn, 85, said he will file the paperwork to run again…
The GOP is pushing to pass one more major piece of legislation before the November midterm elections, while the Senate is expected to pass a bipartisan housing bill and gas prices are expected to remain high due to the Iran conflict. Original News Source – The Hill
Leaders We Deserve, the political group co-founded by gun control activist David Hogg, has endorsed state Sen. Nathan Blouin (D) and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez in open primaries for House seats in Utah and New York, respectively. Blouin is running in a crowded primary field for The Beehive State’s newly drawn Salt Lake City-based 1st Congressional District. Other contenders include former Rep….
The former Justice Department attorney who complained to a federal judge about being overwhelmed by the caseload resulting from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations announced on Wednesday that she is running for Congress. Julie Le, who is running as a Democrat to challenge incumbent Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), lists immigration reform, education funding and…
President Trump endorsed Texas Republican Brandon Herrera in the race to replace outgoing Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Wednesday evening. Gonzales dropped out of the race under pressure from GOP leadership after it became public that he had an affair with a former staffer in his office, who later died by suicide. Herrera, the top…
President Trump lashed out at Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, accusing the seven-term Republican of opposing the president’s agenda and urging Kentucky voters to replace him in Congress. In a visit to a packaging plant in Hebron, Ky., which lies in Massie’s 4th Congressional District, Trump said Massie’s vote against the president’s “big beautiful…