2020 House Races - Page 23

September 8, 2020

On Capitol Hill, two sets of elections loom large

Election Day falls on Nov. 3. But another set of crucial elections falls in late November or early December on Capitol Hill.

September 6, 2020

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Republicans should campaign hard for votes of immigrants like me who are US citizens

Naturalized immigrants — people like me, who opted to become Americans and did so as the law prescribes — are potentially a powerful voting bloc. And there is no reason why our default setting should be to vote for Democrats.

September 4, 2020

Biden calls QAnon movement 'mortifying’ and ‘dangerous,’ slams Trump on jobs

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday slammed the far-right conspiracy movement QAnon as “dangerous” and suggested that adherents to the movement should consider mental health treatment.

September 4, 2020

GOP candidate Marjorie Greene faces backlash over image of herself holding gun alongside The Squad

Georgia Republican Marjorie Greene faced backlash from Democrats and Facebook for posting a picture of herself holding a gun alongside images of the three progressive House members, titled the "Squad's worst nightmare." 

September 4, 2020

Former Marine running for Congress claims VA was 'worst it had ever been' under Obama administration

The Department of Veterans Affairs reached a low point during the Obama administration, Minnesota GOP congressional candidate Tyler Kistner, a former Marine, told Fox Business Network Friday.

September 4, 2020

Baltimore GOP House candidate Kimberly Klacik calls for return of 'career opportunities' to cities

Baltimore and other American cities are struggling because of a lack of "career opportunities" for residents, Republican U.S. House candidate Kimberly Klacik told "Hannity" Thursday night.

September 4, 2020

Dem Rep. Harley Rouda invokes Hitler's history in sounding alarm about Trump

Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda invoked Adolf Hitler during a virtual campaign event this week while sounding the alarm on President Trump and warned: "We should all be fearful."

September 3, 2020

Ballot counting to resume in tight Massachusetts primary with heavy mail-in voting

Ballots will continue to be counted Thursday in the extremely tight Democratic congressional primary race. In Massachusetts’ fourth district, after a judge allowed additional votes to be counted that had been received on time but still not tallied.

September 1, 2020

Richard Neal, influential Dem rep, survives progressive primary challenge

Progressives hoped for an upset in Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District the Holyoke Mayor faced off against Neal, who has served in Congress since 1989.

September 1, 2020

Twitter compels Democratic congressional candidate to delete tweet that violated rules against voter suppression

Twitter has forced a Democratic candidate to delete a tweet from August, saying that it violated the social media platform’s rules against voter suppression, that urged President Trump’s followers to head to the polls the day after November’s general election.