When I was growing up, two of the most Democratic states, far more so than New York or California, for example, were West Virginia and Arkansas— among the last of the Democratic Party working class bastions. No more. In 2016, 2020 and 2024
NY-17 is a Hudson Valley swing district with a D+1 PVA in a mostly suburban district that encompasses much of Northern Westchester County, all of Rockland County and Putnam counties and a silver of Dutchess County. Because of terribly flawe…
This weekend, Lehigh County controller Mark Pinsley declared his candidacy for a congressional seat in one of Pennslyvania’s most purple (PVI is R+1) districts, PA-07— all of Lehigh and Northampton counties and some of Carbon and Monroe cou…
Illinois state Senator Robert Peters holds the South Side seat once filled by Barack Obama. Born deaf and with a speech impediment to a mother addicted to drugs, he was raised by adoptive parents and graduated from Kansas State University i…
Oliver Larkin’s birthday was Friday, July 4th. On Tuesday he launched his primary campaign to represent Florida’s 23rd congressional district— parts of Broward and southern Palm Beach counties. Biden won district by 13.2 points. The controv…
Detroit has two Members on Congress, one of the best in the House (Rashida Tlaib) and one of the worst (Shri Thanedar). Thanedar, a self-funded multimillionaire has spent over $17 million bankrolling his political career, while spending m…
I talk to the candidates frequently. Yesterday I asked the ones I talked to what the most important points are that they communicate to the voters in their district. Eric Wilson is running in the western Wisconsin swing district that abusiv…
Arizona’s first congressional district, entirely within Maricopa County, is one of the swing districts the Democrats are counting on to flip the House. Biden beat Trump there by one and a half points. And 2 years later the Republican incumb…
This coming Tuesday is primary day in West Virginia. Blue America only found one candidate to endorse this year— and we endorsed him with great enthusiasm: Zach Shrewsbury, who’s running for the Senate seat Joe Manchin is leaving and a Repu…
Arch-conservative and corrupt Democrat Joe Manchin once said that “If people want more progressive policies, they should elect more progressives to Congress.” we made a meme out of it… and it was never truer than it is right now. Yesterday,…
When progressive champion David Cicilline resigned from Congress a few weeks ago, it triggered a special election in eastern Rhode Island to fill his seat. The district is safely blue— with a D+32 partisan lean. Biden won the district again…
We’re reaching out on behalf of progressive Houstonians who need a congress member who will represent them, not pay for play corporate interests. Pervez Agwan is a progressive Democrat is running for Congress in Texas’s 7th district. Pervez…