Former oil and gas executive Alex Mealer, who was backed by President Trump, is projected to defeat state Rep. Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg…
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat in January, is almost certain to win…
A major defense policy bill released by House Republicans on Tuesday looks to maintain limits on how many U.S. troops can be moved from Europe and South Korea and bars construction of the first “Trump-class” battleship until the Navy can prove it has the technology to make it. The draft text of the legislation, known as…
Voters in Texas are weighing in on a handful of House primary runoffs Tuesday. Former Rep. Colin Allred will face off against Rep. Julie Johnson in the 33rd Congressional District’s Democratic primary. Johnson succeeded Allred last cycle after the former lawmaker vacated his seat for an unsuccessful Senate run. In Houston’s 18th Congressional District, two lawmakers, Democratic Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee, are…
A group of nine Democrats urged President Trump to commute the sentences of people serving time for nonviolent marijuana offenses, following his decision to reclassify the drug last month. “The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by capacity issues, both overcrowded and understaffed. While it won’t solve the structural issues that have led us here,…
Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was “disqualifying.” “As I said months ago, I find Platner’s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying,” he wrote…
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging some of the nation’s largest corporations to publicly oppose redistricting efforts by red states in the South that would axe majority-Black congressional districts ahead of the midterms. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250 companies, members of the caucus called on business leaders, including those who have…