2024 National & State Elections (Not POTUS)

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I don’t want to steal nyc’s thunder but this is a topic that was on the old ZZLP that I thought belonged here as well.

I’ve got nothing to add to it at the moment, but any discussions regarding non-POTUS elections during this 2024 election cycle can go here. And I know there will be plenty to talk about.
 
Mark Robinson knows what it is like to grow up poor
And he is obsessed with Girls skirts
 
 
statboy2 said:
Seeing polls showing Allred tied with Cruz here in Texas but can’t help but think it’s Fool’s gold in presidential election year.
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Yeah, God knows I get a text a day from Team Allred about this. But I've also noted that many vocal Progressives in Texas don't really like him very much, so will be interesting to see how much support he gets in the end.
 
Gift link: In North Carolina, the Math for a Supermajority May Come Down to One

In North Carolina, the Math for a Supermajority May Come Down to One​

It’s one of several states where legislators of one party have overridden vetoes from a governor of the opposing party. Several tossup races will determine if that continues.

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Republicans with their supermajority in North Carolina have been able to loosen campaign finance rules, strip the governor’s power to appoint members to state boards and block efforts to update energy efficiency rules for new homes, all over Mr. Cooper’s objections.

To preserve that advantage, Republicans there are spending $5.3 million on television ads to bolster candidates in 10 House districts, including Ms. Cotham’s, where the Democratic nominee, Nicole Sidman, a director at a Charlotte synagogue, has outraised Ms. Cotham by 4 to 1. At the national level, the Republican State Leadership Committee, pinpointing North Carolina as among the states where Democrats want to “dismantle Republican supermajorities,” are investing a record $38 million in state legislative races this year.

On the flip side, The States Project, a Democratic-aligned group, is spending $70 million on legislative races in nine states, including ones for several House seats in North Carolina. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is highlighting 14 North Carolina House and Senate races as part of a $10 million push to convince voters of the importance of controlling state legislatures, said Jeremy Jansen, the group’s political director. …”
 

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Republicans were already worried about a glaring financial gap even before Kamala Harris’ rise. Now, with the election just two months away, they found themselves in an even more dire position: Democrats have seen a flood of enthusiasm in recent weeks, they’re far outspending Republicans on air and their donors are more energized than ever — with campaign finance data showing a surge in grassroots fundraising in late July after President Joe Biden dropped out.
Panic is starting to set in.

“The only thing preventing us from having a great night in November is the massive financial disparity our party currently faces,” said Jason Thielman, the executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. “We are on a trajectory to win the majority, but unless something changes drastically in the next six weeks, we will lose winnable seats.”

In some ways it’s a familiar place for the party, which has found itself facing a version of this quandary every two years since former President Donald Trump turbocharged Democrats’ small-dollar fundraising. …”
 

Harris to transfer nearly $25 million to help down-ballot Democratic candidates​

The boost to House, Senate and state-level candidates follows a $540 million fundraising haul for the vice president over six weeks.

“… The funds include $10 million transfers to both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which are leading the efforts to win Democratic majorities next January on Capitol Hill.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which focuses on winning control of state legislative bodies, will receive $2.5 million, while the Democratic Governors Association and the Democratic Attorneys General Association will each receive $1 million. …”
 


Not sure whether we know that DeSantis is directly behind it but I would be shaken, too.
 
apnews.com

Tight race for control of Congress could be decided by just a handful of campaigns

The race for control of Congress is as close as ever. Lawmakers are returning to Washington for a three-week legislative sprint, away from the campaign trail where races have become “trench warfare” and a seat-by-seat slog.
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The Republicans are trying to protect 18 Republicans in Democratic-heavy congressional districts where Biden had won, particularly in coastal New York and California, and going on offense to challenge Democrats elsewhere.

But House Democrats, whose campaign chairwoman, Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state was among those who spoke privately to Biden about the potential down-ballot drag as he weighed his decision to exit the race, are benefiting from the Harris momentum.

Democrats are working to protect their own most embattled House lawmakers, a handful of pragmatic legislators including Marcy Kaptur in Ohio, Matt Cartwright in Pennsylvania and a trio of younger lawmakers who lead the centrist Blue Dog coalition — Mary Peltola of Alaska, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state and Jared Golden of Maine.

Each faces a notable Republican: Nick Begich, from an Alaskan political family; Washington’s Trump-endorsed Joe Kent; and former NASCAR driver Austin Theriault in Maine. …”
 
superrific said:
So add Liz Cheney to the rolls of "moderate Dems in denial that they have become Dems."

I swear, some of these folks need to visit the board and have CFord and lawtig explain to them how they should just embrace their new identities.
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Liz Cheney is not now, nor has ever been anything close to a "moderate Dem."
 
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