Political Note #236 J.D. Scholten IA CD 04
.D. Scholten is a phenomenon. He is nothing like a conventional candidate for Congress.
Political Note #235 Elissa Slotkin MI CD 08
“Don’t get in a knife fight with Elissa.” That’s her brother talking. It makes you wonder. How much of their childhood did he spend getting out of her way?
Political Note #232 Antonio Delgado NY CD 19
A black, ex-rapper with a Harvard law degree and a Rhodes Scholarship who won a Congressional seat in a white, upstate New York district.
Political Note #232 Lauren Underwood IL CD 14
Republicans think she is vulnerable in 2020. So far, six Republicans are competing to get the nomination.
Political Note #230 Max Rose NY CD 11
In 2018, New York City elected two new Members of Congress. Both from Outer Boroughs -- AOC and Max Rose.
Political Note #229 Lizzie Fletcher TX CD 07
Texas is not what it once was. But it is not California either.
Political Note #227 Josh Harder CA CD 10
Look at the Daily Bits. A Letter to Michelle Obama, Medical Care Policy and My Doctors 2020 General Election He is young. A couple of years older than AOC. Start with his parents. Start earlier. In his 2018 campaign, Josh Harder https://www.harderforcongress.com/ touted he was a fifth generation Central Valley resident. His family came to California in a wagon train. A long enough journey. A tough enough journey. It evokes the treks of immigrants to the United States. Josh Harder’s parents. Dad is an optometrist. With a mission. Mom has a Master’s Degree in Public Health. Mom is religious. These…
Political Note #226 Cynthia Axne IA CD 03
Lucky Thirteen Cynthia Axne's https://cindyaxneforcongress.com win in 2018 was the thirteenth closest Democratic Congressional victory of the year. She won by 7,709 votes. Not much
Reading the Tea Leaves in North Carolina
Give some money to tech entrepreneur and former Greenville Mayor Allen Thomas in NC 03. Give some money to former Marine and solar and internet entrepreneur Dan McCready in NC 09. Good choices for North Carolina. Good choices for us all.
The Justice Democrats
Apparently it is all Saikat Chakrabarti’s fault. Maureen Dowd says so. Others, too. He is leading Alexandria down the garden path. We are back to blaming women’s behavior on men. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY 14) is the Member of Congress. Chakrabarti is her chief of staff. Ocasio-Cortez is responsible for her staff.