2018 elections

Time for a general thread, I suppose. Today is primary election day here The Other Washington. (Or, for you Ozzies, the other WA). The ballot was pretty boring, other than having 29(!) candidates for US Senate. Most interesting race in the state is for the eighth Congressional district, which...

Last election for the House before November, to be held in less than 48 hours This is a GOP leaning district, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+7 for the current cycle. The candidates are Troy Balderson (R), Danny O'Connor (D) and Joe Manchik (G). The polls have shown Balderson leading...

Mary Hegar is a veteran running for Congress against a Tea Party candidate in Texas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MJ_Hegar ?v=Zi6v4CYNSIQ Her book Shoot Like a Girl, is in development for a movie possibly starring Angelina Jolie. This is the best kind of publicity a politician can obtain...

Are they overreaching? Some of these folks are really, really progressive: My take? If this turns out to be a wave election in favor of the Democrats, they can go for the gusto. But if it turns out to be closer, then they may regret not going for the establishment candidates.

for real: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/21/neo-nazi-wins-republican-nomination-for-illinois-congressional-seat-.html Where are Jake and Elwood when you need them? The Illinois GOP is getting hell from the NRC for letting this happen;conventional wisdom is you run a candidate in every...

... in 24 days. Last poll from Monmouth: Saccone (R) 49% - Lamb (D) 46% - Other 1% - Don't know 4% I'm not sure how to take this poll. It's among likely voters (good). One unnerving fact that confirms the national trend which has made possible a Trump presidency and all its concomitant ****...

The fractious nature of the current GOP could make this one fun. Flake is probably regretting pulling out because the primary could become a dogfight that the the Anti-Trump might've won. Could he re-register? AZ is an open primary state for non-presidential elections. A whole lot of Dems...

With Joe Arpaio having joined the circus in Arizona, I think it's time for an overall thread about this November's senate races. Here is a Wiki article to get you started.

I don't think I've ever hidden my absolute hatred for Curt Schilling. If not only because he's a moron, in my opinion, but also because he ate up a lot of money for a failed video game. Apparently, he's going to take on Elizabeth Warren for the Senate, not even pretending to start out small...