House News & Analysis

Candidate Conversation - Leslie Cockburn (D)

December 15, 2017 · 2:26 PM EST

Leslie Cockburn (D)

Candidate for Virginia’s 5th District

Interview Date: Nov. 9, 2017

Date of Birth: Sept. 2, 1952; San Mateo, Calif.

Education: Yale (1974); Univ. of London (Masters)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Trump carried this central Virginia district with 53 percent in 2016, but…

Candidate Conversation - Ben McAdams (D)

December 15, 2017 · 2:25 PM EST

Ben McAdams (D)

Candidate for Utah’s 4th District

Date of Birth: Dec. 5, 1974; Salt Lake City, Utah 

Education: Univ. of Utah (2000), Columbia Law School (2003)

Political Office: Salt Lake County mayor; state Senator (former)

Current Outlook: Rep. Mia Love narrowly lost her 2012 congressional bid to incumbent Jim…

Candidate Conversation - Max Rose (D)

December 15, 2017 · 2:24 PM EST

Max Rose (D)

Candidate for New York’s 11th District

Interview Date: Dec. 12, 2017

Date of Birth: Nov. 28, 1986; Brooklyn, N.Y.

Education: Wesleyan (2008); London School of Economics (Master’s, 2009)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: Republican Rep. Dan Donovan won this seat in a special…

No One Is Afraid of a Government Shutdown

by Nathan L. Gonzales December 8, 2017 · 12:47 PM EST

Call me crazy, but I'm not sure we won't see a government shutdodwn, even though Congress managed to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the government through Dec. 22. Why? Because no one in Washington is particularly afraid of a government shutdown.

Democrats aren’t afraid of a government…

Nebraska 2: Organizing for Omaha

by Leah Askarinam December 1, 2017 · 2:28 PM EST

Democrats are relying on a stable of first-time challengers in their effort to regain the House majority, but their fate may ultimately depend on a handful of defeated Members and re-run candidates.

Of course it’s not impossible (or unprecedented) for a candidate who loses a congressional election to come back…

Candidate Conversation - Dan McCready (D)

December 1, 2017 · 2:27 PM EST

Candidate for North Carolina’s 9th District

Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017

Date of Birth: July 18, 1983; New York, N.Y.

Education: Duke (2005); Harvard (MBA, 2011)

Elected Office: None; First run for office

Current Outlook: McCready gives Democrats a credible challenger in a district President Donald Trump carried 54-43 percent…

Candidate Conversation - Gina Ortiz Jones (D)

December 1, 2017 · 2:26 PM EST

Candidate for Texas’ 23rd District

Interview Date: Oct. 20, 2017

Date of Birth: Feb. 1, 1981; Arlington, Va.

Education: Boston University (Bachelor’s, two Master’s degrees, 2003)

Elected Office: None; First run for office 

Current Outlook: The 23rd District, which stretches across a significant chunk of the Texas-Mexico border, will be…

Candidate Conversation - Josh Butner (D)

December 1, 2017 · 2:25 PM EST

Candidate for California’s 50th District

Interview Date: Oct. 12, 2017

Date of Birth: Jan. 31, 1969; Bethesda Naval Hospital, Md.

Education: Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (Bachelor’s, 1995); Naval Postgraduate School/Naval War College (Masters, 2001); Arizona State Univ. (attended)

Political Office: Jamul-Dulzura School Board

Current Outlook: In 2016, GOP Rep. Duncan…

Candidate Conversation - Mike Braun (R)

December 1, 2017 · 2:24 PM EST

Candidate for Indiana Senate 

Interview Date: Oct. 25, 2017

Date of Birth: March 24, 1954; Jasper, Ind.

Education: Wabash College (1976); Harvard (1978 MBA)

Elected Office: State House; Jasper school board (former)

Current Outlook: The Beltway seems to be focused on the GOP primary feud between Rep. Todd Rokita and…

The Battle for Orange County in the Fight for the House

by Nathan L. Gonzales November 28, 2017 · 10:26 AM EST

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Celina Estrada and Sam Zapata weren’t even born when Republican Ed Royce was first elected to Congress in 1992. Yet a year before the 2018 elections, the two students spent a recent evening knocking on doors in the hills of Orange County, California, to support the…