2018 Congressional Recruitment/Fundraising/Ratings Megathread

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Ed Perlmutter changes course and will run for re-election to Congress

Smart Move. Imagine he'll likely challenge Gardner in 2020 and become the Dem nominee favorite and will start as the GE favorite.

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NJ-07: Big news in the Dem primary as Lisa Mandelblatt dropped out and endorsed newly presumed frontrunner Tom Malinowski in a show of party unity and hoping to avoid a potentially bruising primary.

http://politicsdw.com/2018/02/mandelblatt-drops-out-backs-malinowski/

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CA 21: Only Democrat Emilio Huerta has dropped out to challenge Rep: David Valadao with only a week to go until the filing deadline. Hopefully this means popular Assemblyman Rudy Salas or someone of his caliber will jump into a race that is open and no longer being reserved for Dolores Huerta's underwhelming performing son to lose a winnable race.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-emilio-huerta-dropout-20180304-story.html

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NJ07: Linda Weber to drop out after failing to get the Union County party line, essentially clearing the path for Tom Malinowski to take on "moderate" Rep. Lance.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/03/another_democrat_leaves_race_to_take_on_republican.html