2020 House Races - Page 31

June 24, 2020

Progressive candidates surge in New York congressional primaries

With a plethora of absentee ballots to count, the results in many of the contests from New York’s Tuesday primaries remain far from final. But the partial returns clearly indicate strong showings by progressive candidates in Democratic congressional primary elections in and around New York City.

June 24, 2020

Gary Meltz: Primary election results – lessons and warnings for Dems in likely Engel defeat

Having had the honor of working for Engel for five years, here is what I believe this election means for the Democratic Party and the nation.

June 24, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after primary blowout: 'Their money couldn't buy a movement'

With 100 percent of results in, the congresswoman running her first reelection campaign took 70 percent of the primary vote.

June 24, 2020

McGrath holds lead over progressive rival Booker in race to challenge McConnell

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath holds a lead over progressive opponent Charles Booker in the Kentucky Democratic Senate primary race, which will determine who has the chance to face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this November.

June 24, 2020

Who is Madison Cawthorn?

Madison Cawthorn, a 24-year-old real estate investment CEO who beat out a Trump-backed U.S. House candidate in North Carolina’s Republican primary runoff election to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows Tuesday, said he believes he won because of a superior ground game and a message “that translated across generations and across ethnic groups.”

June 24, 2020

Engel falls behind insurgent left-wing challenger in preliminary results, as Ocasio-Cortez wins primary

Longtime U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, who was first elected in 1988 and rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats in the House, was substantially trailing middle school principal Jamaal Bowman in Tuesday's primary -- which could mark the second major upset of a veteran New York City Democratic congressman in just two years.

June 23, 2020

Insurgents from the left threaten to upend Dem Party plans in Tuesday primaries

The progressive wing of the Democratic Party hasn’t had much to celebrate at the ballot box since populist Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign two-and-a-half months ago. But the left appears to be storming back.

June 22, 2020

Trump endorsements cause uproar in New Hampshire GOP primaries

President Trump's re-election campaign and the RNC are being accused of "rigging" two competitive GOP primaries in New Hampshire

June 22, 2020

Conservative Democrat who says he’s ‘the opposite of AOC' considered a top candidate in NY congressional race

A conservative, ant-abortion, anti-gay marriage congressional candidate is one of the favorites to win the Democratic primary in what has been called "the bluest district in America."

June 21, 2020

AOC gloats that Trump’s Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by ‘teens on TikTok’

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to take pleasure Saturday night in reports that the turnout for President Trump’s Tulsa, Okla., rally was lower than expected.