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MineralMan

(146,286 posts)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 04:52 PM Jul 2018

Just an experiment here:

Nobody has to answer. I just think it would be interesting to know who DUers' representatives are. If you're nervous about revealing something about your location, just don't reply. Those who reply will be sharing information about their representation, not their address.

Who is your House Representative? Just a name and party is all we need:

Mine is Betty McCollum, Minnesota District 4 in St. Paul and parts of Ramsey County, MN. She's a solid progressive Democrat (DFLer). She has represented her district since 2001. She is running again and will win without trouble. I have personally supported her in every election since 2004, when I moved to Minnesota. You can learn more about her here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_McCollum

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Just an experiment here: (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2018 OP
Chris FUCKING COWARD TRAITOR SUCK UP MORON RATFUCKER Collins... NY 27 pangaia Jul 2018 #1
Thanks. Any chance of unseating him? MineralMan Jul 2018 #8
Well, that is a good question. pangaia Jul 2018 #95
Susan Davis (D) 53rd Congressional District FreeState Jul 2018 #2
Thank you. MineralMan Jul 2018 #3
Juan Vargas (D), 51st Congressional District - haele Jul 2018 #60
Very very close to were I live FreeState Jul 2018 #120
That's very close. haele Jul 2018 #141
Hi there neighbor sdfernando Jul 2018 #97
hey! n/t FreeState Jul 2018 #121
Ken Buck (R) madamesilverspurs Jul 2018 #4
Keith Ellison (D), MN CD5. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #5
Love Keith. I hope the new representative is just as progressive. MineralMan Jul 2018 #11
I think she will be! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #13
Fred (a-hole) Upton, MI district 6. erinlough Jul 2018 #6
Mark Walker. NC-6 mwooldri Jul 2018 #7
John Garamendi, California 3rd. byronius Jul 2018 #9
Hey byronius ! My rep is John Garamendi too! skylucy Jul 2018 #21
Davis is nearly pure blue, it's why I love it. byronius Jul 2018 #24
I'm in Fairfield, but I graduated from UC Davis (Many, many years ago!) skylucy Jul 2018 #123
John Garamendi (D) Doc_Technical Jul 2018 #140
David Cicilline (D) RhodeIslandOne Jul 2018 #10
My Congressman is a jerk. murielm99 Jul 2018 #12
Best of luck! MineralMan Jul 2018 #14
Funny that... Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2018 #15
+100. MineralMan Jul 2018 #38
NM3 - Ben Ray Lujan (D) of the Lujan Dynasty in NM Politics. n/t TygrBright Jul 2018 #16
Yes! Quemado Jul 2018 #44
That's 3 of us Ponietz Jul 2018 #160
Ben Ray Lujan here! rusty fender Jul 2018 #223
Matt Gaetz (R) FL Grammy23 Jul 2018 #17
Tim Ryan, (D-OH 13th) since 2013. Ohiogal Jul 2018 #18
David Cicilline (D), RI Totally Tunsie Jul 2018 #19
Cathy McMorris-Rogers now holds Tom Foley's old seat... EarnestPutz Jul 2018 #20
Great idea! MineralMan Jul 2018 #39
Tom Garrett (R) (VA-05) Yonnie3 Jul 2018 #22
Soon-to-be-evicted Barbara Comstock lagomorph777 Jul 2018 #23
Paul Tonko - Democrat - NY 20th NY_20th Jul 2018 #25
Suzanne Bonamici - D, 1st Congressional district of Oregon. CentralMass Jul 2018 #26
Linda Sanchez, D-CA 38th District. Iggo Jul 2018 #27
Danny Davis, D-IL. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2018 #28
Rod Blum Bettie Jul 2018 #29
So sorry. Mine is Young-not much better. roody Jul 2018 #186
Marc Veasey D- TX33 - Dallas vlyons Jul 2018 #30
We just moved to the Bay Area. I'm guessing secondwind Jul 2018 #31
Wrong guess. One is your Senator and the other is trying to unseat her. Your Representative ... Hekate Jul 2018 #85
Bruce Poliquin (R-Useless, HD 2, ME) GreenPartyVoter Jul 2018 #32
John Ratcliffe (R) TX 4th BaileyBill Jul 2018 #33
Same here! hurl Jul 2018 #105
Man, it looks like you are right next to Gohmert's district too. LeftInTX Jul 2018 #173
Dist. 23, Tx, held by retiring Lamar Smith (good riddance) northoftheborder Jul 2018 #34
Same as me but it's district 21 instead of 23. Dem_4_Life Jul 2018 #122
Steve Kling is my man!!!!!! Cat fight!!!! LeftInTX Jul 2018 #170
Hilarious!!! Who are you volunteering for the special election? Dem_4_Life Jul 2018 #175
Pete Gallego LeftInTX Jul 2018 #185
Cool thanks I will let her know. Dem_4_Life Jul 2018 #210
Done she said she will vote for him. Dem_4_Life Jul 2018 #211
Thank you! Yay! LeftInTX Jul 2018 #229
Oh Duh! Of course it's CD 21. Senior Moment! northoftheborder Jul 2018 #217
GA(10)-Jody Hice (R). Different Drummer Jul 2018 #35
+1 bmpbmp Jul 2018 #57
I like her and plan to vote for her. Different Drummer Jul 2018 #91
FL-27 retiring Ros-Lehtinen (R) Awsi Dooger Jul 2018 #36
Scott Peters (Dem) CA 52nd maveric Jul 2018 #37
Stephanie Murphy FL 7th nt Flaleftist Jul 2018 #40
she's mine also, a breath of fresh air after Mica for so many years nt steve2470 Jul 2018 #198
Adam Smith, WA9 Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #41
Mike Thompson, CA 5th msdogi Jul 2018 #42
Mike Thompson (D) is also my rep. n/t BeeBee Jul 2018 #90
I have horrid reps and senators demtenjeep Jul 2018 #43
Jared Huffman, U.S. Representative for California's 2nd congressional district. lucca18 Jul 2018 #45
My rep is also Jared Huffman for California 2nd Congressional District. nt PufPuf23 Jul 2018 #150
Clay Higgins LA 3rd District IphengeniaBlumgarten Jul 2018 #46
Jacky Rosen NV-3 malchickiwick Jul 2018 #47
Mine, Too Leith Jul 2018 #109
My Rep is Democrat Rick Larsen Washington State 2nd District PearliePoo2 Jul 2018 #48
Ted Deutch - D FL 22nd iscooterliberally Jul 2018 #49
Dave Brat VA-7th underpants Jul 2018 #50
My condolences. N/t FSogol Jul 2018 #78
One more weekend of summer activities and I'm hitting the bricks for Abigail Spanberger underpants Jul 2018 #99
Mine is the republican Daniel Webster. Blue_true Jul 2018 #51
Hey Blue_true! mcar Jul 2018 #138
Ben Ray Lujan, D, New Mexico 3rd. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2018 #52
So far, though, rusty fender Jul 2018 #224
Michelle Lujan-Grisham, D-NM but comradebillyboy Jul 2018 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author ecstatic Jul 2018 #54
Terri Sewell D-AL 7th District mentalsolstice Jul 2018 #55
TX Repub Pete Sessions. ✔SOON to be Dem Collin Allred Wwcd Jul 2018 #56
Peter Welch, D janterry Jul 2018 #58
Georgia, 9th congressional district, Doug Collins (R) Glorfindel Jul 2018 #59
Democrat Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, from Florida's 23rd District FM123 Jul 2018 #61
Dan Kildee (D) MI 5th District Siwsan Jul 2018 #62
Both great guys. GreenEyedLefty Jul 2018 #202
My Mom's extended family and the Kildee family go way back Siwsan Jul 2018 #206
Gerry Connolly D- Northern VA bottomofthehill Jul 2018 #63
Same here. N/t FSogol Jul 2018 #80
Unfortunately. John Shimkus, Illinois 15 th district. Republican POS. justhanginon Jul 2018 #64
Nazi (even looks like one) Brett Guthrie - KY 2nd. Unfortunately. you know the Senators. tonyt53 Jul 2018 #65
Earl Blumenauer 3rd Congressional District Oregon Democrat Kittycow Jul 2018 #66
Jack Bergman (R) MI-01 Kaleva Jul 2018 #67
My congresscritter is Pete Olson -republican Gothmog Jul 2018 #68
My representative is a stupid clown called Bruce Poliquin jpak Jul 2018 #69
Robert Wittenberg - MI-27 (D) theaocp Jul 2018 #70
Robin Kelly (D) IL-2 MountCleaners Jul 2018 #71
Pramila Jayapal!! (D) WA7 ismnotwasm Jul 2018 #72
Represent... BBG Jul 2018 #192
Bradley "The Weathervane" Byrne (R) AL Dist 01. trof Jul 2018 #73
Missouri District 2 (Once the "Gephart Seat"....no more) Moostache Jul 2018 #74
Mark Pocan (D) htuttle Jul 2018 #75
All one million of us MontanaMama Jul 2018 #76
Hi neighbor. Delmette2.0 Jul 2018 #119
Hey Delmette!!! MontanaMama Jul 2018 #147
You got that right. Delmette2.0 Jul 2018 #163
Gerry "Kick-Ass" Connolly FSogol Jul 2018 #77
Mike (gag) Kelly. PA-3. dchill Jul 2018 #79
Jared Polis Colorado 2nd congressional district beveeheart Jul 2018 #81
Dave Loebsack (D) IA-2 jayschool2013 Jul 2018 #82
Yep me too. Dave is a good liberal rurallib Jul 2018 #143
Peter Roskam - (R) IL 6. A real rat. 3catwoman3 Jul 2018 #83
Yeah, that primary made me sad. Tatiana Jul 2018 #104
California 26th District, Julia Brownley (D) Hekate Jul 2018 #84
I am in 24 so Salud Carbajal is my guy. Glimmer of Hope Jul 2018 #157
Jamie Raskin, D, MD 8th Dist. elleng Jul 2018 #86
You're so lucky! Bleacher Creature Jul 2018 #126
Yes, Jamie's great! elleng Jul 2018 #146
I completely agree with you about the big tent/umbrella. Bleacher Creature Jul 2018 #189
Barbara Lee speaks for me and the rest of CA's 13th congressional district. Oaktown homegirl mulsh Jul 2018 #87
Same here, Jamaal510 Jul 2018 #176
Brian Higgins (D) NY CD26th. n/t Niagara Jul 2018 #88
Mike "Hairdo" Bishop (R), MI-8. catbyte Jul 2018 #89
Vapid Chris Stewart, Utah district 2 Hamlette Jul 2018 #92
Eliot Engel (D), NY Congressional District 16 DinahMoeHum Jul 2018 #93
Ohio 6th Bill F----g Johnson Teabagging assshole nt doc03 Jul 2018 #94
Mike Conway (R) TX D11 TwistedTinkerbelle Jul 2018 #96
Raul Ruiz, D-CA 36th District VOX Jul 2018 #98
Don Beyer (D) VA-8 Recursion Jul 2018 #100
Beyer is a good guy. He was Lt Gov under Douglas Wilder and the Excretable George Allen. FSogol Jul 2018 #103
Walter Jones (R) NC 3 ooky Jul 2018 #101
Tom "I only represent Republicans in my district and have fake town halls" Garrett VA-05 phylny Jul 2018 #102
Ugh Control-Z Jul 2018 #106
My condolences. NY_20th Jul 2018 #115
Thank you for the much needed condolences. Lol. Control-Z Jul 2018 #172
Al Lawson (D), Florida District 5 csziggy Jul 2018 #107
Kevin Brady (R) 8th district TX GitRDun Jul 2018 #108
Jackie Speier CA 14th Go Jackie!!!!!! alwaysinasnit Jul 2018 #110
Don mcEachin (D) .nt. drray23 Jul 2018 #111
Peter Welch handmade34 Jul 2018 #112
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Florida District 27 in Miami-Dade County. mia Jul 2018 #113
I'm lucky- Georgia 5, John Lewis. MGKrebs Jul 2018 #114
Wow! GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #193
Wow! Very cool! I agree and I'm envious, too! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #205
Mike Bost - the 12th District of Illinois JimGinPA Jul 2018 #116
Kyrsten Sinema AZ 9 maui902 Jul 2018 #117
Salud Carbajal (D) - CA 24 (nt) petronius Jul 2018 #118
He is my rep too. In Santa Maria wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #182
Jason Lewis (R-MN-02) TheRealNorth Jul 2018 #124
I'm your neighbor in CD5. I, too, hope Angie Craig kicks his ass. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #153
Your district is definitely flippable. MineralMan Jul 2018 #213
Seth Moulton, 6th MA. He's awesome! n/t Blaukraut Jul 2018 #125
John Delaney (D). Bleacher Creature Jul 2018 #127
John Delaney, Democrat, 6th District, MD. kwassa Jul 2018 #128
Joe "You Lie" Wilson, R-SC, and consummate asshole. GoCubsGo Jul 2018 #129
Ted Lieu (D) nt Raine Jul 2018 #130
I'm jealous wonkwest Jul 2018 #152
Me too. Glimmer of Hope Jul 2018 #159
I feel very lucky Raine Jul 2018 #164
Mine as well! Howdy, neighbor! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #174
Hi neighbor! Raine Jul 2018 #177
Rosa DeLauro Connecticut's 3rd congressional district (D) Denis 11 Jul 2018 #131
Adam Schiff ! Kablooie Jul 2018 #132
Green with envy! flying_wahini Jul 2018 #171
Jerry Nadler, NY 10 dhol82 Jul 2018 #133
Kurt Schrader OR 5th District. Enoki33 Jul 2018 #134
Carolyn Maloney, NY 12. nt jrthin Jul 2018 #135
Daniel Webster (barf), FL 11 mcar Jul 2018 #136
Lying Bob Latta Oh 05 blueinredohio Jul 2018 #137
Ryan "No where to be found until he decided not to run again" Costello R-PA 6th SallyHemmings Jul 2018 #139
Defazio here Timewas Jul 2018 #142
Trump suck up Ed Royce Initech Jul 2018 #144
Buddy "Backdoor" Carter (R) District 1 in GA. aikoaiko Jul 2018 #145
Phil Roe District 1 Tennessee SouthernIrish Jul 2018 #148
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM 1st) left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #149
Easy. Pelosi wonkwest Jul 2018 #151
Jim Cooper (D) spanone Jul 2018 #154
Ted Deutch (D), Fl 22nd district Sunsky Jul 2018 #155
Just moved so I had to look it up :) Jim Sensenbrenner WI 5th district Luciferous Jul 2018 #156
He has had that seat since 1979...... LeftInTX Jul 2018 #180
Mike asshole Kelly orangecrush Jul 2018 #158
For the next five months or so, Evan Jenkins (R), WV-3. Staph Jul 2018 #161
Tom Rice lordsummerisle Jul 2018 #162
Mine is Brian Higgins.(D) New York 26..... CatMor Jul 2018 #165
Backbencher Pete Visclosky. Glamrock Jul 2018 #166
I live right down the street from the state line MountCleaners Jul 2018 #201
I too am a region rat. Glamrock Jul 2018 #222
Gutierrez Freethinker65 Jul 2018 #167
Bill Flores Trueblue Texan Jul 2018 #168
Lee Zeldin(R) dmoyer Jul 2018 #169
I'm sorry Danmel Jul 2018 #190
Billy Long, Missouri 7th The Genealogist Jul 2018 #178
Me too. :( Mad-in-Mo Jul 2018 #219
Michael McCaul, effing R, for gerrymandered TX-10 catrose Jul 2018 #179
Salud Cabajal (D) wasupaloopa Jul 2018 #181
The wonderful Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio Cousin Dupree Jul 2018 #183
He's your senator. Who is your rep? GreenEyedLefty Jul 2018 #203
Oops. Sorry. The awful David Joyce. Cousin Dupree Jul 2018 #209
Ron Kind- sort of Dem. Lifelong Protester Jul 2018 #184
Martha McSally Kali Jul 2018 #187
Currently Jared Polis shanny Jul 2018 #188
Auntie Maxine! - (D) CA 43 nini Jul 2018 #191
Lucky you! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #207
Eric Swalwell(D) 15th district CA. nt JCanete Jul 2018 #194
Bill Foster- (D) IL 11 bdjhawk Jul 2018 #195
Suzanne Bonamici (D) Oregon pdxflyboy Jul 2018 #196
Mine is a Democrat turned Republican turned independent turned back to Democrat Jim Lane Jul 2018 #197
Mine is Paul Ryan protegee, Elise Stefanik, NY-21 Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #199
Brenda Lawrence D MI-14 GreenEyedLefty Jul 2018 #200
Debbie Wasserman Schultz HopeAgain Jul 2018 #204
Conor Lamb (D)... for 5 more months scheming daemons Jul 2018 #208
Thanks so much, everyone! MineralMan Jul 2018 #212
Katherine Clark D (MA-5) Tracer Jul 2018 #214
John P. Sarbanes GrapesOfWrath Jul 2018 #215
Carol Shea-Porter zanana1 Jul 2018 #216
Representative Billy Long (R) MO Mad-in-Mo Jul 2018 #218
Steve Womack (R) AR backtoblue Jul 2018 #220
Bob Fucking Goodlatte. nt LexVegas Jul 2018 #221
Lisa Blunt Rochester district Delaware treestar Jul 2018 #225
Mark DeSaulnier (D) CA-11 Fresh_Start Jul 2018 #226
Jim Cooper volstork Jul 2018 #227
...and what has your experiment revealed? brooklynite Jul 2018 #228

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
95. Well, that is a good question.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:40 PM
Jul 2018

This is a HIGHLY repub gerrymandered district. Makes ABSOLUUTEELIE no sense.

The usual.

It is mostly a very republican rural area, some parts quite poor--- With a few towns and a several Buffalo suburbs. No attention whatsoever from the democratic national committees. They tend to focus more on districts that seem more winable.

And Collins hasn't unleashed his $$$$$$$$ yet.
But, stranger things have happened..

His democratic opponent is Nate McMurray. He is highly educated, sharp as a sashimi knife, studied at Xinhua University in Beijing and lived and worked for 18+ years in ROK. His wife is Korean.

I am sure Collins with pull out the racist and COMMIE CHINA cards any time now...

haele

(12,646 posts)
60. Juan Vargas (D), 51st Congressional District -
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:44 PM
Jul 2018

South of I-8, east of 805 - "in the 'hood"
I used to live in North Park, and Davis was my congresswoman then.

Haele

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,669 posts)
5. Keith Ellison (D), MN CD5.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 04:55 PM
Jul 2018

He's running for MN Attorney General this time, but the new DFL candidate for the seat, Ilhan Omar, has an excellent chance of winning this very blue district. https://www.ilhanomar.com/

erinlough

(2,176 posts)
6. Fred (a-hole) Upton, MI district 6.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 04:55 PM
Jul 2018

Write him at least once a week, working to go Dem this year with Matt Longjohn. This part of Michigan has always gone red, but I have a feeling.....

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
123. I'm in Fairfield, but I graduated from UC Davis (Many, many years ago!)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:11 PM
Jul 2018

Davis is a wonderful town.

murielm99

(30,733 posts)
12. My Congressman is a jerk.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jul 2018

Adam Kitzinger, IL 16th Congressional District. We have a good woman running against him, Sara Dady. She lives in Rockford IL, and is an immigration lawyer. Interestingly, she has not run any TV ads yet about her campaign. She has run ads for her law firm.

If I lived just a few miles Southeast, I would be represented by the 17th District Congress woman Cheri Bustos, a Democrat.

I work for Sara'a election, and support Cheri as well.

I am proud to say that my Senators and Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.

Ponietz

(2,957 posts)
160. That's 3 of us
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:36 PM
Jul 2018

He had a town hall in Peñasco Spring, 2017. I was there and spoke to him personally, urging him to recognize and respond to the state of emergency we were entering.

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
20. Cathy McMorris-Rogers now holds Tom Foley's old seat...
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:04 PM
Jul 2018

...here in Eastern Washington. A Trump apologist if
there ever was one. Lisa Brown is running against her
and may have her scared. She's running way more ads
this time around. I love the DFL. I think the Democratic
Party should change their name to Democrat-Farm-Labor
and any Dem should go to Minnesota to announce their
candidacy, just to remind Farmers and Labor who has
their backs.

 

NY_20th

(1,028 posts)
25. Paul Tonko - Democrat - NY 20th
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:13 PM
Jul 2018

Solid and safe blue.

That's why I'm spending efforts on helping flip NY 21 and NY 19.

Bettie

(16,089 posts)
29. Rod Blum
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:17 PM
Jul 2018

District 1, Iowa.

Rod Blum is a horrible excuse for a human being and congresscritter.

He also calls his supporters "The Rod Squad"...which is weird and a little creepy.

ETA: Just in case anyone missed it, he's a Republican.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
30. Marc Veasey D- TX33 - Dallas
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:17 PM
Jul 2018

Fairly progressive. Previously he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2005 to 2013, where he served as Chair Pro Tempore of the House Democratic Caucus. Serves Black and LGBT Equality Caucuses.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
85. Wrong guess. One is your Senator and the other is trying to unseat her. Your Representative ...
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:17 PM
Jul 2018

...is probably Nancy Pelosi, though I don't know where the lines are drawn for your district.

Better find out, because the primaries are already over, and November is coming soon.

Enjoy the Bay Area.

BaileyBill

(171 posts)
33. John Ratcliffe (R) TX 4th
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jul 2018

Catherine Krantz (D) is challenging, but district is rated 8th most Republican in nation.

hurl

(938 posts)
105. Same here!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:50 PM
Jul 2018

It's a depressingly red district, but I have my Catherine Krantz shirt and am hoping for a miracle!

LeftInTX

(25,232 posts)
173. Man, it looks like you are right next to Gohmert's district too.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:28 PM
Jul 2018

I'm in San Antonio. CD-20 Castro (D) is good, but we're surrounded by RWNJs around here too.

northoftheborder

(7,572 posts)
34. Dist. 23, Tx, held by retiring Lamar Smith (good riddance)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jul 2018
Joseph Kopser running a good campaign against Repub. ? (can't remember his name the moment, an unknown) Polls show close race, but hasn't received national attention in media.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
122. Same as me but it's district 21 instead of 23.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:46 PM
Jul 2018

I think his name is Chip Roy that's running against Joseph Kopser. Did you see there is a candidate forum in New Braunfels on Aug 17th at the Comal County Senior Center at 9:30 am for District 21 and our state senate district with my man Steve Kling!!! Have you ever met Steve? I met him early on at a couple house parties. He is beyond awesome and reminds me of Beto!

LeftInTX

(25,232 posts)
170. Steve Kling is my man!!!!!! Cat fight!!!!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:15 PM
Jul 2018

And I don't even live in his senate district. (But I'm glad I don't have the witch of SD 25) I'm in Menendez's SD and Castro is my congressman.


I want to volunteer for Kling's campaign, but I usually end up volunteering for other candidates because they are physically closer to home. Right now I'm volunteering for SD 19 - Special Election. We can't let a Republican get Uresti's seat.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
175. Hilarious!!! Who are you volunteering for the special election?
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:39 PM
Jul 2018

I haven't been paying attention to that race but have a friend in that district who asked me last night who she should vote for.

LeftInTX

(25,232 posts)
185. Pete Gallego
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:01 PM
Jul 2018

Gutierrez was at our CEC meeting last week. He gave a speech and was mean spirited.

Pete has been friends with some of my friends for quite awhile.

Different Drummer

(7,613 posts)
35. GA(10)-Jody Hice (R).
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jul 2018

He is from the same county (Walton) as I am. That's about the nicest thing I can say about him.

bmpbmp

(310 posts)
57. +1
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:40 PM
Jul 2018

What's your take on the Dem running against him? I know she's got no funding, but would like to see her out and about, twittering/facebooking how Hice and Trump are tied tightly.

Different Drummer

(7,613 posts)
91. I like her and plan to vote for her.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:23 PM
Jul 2018

Her Facebook page, at least right now, is a little short on information about her and, although her website has icons on it that are supposed to redirect to Twitter and YouTube pages, they don't redirect (at least, not at the moment). Her website, under the Issues tab, has her platform.

https://www.johnsongreenforcongress2018.com/

 

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)
43. I have horrid reps and senators
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:27 PM
Jul 2018

KS Jerry Moran, Pat Roberts


rep-Roger Marshall worse than what we had before in Huelscamp

We are hoping we get James Thompson

lucca18

(1,241 posts)
45. Jared Huffman, U.S. Representative for California's 2nd congressional district.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:27 PM
Jul 2018

He’s great!
He happened to have had, a town call meeting the day Comey was fired.
Needless to say, that was all anyone wanted to talk about!

46. Clay Higgins LA 3rd District
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:27 PM
Jul 2018

A very embarrassing blowhard, but this is Trump country, alas. There are better choices running against him,q but he’s likely to be re-elected.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
47. Jacky Rosen NV-3
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:28 PM
Jul 2018

She is challenging Dean Heller for one of the country's most-watched Senate races.

To keep her House seat blue, I am volunteering for the Democratic candidate Susie Lee https://susieleeforcongress.com/

She will be facing a true MAGAtard piece of crap, Danny Tarkanian.

Leith

(7,808 posts)
109. Mine, Too
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:03 PM
Jul 2018

I went to the open house at her office at Eastern and Pebble. I was telling the lady sitting next to me how good the chocolate macaroons were - and it turned out I was talking to the lady who made them!

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
48. My Rep is Democrat Rick Larsen Washington State 2nd District
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:29 PM
Jul 2018

My Two Senators are Democrats Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell! The population density west of the “Cascade Curtain” fortunately prevails!

underpants

(182,763 posts)
99. One more weekend of summer activities and I'm hitting the bricks for Abigail Spanberger
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:43 PM
Jul 2018

Very very impressive. Local high school product (not a highly regarded one either), UVa, postal inspector, DEA and CIA with undercover work in each.


Returned home at her girls wish. Started a Girl Scout troop.
Met her twice -in home meet up and at an office opening.
She's done a ton of these in house meet ups. I've seen the number of volunteers at 900 but I think that's a bit overstated. Dan Ward - retired Marine attack jet pilot - heavily outraised her in funding but she carried the primary with 73% of the vote.


https://abigailspanberger.com/

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
51. Mine is the republican Daniel Webster.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:31 PM
Jul 2018

And I work hard everyday not to drink cyanide.

But we have a very good Dem lined up against him this November, MCAR can tell you a lot about her, I visited her website and like what I saw.

mcar

(42,300 posts)
138. Hey Blue_true!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:51 PM
Jul 2018

I just saw Dana tonight at a candidates forum in Citrus. She just got endorsed by the Democratic Women's Club of Florida!

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)
52. Ben Ray Lujan, D, New Mexico 3rd.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:32 PM
Jul 2018

He's just okay. I don't think he does a lot more than show up.

His father, Ben Lujan, was in the New Mexico state legislature from 1975 to 2012, and Ben Ray got elected to Congress based on family connection. One of the very frustrating things about this state is that there's too much of that sort of thing here. Sometimes it's sort of okay. One of our two Senators is Tom Udall, son of the late Stewart Udall. Tom's okay, a nice guy. I've met him several times and he's very pleasant, none of the arrogance that some elected officials have.

comradebillyboy

(10,143 posts)
53. Michelle Lujan-Grisham, D-NM but
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:35 PM
Jul 2018

Michelle is leaving congress to run for governor and her likely successor will be Deb Haaland a Native American.

Response to MineralMan (Original post)

mentalsolstice

(4,460 posts)
55. Terri Sewell D-AL 7th District
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:38 PM
Jul 2018

Believe it or not we do have Dems in AL. In 2014 and 2016 no Repub had the stones to run against her. I don’t know if she has an opponent this year.

 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
56. TX Repub Pete Sessions. ✔SOON to be Dem Collin Allred
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:39 PM
Jul 2018

Allred will end Pete Sessons career in Congress this year.
***TX 32nd District goes BLUE this fall***

Allred is quite a beloved figure in N Tx.
Sessions is like dust on a dashboard

He wins hands down...
Yaaa!
One more red seat about to be flipped to BLUE

Glorfindel

(9,726 posts)
59. Georgia, 9th congressional district, Doug Collins (R)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:42 PM
Jul 2018

He will be in office as long as he chooses to run.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
62. Dan Kildee (D) MI 5th District
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jul 2018

He was on Morning Joe, today. Dan is a great guy - VERY active in community events, when he is in town. I never worry about how he is going to vote.

He took the place of his uncle, Dale Kildee, when Dale retired.

Siwsan

(26,259 posts)
206. My Mom's extended family and the Kildee family go way back
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 06:45 AM
Jul 2018

They were all from the same neighborhood in Flint. I would always get a big hug from Dale when I ran into him at political events.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
64. Unfortunately. John Shimkus, Illinois 15 th district. Republican POS.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:47 PM
Jul 2018

Oh but he loves Jesus. He really loves Jesus. He loves Jesus so much that I guess that is why he votes no on anything that may help those less fortunate and dependably yes on anything that he is told to by the administration.
Did I mention that he really loves Jesus? F'ng hypocrite.
Luckily have two great Senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth.

 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
65. Nazi (even looks like one) Brett Guthrie - KY 2nd. Unfortunately. you know the Senators.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:49 PM
Jul 2018

Sadly, Guthrie will be re-elected in November. But one thing is for damned sure, I will vote for his opponent.

Gothmog

(145,124 posts)
68. My congresscritter is Pete Olson -republican
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:54 PM
Jul 2018

My two senators are
Carnival Cruz (who is evidently not the Zodiac Killer)
"I do not want people marrying Box turtles" Cornyn

I can name by state senator and state house representative if you want

jpak

(41,757 posts)
69. My representative is a stupid clown called Bruce Poliquin
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:55 PM
Jul 2018

He is terrified of reporters from Maine

He once fled toward a **woman's** restroom in the Capitol building to avoid them.

And emerged from the men's room with earbuds tucked in "LALALALALALALALALA"

Spineless dweeb.

https://www.centralmaine.com/2017/05/03/maine-rep-poliquin-reportedly-dodges-question-on-latest-gop-health-bill/

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
71. Robin Kelly (D) IL-2
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:56 PM
Jul 2018

Old, old Democratic district. She's very progressive, then again everyone who comes out of the area is.

trof

(54,256 posts)
73. Bradley "The Weathervane" Byrne (R) AL Dist 01.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:57 PM
Jul 2018

Baldwin County.
Reddest County in the second reddest state.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
74. Missouri District 2 (Once the "Gephart Seat"....no more)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:57 PM
Jul 2018

Republican
Ann Wagner
*serving since 2013.

* The district, based in St. Louis County, is heavily suburban and the wealthiest district in the state. It includes most of St. Louis's southern and western suburbs as well as some of the northern exurbs in St. Charles County and the northern portion of Jefferson County.

*Chair of the Missouri Republican Party for six years, from 1999 until 2005, and
*Co-chair of the Republican National Committee for four years.
*Chairwoman for Roy Blunt's successful 2010 U.S. Senate campaign.

All part of living in Red State Hell here in East Kansas (nee Missouri)

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
76. All one million of us
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 05:59 PM
Jul 2018

in the great state of Montana are represented by Greg Gianforte. It doesn’t get much worse than this journalist assaulting d~bag. I have high hopes he will be unseated by Kathleen Williams https://kathleenformontana.com/.

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
147. Hey Delmette!!!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:15 PM
Jul 2018

Yes. She’s the real deal. Over qualified my many standards. Montana would be ahead of the game if we could elect her.

beveeheart

(1,369 posts)
81. Jared Polis Colorado 2nd congressional district
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:05 PM
Jul 2018

Not running for representative in November, running for governor of Colorado.

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
82. Dave Loebsack (D) IA-2
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:06 PM
Jul 2018

Thank dog for southeastern Iowa. Time for northeastern and southwestern Iowa to join the sanity party. I have little hope for northwestern Iowa.

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
143. Yep me too. Dave is a good liberal
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:00 PM
Jul 2018

But I am an optimist. I have a feeling this may be King's swan song. Scholten is running hard up there.

Fundraising numbers were amazing across the state, so there is hope.

3catwoman3

(23,971 posts)
83. Peter Roskam - (R) IL 6. A real rat.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:09 PM
Jul 2018

One of the most watched house races, from what I am told, and he is thought to be vulnerable. My husband and I worked for one of the Dems running in the primary, who, unfortunately, did not prevail. There were 8 candidates in the Dem primary, and the vote got split too many ways. The woman we worked for won all the districts except the biggest one. The winner is a man, who was criticized for, among other things, never having voted in a primary himself. Kinda ballsy to run in a primary when you have never bothered to vote in one. We will support him, but we're not thrilled about him.

Senators Durbin and Duckworth.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
104. Yeah, that primary made me sad.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:50 PM
Jul 2018

But Casten is still a thousand times better than that wretch Roskam.

Hekate

(90,642 posts)
84. California 26th District, Julia Brownley (D)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:13 PM
Jul 2018

I used to live one district to the north, where Salud Carbajal (D) was my rep.

They're solid people.

Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)
126. You're so lucky!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jul 2018

Delaney is mine, but I live close to the border between him and Raskin. Delaney is fine, but he's no Raskin!

elleng

(130,864 posts)
146. Yes, Jamie's great!
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:11 PM
Jul 2018

Delaney WAS mine, as I lived in Hagerstown for a while and I 'worked' for him; like him too. Was VERY happy to get rid of the old blunderbus!

2 very different guys, Raskin and Delaney; perfect example of Dem's big umbrella!

Incidentally, much of the time I actually live south, in Hoyer's district! but registered and vote in MontCo.

P.S. Received an e.mail from Delaney just now, re: How to create new entrepreneurs. Will send it to you, if you'd like.

Bleacher Creature

(11,256 posts)
189. I completely agree with you about the big tent/umbrella.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:34 PM
Jul 2018

I'm still reserving judgment on Trone, but I obviously am behind him 100% headed into the general.

And yes, I'd love to see the info you got from Delaney! Thanks!

mulsh

(2,959 posts)
87. Barbara Lee speaks for me and the rest of CA's 13th congressional district. Oaktown homegirl
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:21 PM
Jul 2018

Kamala Harris doesn't live here anymore but it's hard to get the town out of the girl, Diane Feinstein once told people in SF to "take your guns over to Oakland and sell them there" when she was mayor. I haven't forgiven her but I vote for her because she's an experienced and effective legislator.

At the state level Bob Bonta is my assemblyman, former Berkeley mayor Nancy Skinner is my state Senator.

The city supervisor for my neighborhood is Noel Gallo

They keep on messing with our letter carriers but for many years our regular carrier was Brian, don't know his last name.

By the way if you don't know who your rep at any level is you can find out by entering a simple "find my...." on Google and you'll get to the right search engine. once there you can get their offices and heck it's always a good thing to send them an email. After all we hire them, they aren't leaders they're our reps.

& yeah, I'm showing off a bit, just a bit.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
176. Same here,
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:43 PM
Jul 2018

and I didn't know about the DF and the "guns to Oakland" thing. That's a little disheartening to hear.

catbyte

(34,367 posts)
89. Mike "Hairdo" Bishop (R), MI-8.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:22 PM
Jul 2018

From Wikipedia:

Michael Dean Bishop is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Not from Wikipedia:

He is a Republican hack, a Trump apologist, and a coward who hasn't had a Town Hall Meeting in almost 2 years. He even stopped his bullshit "Facebook Town Hall Meetings." Folks have taken to pasting his picture to milk cartons in Quality Dairy stores in his district. His voicemail is perpetually full and never answers his e-mails. The district is becoming more purple, so he had better watch his ass this November. He is ripe for a take down.

TwistedTinkerbelle

(137 posts)
96. Mike Conway (R) TX D11
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:41 PM
Jul 2018

Not much chance in flipping it anytime soon. Our district runs from just outside the DFW metroplex to Midland Tx. Lotta rural ground...Small towns, small family owned farms.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
100. Don Beyer (D) VA-8
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:44 PM
Jul 2018

Honestly all I know about him is that he has a car dealership. VA-8 is one of those "foregone conclusion" districts (D+21) so I've mostly concentrated on county politics and, this cycle, dumping Barbara Comstock out of our neighboring VA-10 district.

FSogol

(45,473 posts)
103. Beyer is a good guy. He was Lt Gov under Douglas Wilder and the Excretable George Allen.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:50 PM
Jul 2018

IIRC, he was an ambassador for a while too.

phylny

(8,378 posts)
102. Tom "I only represent Republicans in my district and have fake town halls" Garrett VA-05
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jul 2018

is my non-representative, but he is not running for re-election because he has a problem with alcohol. And taking pictures with white supremacists.

Our senators are Warner and Kaine, who is up for re-election this November.

 

NY_20th

(1,028 posts)
115. My condolences.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:29 PM
Jul 2018

I believe we have a real shot of kicking Rohrabacher out, though.

He's just awful.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
172. Thank you for the much needed condolences. Lol.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:21 PM
Jul 2018

I too feel we have a good chance of kicking him out. Though, I'm new to this district so I have no personal history or experience campaigning against him. And I still need to find a group to volunteer/work with. One where I can be of the most help.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
107. Al Lawson (D), Florida District 5
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:00 PM
Jul 2018

That sprawls from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. He was elected in 2016 when Corrine Brown was indicted for multiple fraud charges that alleged she participated in a scheme to use a phony charity as a personal slush fund.

The redistricting that Corrine Brown had fought completely shifted her district and was part of the gerrymandering Florida Republicans have done since 2010.

Previously I was in District 2 which Gwen Graham had won in 2014 against a Tea Party Republican, Steve Southerland. District 2 is now held by Neil Dunn, another right wing nut Republican.

GitRDun

(1,846 posts)
108. Kevin Brady (R) 8th district TX
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:02 PM
Jul 2018

Lol I went from a Tea Partier in Northern IL to a conservative doofus in TX.....should ask my therapist about this ahahahahahahaha

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
112. Peter Welch
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:20 PM
Jul 2018

good man! and across the aisle we have Sanders and Leahy.... I wish Sanders would go back to work where he belongs (and stay the hell out of the Presidential arena) but other than that I feel we have good representation...


sometimes I long to move to a red state so it feels like I can make more of a difference

mia

(8,360 posts)
113. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Florida District 27 in Miami-Dade County.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 07:21 PM
Jul 2018
Incumbent Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R), who was first elected in 1988, is not seeking re-election in 2018.[1]

The New York Times called Florida's 27th "the best Democratic pick-up opportunity in the country" because of Ros-Lehtinen's retirement.[2] In 2016, the district supported Hillary Clinton (D) by 20 points, the highest margin for any Republican-held district.[3]

The Democratic primary is a five-candidate race that features former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, state Rep. David Richardson, and former Knight Foundation Director Matt Haggman.

Nine candidates filed to run in the Republican primary, with the top candidates being former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro and broadcast journalist Maria Elvira Salazar.



https://ballotpedia.org/Florida%27s_27th_Congressional_District_election,_2018

Rhiannon12866

(205,161 posts)
205. Wow! Very cool! I agree and I'm envious, too!
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 06:40 AM
Jul 2018

But then I have a Paul Ryan acolyte so I'm envious of half of the DUers who replied.

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
124. Jason Lewis (R-MN-02)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:26 PM
Jul 2018

Hopefully the Democrat we select on August 14th (presumably Angie Craig) will kick his mysogynistic butt to the curve.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,669 posts)
153. I'm your neighbor in CD5. I, too, hope Angie Craig kicks his ass.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:29 PM
Jul 2018

I might send her a few bucks even though I'm not in the district just because I totally hate that guy. When he was on the radio he was a bush-league Rush Limbaugh and just as disgusting.

mcar

(42,300 posts)
136. Daniel Webster (barf), FL 11
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:47 PM
Jul 2018

Useless POS, safe R District. He has a strong opponent this time in Dana Cottrell. I will be working my heart out for her.

How strong is she? She left our local candidate forum early because she was going to speak to a Tea Party meeting! She will talk to anyone and answer anyone's questions. Webster literally talks to no one.

SallyHemmings

(1,821 posts)
139. Ryan "No where to be found until he decided not to run again" Costello R-PA 6th
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 08:55 PM
Jul 2018

After a court decision, he had a real district versus the gerrymandered one. He spent a lot of time hiding. Town Halls? Not happening. Our area flipped blue last year. Wiped out the Republicans in line races for the first time in 150 years.

He quit before he lost.

aikoaiko

(34,169 posts)
145. Buddy "Backdoor" Carter (R) District 1 in GA.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:04 PM
Jul 2018

He’s a trump-lite sycophant. He only parrots what he hears Trump say.

Lisa Ring is challenging him in the fall, who I like a lot, but she is anti-gun and I fear that will cost her the election.


left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
149. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM 1st)
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:23 PM
Jul 2018

Michelle Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district, serving since 2013.
She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She has served in the New Mexico state cabinet, and as Bernalillo County Commissioner.

In December 2016, Lujan Grisham was selected as the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Lujan Grisham is the Democratic candidate for Governor of New Mexico in the 2018 election.

 

wonkwest

(463 posts)
151. Easy. Pelosi
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:26 PM
Jul 2018

And she does just fine by me. Don't necessarily want her to be the leader anymore, but that's neither here nor there. We'll worry about that after November.

Luciferous

(6,078 posts)
156. Just moved so I had to look it up :) Jim Sensenbrenner WI 5th district
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:32 PM
Jul 2018

From the little I just read about him, he seems like the typical Republican moron...

LeftInTX

(25,232 posts)
180. He has had that seat since 1979......
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:54 PM
Jul 2018

I lived in WI at the time. I would see his campaign signs here and there.

Staph

(6,251 posts)
161. For the next five months or so, Evan Jenkins (R), WV-3.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:37 PM
Jul 2018

He lost in the Republican primary to take on Joe Manchin (the "winner" is Patrick Morrisey, current WV Attorney General).

Come January, my rep will hopefully be Richard Ojeda. He's currently a WV state senator, retired Marine, and a big supporter of West Virginia teachers!

His competition is Carol Miller, a member of the WV house of delegates, is married to owner of one of the biggest car dealerships in the state. She doesn't know (or won't tell) what her stance will be on pretty much any issue, saying that she would have to see the bill first. Her family also owns tens of thousands of dollars of stock in big pharma companies. I think she's going to lose!


Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
166. Backbencher Pete Visclosky.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 09:53 PM
Jul 2018

Indiana 1. Only 9 non Democrats since the 1830's, that's pretty fucking cool yeah?

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
201. I live right down the street from the state line
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 06:16 AM
Jul 2018

Lake County was the only one in the state to go for Walter Mondale in '84. My dad and grandparents worked in steel, very familiar with the area.

Glamrock

(11,794 posts)
222. I too am a region rat.
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 12:01 PM
Jul 2018

Grew up two blocks from Woodmar mall and Purdue. Used to go on campus on Friday's and put a rock in the basement door. Saturday was skateboarding inside....
The days before alarms and cameras.....

Danmel

(4,913 posts)
190. I'm sorry
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:36 PM
Jul 2018

He is atrocious. I'm in NY 3, Tom Suozzi Pretty center right for a Democrat, but better than any R.

GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
203. He's your senator. Who is your rep?
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 06:32 AM
Jul 2018

I loved listening to Sherrod debate Mike DeWine. Owned him every time.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
184. Ron Kind- sort of Dem.
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 10:56 PM
Jul 2018

But I'm sending cash to Randy Bryce-"Iron 'Stache" -hoping to defeat whomever will be running in Paul Ryan's seat.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
188. Currently Jared Polis
Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:32 PM
Jul 2018

but he has given up his seat to run for governor.

Good on social issues but too business-friendly for me.

bdjhawk

(420 posts)
195. Bill Foster- (D) IL 11
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 12:21 AM
Jul 2018

It is nice to have a rep who knows that science is good—Harvard PhD in physics!!

The district seems so conservative so it is great to see like minded voters step up for Foster.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
197. Mine is a Democrat turned Republican turned independent turned back to Democrat
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 01:37 AM
Jul 2018

Albio Sires, NJ-8.

As you'd guess from that history, he's not the most progressive guy on the block. For example, he opposed the Iran nuclear deal that Obama achieved.

This district has a Cook PVI of D+27 so we really ought to be doing better.

I'll hazard a guess that Sires is aware that his major vulnerability is on his left. In 2017, for the first time, he signed on as a cosponsor of the Conyers bill for single-payer (HR 676).

Rhiannon12866

(205,161 posts)
199. Mine is Paul Ryan protegee, Elise Stefanik, NY-21
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 06:00 AM
Jul 2018

We had a record number of Democratic candidates lining up to run against her, finally have a nominee after the June 26th primary. She is very unpopular here so I'm optimistic. She doesn't publicize her schedule until after the fact since protesters often show up. Until 2015 we were NY-20, but we got redistricted.

backtoblue

(11,343 posts)
220. Steve Womack (R) AR
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 11:18 AM
Jul 2018

.S. House, Arkansas District 3 General Election, 2018
Party Candidate
Democratic Joshua Mahony
Republican Steve Womack Incumbent
Libertarian Michael Kalagias
Independent Josh Moody
Write-in Jason Tate

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