2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

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Recruitment for the Senate Ds has been pretty disappointing, still no candidates in the two states(NV,AZ) they must win to even break even in the Senate. 

This is a defence cycle for Dems.  Nothing sad about having no candidates yet in these two states.  Much better than Republicans who have no heavy hitters in the 6 or so Trump Dem states.

Candidates in NV and AZ are crucial to preventing the Republicans from making a lot of Senate gains. That said, I'm not too worried since pretty much anyone will work in NV, and Sinema seems likely to run in AZ.

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I notice that there are a lot of Democrats running in CA-50 against Duncan Hunter. Anyone know why?

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Also, is anyone planning on running in CA-21 against Valadao? He should be a top target.

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New PPP poll for Stop The Speaker has Ryan at -8% in his own district, 48% would like someone new

Feingold should run for his seat

He lives in WI-02 IIRC. Though he has been mentioned as a possible candidate for WI-03, and WI-06 in the past as well LOL.

I dont think there's a single Dem in WI with enough name recognition/stature to run for Paul Ryan's seat other than Feingold. I think he could give Ryan a run for his (donors) money.

You don't need "name recognition" a year and a half out to win a House seat.

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Yeah, I somehow doubt that Ann Kirkpatrick running against Martha McSally is a good idea. I mean, she could win if people are mad enough at Republicans, but she doesn't seem like a great option to me.

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Yeah, I somehow doubt that Ann Kirkpatrick running against Martha McSally is a good idea. I mean, she could win if people are mad enough at Republicans, but she doesn't seem like a great option to me.

McSally is already losing to a generic Dem by a significant margin.. 43-50.
https://perma.cc/FQ4L-ZWV2

Kirkpatrick isn't really a "generic" Dem. She recently lost the Senate race, including losing this district, so even ignoring "carpetbagging" there are reasons to believe she's not the best candidate.

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Yeah, I somehow doubt that Ann Kirkpatrick running against Martha McSally is a good idea. I mean, she could win if people are mad enough at Republicans, but she doesn't seem like a great option to me.

McSally is already losing to a generic Dem by a significant margin.. 43-50.
https://perma.cc/FQ4L-ZWV2

Kirkpatrick isn't really a "generic" Dem. She recently lost the Senate race, including losing this district, so even ignoring "carpetbagging" there are reasons to believe she's not the best candidate.

Hmm... who would be the best candidate? Mayor Jonathan Rothschild of Tucson?

Maybe. I don't know much about the situation on the ground there; I just think that Kirkpatrick doesn't strike me as a winning candidate.

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NY-19: Hospital executive Sue Sullivan (D) is in.

Sullivan describes herself as a "lifelong resident" of the district.

Seems like a potentially good candidate.