House Republicans are planning to hike defense spending by $150 billion in the GOP’s budget bill, $50 billion more than the target originally set by the lower chamber in a win for defense hawks. The GOP’s “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill, which will codify President Donald Trump‘s agenda on the economy, taxes, defense, and border
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President-elect Donald Trump has loomed large over House Republicans this year. Though the GOP has blamed any intraparty friction on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, Trump is already giving a preview as to how he will dominate Congress in 2025.
Over the last year, House Republican leadership under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has needed to balance not only the wishes of their own members but also the commands from the president-elect. Combined with a razor-thin majority, this has made passing GOP-approved legislation along party lines difficult and at times impossible.
Earlier this month, House GOP lawmakers got a taste of what 2025 will look like after Trump shot down a bipartisan spending deal just days before a government shutdown. This sent leaders back to the drawing board, leaving members unsure when they would leave town and government employees worried they would not get paid before the holiday season.
Several other pieces of legislation had to be reshaped or scrapped completely due to Trump’s disapproval, all while setting Johnson up for a difficult next year if he can hold onto the speaker’s gavel — and Trump’s approval.
THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE WHO ARE READY TO ‘ROLL UP’ THEIR SLEEVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS
A thousand-page spending bill hit a dead end Dec. 18 after both Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance came out against the deal. Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have inserted themselves into House politics since becoming the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also called for the bill to be killed.
The original continuing resolution was constructed in a bipartisan manner, with Johnson and other House Republican leaders pitching the spending deal as a win for the GOP. It originally extended current government funding levels until March 14, 2025, and included an extra $110.4 billion supplemental package for disaster relief and farmers’ economic assistance.
However, a large number of Republicans revolted after noting a significant amount of additional spending and unrelated provisions shoved into the package. The final nail in the coffin came from Vance and Trump, who called for a clean continuing resolution and told Johnson to drop all provisions that were negotiated with Democrats.
“Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried,” Trump said in a Truth Social post of any GOP lawmaker who voted for the bill. “Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025.”
A second spending deal was unveiled, specifically crafted to get GOP members on board, as well as win the approval of Trump. It still extended funding to March 14 and kept the $110 billion for disaster aid and farmers, but it included language to push the debt limit fight off for another two years — relieving Trump of having to address it at the start of his second term. However, it failed on the House floor on Dec. 19, 174-235, and put Johnson in a tight spot with support for his speakership come next year.
A third and final CR was dropped the afternoon of Dec. 20, with the only difference to Thursday’s being the debt limit language. It passed on Friday night with a majority of the GOP conference and all but one Democrat, who voted present.
Last week’s spending deal is not the first in which Trump got involved. In September, Trump pushed for a six-month government funding plan that included the SAVE Act, a bill targeting noncitizen funding. He ramped up pressure for Republicans to reject any bill that did not include the SAVE Act.
“If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO “STUFF” VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!” Trump said on Truth Social ahead of the September vote.
That bill ultimately passed and extended funding until the Dec. 20 deadline — but without the SAVE Act, after it failed to pass on the House floor.
House Republicans could continue to face additional struggles when it comes to funding despite gaining a trifecta in January. Republicans were unable to pass all 12 appropriations bills, even with a majority, the last two years. With a virtually nonexistent one coming up in 2025, Johnson will likely face even more hurdles when it comes to passing continuing resolutions in the future.
In April, Trump urged Republicans to vote against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and used a personal anecdote to do so.
“KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote in a post, suggesting that the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. This has been a contested claim, as the accusations occurred through a separate provision of the surveillance bill unaffected by Section 702.
The original FISA deal faced several failed attempts on the House floor after Trump’s post, when 19 Republicans defected and sunk a procedural rule to advance the legislation.
While many of those 19 had already decided to oppose the legislation before Trump’s outburst, it signaled Trump’s enormous sway with the party and his supporters as some of Johnson’s allies began to reconsider their stance.
The measure eventually passed, but Trump joined many other Republicans who were displeased the legislation did not include warrant requirements for federal agencies to search U.S. citizens’ data. Johnson’s vote against the requirements preempted the speaker’s visit to Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago.
The visit was as much a campaign promotion for Trump as it was a Hail Mary for Johnson, who was facing a motion to vacate over yet another spending deal and the renewal of the key federal surveillance tool.
Trump’s influence hit the hardest in February after he demanded congressional Republicans reject anything other than a “perfect deal” on the border so he could use immigration reform as the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.
The $118 billion bipartisan Senate border deal — led for months by top GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), top Democratic negotiator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and others — included additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, as well as humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza who were affected by the Hamas-Israel war.
However, House Republicans called the deal “dead on arrival” in the House, especially after Trump called for an “all or nothing” approach to the bill.
“I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!” Trump wrote in February.
Lankford had pushed back on the president-elect and his fellow Republican senators, arguing it was the best-case scenario with a Democratic president and Senate.
“This is a moment to solve as many things as we can and then keep working on the next thing,” Lankford said at the time.
However, Senate Republicans effectively sunk the border bill in February and officially killed the bill in a vote in May. The border bill’s foreign aid components eventualy went on to pass as its own package.
In a rare moment of solidarity, Trump took Johnson’s side during one of the various attempts to vacate the speakership this year from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
One of Trump’s staunchest supporters, Greene threatened to remove Johnson as speaker over foreign aid deals and the FISA vote. However, Trump spoke up in defense of Johnson, arguing he held up well under pressure given the razor-thin majority he operated under.
“Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?” Trump said in a radio interview in April. “It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. You know, he stood very strongly with me on NATO when I said NATO has to pay up. … I think he’s trying very hard.”
Trump had backed Johnson and leadership’s foreign aid deal to send money to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel that turned a portion of the aid into a loan. After the foreign aid package passed, eyes turned to Greene to see whether she would move forward with the motion to vacate.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The president-elect continued to offer words of encouragement to Johnson in front of the whole conference, particularly when he met with House Republicans shortly after winning the 2024 election. Trump officially endorsed Johnson as speaker, putting him at odds with some of his main loyalists like Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
However, whether Trump gets involved in Johnson’s future remains to be seen. Despite avoiding the Dec. 20 shutdown, many House Republicans have indicated privately or publicly that they wouldn’t support Johnson to hold the speaker’s gavel again, or that they are “now undecided” as to who should remain in leadership.
2024-12-27 11:00:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fhouse%2F3267916%2Ftrump-complicated-house-gop-2024%2F?w=600&h=450, President-elect Donald Trump has loomed large over House Republicans this year. Though the GOP has blamed any intraparty friction on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, Trump is already giving a preview as to how he will dominate Congress in 2025. Over the last year, House Republican leadership under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has needed,
President-elect Donald Trump has loomed large over House Republicans this year. Though the GOP has blamed any intraparty friction on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, Trump is already giving a preview as to how he will dominate Congress in 2025.
Over the last year, House Republican leadership under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has needed to balance not only the wishes of their own members but also the commands from the president-elect. Combined with a razor-thin majority, this has made passing GOP-approved legislation along party lines difficult and at times impossible.
Earlier this month, House GOP lawmakers got a taste of what 2025 will look like after Trump shot down a bipartisan spending deal just days before a government shutdown. This sent leaders back to the drawing board, leaving members unsure when they would leave town and government employees worried they would not get paid before the holiday season.
Several other pieces of legislation had to be reshaped or scrapped completely due to Trump’s disapproval, all while setting Johnson up for a difficult next year if he can hold onto the speaker’s gavel — and Trump’s approval.
THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE WHO ARE READY TO ‘ROLL UP’ THEIR SLEEVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS
A thousand-page spending bill hit a dead end Dec. 18 after both Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance came out against the deal. Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have inserted themselves into House politics since becoming the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also called for the bill to be killed.
The original continuing resolution was constructed in a bipartisan manner, with Johnson and other House Republican leaders pitching the spending deal as a win for the GOP. It originally extended current government funding levels until March 14, 2025, and included an extra $110.4 billion supplemental package for disaster relief and farmers’ economic assistance.
However, a large number of Republicans revolted after noting a significant amount of additional spending and unrelated provisions shoved into the package. The final nail in the coffin came from Vance and Trump, who called for a clean continuing resolution and told Johnson to drop all provisions that were negotiated with Democrats.
“Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried,” Trump said in a Truth Social post of any GOP lawmaker who voted for the bill. “Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025.”
A second spending deal was unveiled, specifically crafted to get GOP members on board, as well as win the approval of Trump. It still extended funding to March 14 and kept the $110 billion for disaster aid and farmers, but it included language to push the debt limit fight off for another two years — relieving Trump of having to address it at the start of his second term. However, it failed on the House floor on Dec. 19, 174-235, and put Johnson in a tight spot with support for his speakership come next year.
A third and final CR was dropped the afternoon of Dec. 20, with the only difference to Thursday’s being the debt limit language. It passed on Friday night with a majority of the GOP conference and all but one Democrat, who voted present.
Last week’s spending deal is not the first in which Trump got involved. In September, Trump pushed for a six-month government funding plan that included the SAVE Act, a bill targeting noncitizen funding. He ramped up pressure for Republicans to reject any bill that did not include the SAVE Act.
“If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO “STUFF” VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!” Trump said on Truth Social ahead of the September vote.
That bill ultimately passed and extended funding until the Dec. 20 deadline — but without the SAVE Act, after it failed to pass on the House floor.
House Republicans could continue to face additional struggles when it comes to funding despite gaining a trifecta in January. Republicans were unable to pass all 12 appropriations bills, even with a majority, the last two years. With a virtually nonexistent one coming up in 2025, Johnson will likely face even more hurdles when it comes to passing continuing resolutions in the future.
In April, Trump urged Republicans to vote against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and used a personal anecdote to do so.
“KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote in a post, suggesting that the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. This has been a contested claim, as the accusations occurred through a separate provision of the surveillance bill unaffected by Section 702.
The original FISA deal faced several failed attempts on the House floor after Trump’s post, when 19 Republicans defected and sunk a procedural rule to advance the legislation.
While many of those 19 had already decided to oppose the legislation before Trump’s outburst, it signaled Trump’s enormous sway with the party and his supporters as some of Johnson’s allies began to reconsider their stance.
The measure eventually passed, but Trump joined many other Republicans who were displeased the legislation did not include warrant requirements for federal agencies to search U.S. citizens’ data. Johnson’s vote against the requirements preempted the speaker’s visit to Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago.
The visit was as much a campaign promotion for Trump as it was a Hail Mary for Johnson, who was facing a motion to vacate over yet another spending deal and the renewal of the key federal surveillance tool.
Trump’s influence hit the hardest in February after he demanded congressional Republicans reject anything other than a “perfect deal” on the border so he could use immigration reform as the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.
The $118 billion bipartisan Senate border deal — led for months by top GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), top Democratic negotiator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and others — included additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, as well as humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza who were affected by the Hamas-Israel war.
However, House Republicans called the deal “dead on arrival” in the House, especially after Trump called for an “all or nothing” approach to the bill.
“I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!” Trump wrote in February.
Lankford had pushed back on the president-elect and his fellow Republican senators, arguing it was the best-case scenario with a Democratic president and Senate.
“This is a moment to solve as many things as we can and then keep working on the next thing,” Lankford said at the time.
However, Senate Republicans effectively sunk the border bill in February and officially killed the bill in a vote in May. The border bill’s foreign aid components eventualy went on to pass as its own package.
In a rare moment of solidarity, Trump took Johnson’s side during one of the various attempts to vacate the speakership this year from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
One of Trump’s staunchest supporters, Greene threatened to remove Johnson as speaker over foreign aid deals and the FISA vote. However, Trump spoke up in defense of Johnson, arguing he held up well under pressure given the razor-thin majority he operated under.
“Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?” Trump said in a radio interview in April. “It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. You know, he stood very strongly with me on NATO when I said NATO has to pay up. … I think he’s trying very hard.”
Trump had backed Johnson and leadership’s foreign aid deal to send money to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel that turned a portion of the aid into a loan. After the foreign aid package passed, eyes turned to Greene to see whether she would move forward with the motion to vacate.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The president-elect continued to offer words of encouragement to Johnson in front of the whole conference, particularly when he met with House Republicans shortly after winning the 2024 election. Trump officially endorsed Johnson as speaker, putting him at odds with some of his main loyalists like Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).
However, whether Trump gets involved in Johnson’s future remains to be seen. Despite avoiding the Dec. 20 shutdown, many House Republicans have indicated privately or publicly that they wouldn’t support Johnson to hold the speaker’s gavel again, or that they are “now undecided” as to who should remain in leadership.
, President-elect Donald Trump has loomed large over House Republicans this year. Though the GOP has blamed any intraparty friction on the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House, Trump is already giving a preview as to how he will dominate Congress in 2025. Over the last year, House Republican leadership under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has needed to balance not only the wishes of their own members but also the commands from the president-elect. Combined with a razor-thin majority, this has made passing GOP-approved legislation along party lines difficult and at times impossible. Earlier this month, House GOP lawmakers got a taste of what 2025 will look like after Trump shot down a bipartisan spending deal just days before a government shutdown. This sent leaders back to the drawing board, leaving members unsure when they would leave town and government employees worried they would not get paid before the holiday season. Several other pieces of legislation had to be reshaped or scrapped completely due to Trump’s disapproval, all while setting Johnson up for a difficult next year if he can hold onto the speaker’s gavel — and Trump’s approval. THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE WHO ARE READY TO ‘ROLL UP’ THEIR SLEEVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS 1. Trump deals winning and losing hands for continuing resolutions A thousand-page spending bill hit a dead end Dec. 18 after both Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance came out against the deal. Businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have inserted themselves into House politics since becoming the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also called for the bill to be killed. The original continuing resolution was constructed in a bipartisan manner, with Johnson and other House Republican leaders pitching the spending deal as a win for the GOP. It originally extended current government funding levels until March 14, 2025, and included an extra $110.4 billion supplemental package for disaster relief and farmers’ economic assistance. However, a large number of Republicans revolted after noting a significant amount of additional spending and unrelated provisions shoved into the package. The final nail in the coffin came from Vance and Trump, who called for a clean continuing resolution and told Johnson to drop all provisions that were negotiated with Democrats. “Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried,” Trump said in a Truth Social post of any GOP lawmaker who voted for the bill. “Everything should be done, and fully negotiated, prior to my taking Office on January 20th, 2025.” A second spending deal was unveiled, specifically crafted to get GOP members on board, as well as win the approval of Trump. It still extended funding to March 14 and kept the $110 billion for disaster aid and farmers, but it included language to push the debt limit fight off for another two years — relieving Trump of having to address it at the start of his second term. However, it failed on the House floor on Dec. 19, 174-235, and put Johnson in a tight spot with support for his speakership come next year. A third and final CR was dropped the afternoon of Dec. 20, with the only difference to Thursday’s being the debt limit language. It passed on Friday night with a majority of the GOP conference and all but one Democrat, who voted present. Last week’s spending deal is not the first in which Trump got involved. In September, Trump pushed for a six-month government funding plan that included the SAVE Act, a bill targeting noncitizen funding. He ramped up pressure for Republicans to reject any bill that did not include the SAVE Act. “If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO “STUFF” VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN – CLOSE IT DOWN!!!” Trump said on Truth Social ahead of the September vote. That bill ultimately passed and extended funding until the Dec. 20 deadline — but without the SAVE Act, after it failed to pass on the House floor. House Republicans could continue to face additional struggles when it comes to funding despite gaining a trifecta in January. Republicans were unable to pass all 12 appropriations bills, even with a majority, the last two years. With a virtually nonexistent one coming up in 2025, Johnson will likely face even more hurdles when it comes to passing continuing resolutions in the future. 2. Key provision in foreign surveillance bill faced Trump opposition In April, Trump urged Republicans to vote against reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and used a personal anecdote to do so. “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!” Trump wrote in a post, suggesting that the government misused FISA to surveil one of his 2016 campaign aides. This has been a contested claim, as the accusations occurred through a separate provision of the surveillance bill unaffected by Section 702. The original FISA deal faced several failed attempts on the House floor after Trump’s post, when 19 Republicans defected and sunk a procedural rule to advance the legislation. While many of those 19 had already decided to oppose the legislation before Trump’s outburst, it signaled Trump’s enormous sway with the party and his supporters as some of Johnson’s allies began to reconsider their stance. The measure eventually passed, but Trump joined many other Republicans who were displeased the legislation did not include warrant requirements for federal agencies to search U.S. citizens’ data. Johnson’s vote against the requirements preempted the speaker’s visit to Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. The visit was as much a campaign promotion for Trump as it was a Hail Mary for Johnson, who was facing a motion to vacate over yet another spending deal and the renewal of the key federal surveillance tool. 3. Trump sinks Senate border deal due to foreign aid provisions Trump’s influence hit the hardest in February after he demanded congressional Republicans reject anything other than a “perfect deal” on the border so he could use immigration reform as the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. The $118 billion bipartisan Senate border deal — led for months by top GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), top Democratic negotiator Chris Murphy (D-CT), and others — included additional funding for Ukraine and Israel, as well as humanitarian assistance for civilians in Gaza who were affected by the Hamas-Israel war. However, House Republicans called the deal “dead on arrival” in the House, especially after Trump called for an “all or nothing” approach to the bill. “I do not think we should do a Border Deal, at all, unless we get EVERYTHING needed to shut down the INVASION of Millions & Millions of people, many from parts unknown, into our once great, but soon to be great again, Country!” Trump wrote in February. Lankford had pushed back on the president-elect and his fellow Republican senators, arguing it was the best-case scenario with a Democratic president and Senate. “This is a moment to solve as many things as we can and then keep working on the next thing,” Lankford said at the time. However, Senate Republicans effectively sunk the border bill in February and officially killed the bill in a vote in May. The border bill’s foreign aid components eventualy went on to pass as its own package. 4. Trump goes against supporters and vocalizes support for Johnson In a rare moment of solidarity, Trump took Johnson’s side during one of the various attempts to vacate the speakership this year from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). One of Trump’s staunchest supporters, Greene threatened to remove Johnson as speaker over foreign aid deals and the FISA vote. However, Trump spoke up in defense of Johnson, arguing he held up well under pressure given the razor-thin majority he operated under. “Well, look, we have a majority of one, OK?” Trump said in a radio interview in April. “It’s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. You know, he stood very strongly with me on NATO when I said NATO has to pay up. … I think he’s trying very hard.” Trump had backed Johnson and leadership’s foreign aid deal to send money to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel that turned a portion of the aid into a loan. After the foreign aid package passed, eyes turned to Greene to see whether she would move forward with the motion to vacate. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The president-elect continued to offer words of encouragement to Johnson in front of the whole conference, particularly when he met with House Republicans shortly after winning the 2024 election. Trump officially endorsed Johnson as speaker, putting him at odds with some of his main loyalists like Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). However, whether Trump gets involved in Johnson’s future remains to be seen. 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Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suffered a mild stroke over the weekend but will continue with his regular schedule next week.
Margaret Mulkerrin, Hoyer’s deputy chief of staff and spokeswoman, said in a statement that the former House majority leader sought medical treatment after experiencing a “mild ischemic stroke.”
“Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment and has no lingering symptoms,” Mulkerrin said Tuesday. “He expects to resume his normal schedule next week. Mr. Hoyer’s wife and family extend their deepest thanks to his medical team.”
Hoyer, 85, served as majority leader of the House from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A powerful Maryland voice and supporter of President Joe Biden, Hoyer has represented the state’s 5th Congressional District since 1981.
The former majority leader won the Democratic primary on May 14, defeating three competitors with 72.3% of the vote. He will face Republican Michelle Talkington, who ran in the GOP primary uncontested.
Hoyer’s stroke comes as his fellow House Democrat, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), returned to the hospital after being discharged from a 24-day stay for a respiratory infection. Pascrell left the hospital on Aug. 8 to go to a rehabilitation facility but returned a few days later. The New Jersey Democrat is the second oldest member of the House at 87 years old.
Several House members have faced health setbacks or died during this session of Congress.
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Most recently, longtime Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) died on July 19, just one month after announcing that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died in late April after suffering a “cardiac episode” on April 6 that kept him on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Other members have been diagnosed with cancer or tumors. Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) announced he was diagnosed with blood cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) had a successful surgery for a skull tumor in May.
2024-08-13 21:48:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fhouse%2F3120435%2Fsteny-hoyer-suffered-mild-stroke-maryland-democrat%2F?w=600&h=450, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suffered a mild stroke over the weekend but will continue with his regular schedule next week. Margaret Mulkerrin, Hoyer’s deputy chief of staff and spokeswoman, said in a statement that the former House majority leader sought medical treatment after experiencing a “mild ischemic stroke.” “Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment,
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suffered a mild stroke over the weekend but will continue with his regular schedule next week.
Margaret Mulkerrin, Hoyer’s deputy chief of staff and spokeswoman, said in a statement that the former House majority leader sought medical treatment after experiencing a “mild ischemic stroke.”
“Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment and has no lingering symptoms,” Mulkerrin said Tuesday. “He expects to resume his normal schedule next week. Mr. Hoyer’s wife and family extend their deepest thanks to his medical team.”
Hoyer, 85, served as majority leader of the House from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A powerful Maryland voice and supporter of President Joe Biden, Hoyer has represented the state’s 5th Congressional District since 1981.
The former majority leader won the Democratic primary on May 14, defeating three competitors with 72.3% of the vote. He will face Republican Michelle Talkington, who ran in the GOP primary uncontested.
Hoyer’s stroke comes as his fellow House Democrat, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), returned to the hospital after being discharged from a 24-day stay for a respiratory infection. Pascrell left the hospital on Aug. 8 to go to a rehabilitation facility but returned a few days later. The New Jersey Democrat is the second oldest member of the House at 87 years old.
Several House members have faced health setbacks or died during this session of Congress.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Most recently, longtime Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) died on July 19, just one month after announcing that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died in late April after suffering a “cardiac episode” on April 6 that kept him on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Other members have been diagnosed with cancer or tumors. Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) announced he was diagnosed with blood cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) had a successful surgery for a skull tumor in May.
, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) suffered a mild stroke over the weekend but will continue with his regular schedule next week. Margaret Mulkerrin, Hoyer’s deputy chief of staff and spokeswoman, said in a statement that the former House majority leader sought medical treatment after experiencing a “mild ischemic stroke.” “Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment and has no lingering symptoms,” Mulkerrin said Tuesday. “He expects to resume his normal schedule next week. Mr. Hoyer’s wife and family extend their deepest thanks to his medical team.” Hoyer, 85, served as majority leader of the House from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023. A powerful Maryland voice and supporter of President Joe Biden, Hoyer has represented the state’s 5th Congressional District since 1981. The former majority leader won the Democratic primary on May 14, defeating three competitors with 72.3% of the vote. He will face Republican Michelle Talkington, who ran in the GOP primary uncontested. Hoyer’s stroke comes as his fellow House Democrat, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), returned to the hospital after being discharged from a 24-day stay for a respiratory infection. Pascrell left the hospital on Aug. 8 to go to a rehabilitation facility but returned a few days later. The New Jersey Democrat is the second oldest member of the House at 87 years old. Several House members have faced health setbacks or died during this session of Congress. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Most recently, longtime Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) died on July 19, just one month after announcing that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died in late April after suffering a “cardiac episode” on April 6 that kept him on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Other members have been diagnosed with cancer or tumors. Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) announced he was diagnosed with blood cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) had a successful surgery for a skull tumor in May. , , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24156829041971.jpg.optimal.jpg, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
A bill introduced by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) would expand the Secret Service‘s perimeter at public events to at least 500 yards, the latest piece of legislation in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
The legislation, unveiled Tuesday, would also allow the agency to extend that perimeter if needed in certain environments. Current law does not require the Secret Service to do that. It would also require the director of the Secret Service to secure all elevated positions within firing distance.
This is Torres’s most recent sponsored legislation in the wake of the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one attendee dead and three, including the former president, injured. The New York Democrat also introduced legislation that would strip the responsibility to investigate financial crimes from the Secret Service, which is part of the agency’s original mission when it was established in 1865.
Torres also introduced a bill with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) that would strengthen Secret Service protections for Trump, President Joe Biden, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The assassination attempt briefly brought both Democrats and Republicans together in a rare moment of solidarity to denounce political violence and spurned legislation action on both sides of the aisle.
The shooting also brought several House committees together in a bipartisan manner to scrutinize the Secret Service’s security failures that allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, to climb on top of a building about 160 yards away from Trump with an AR-15-style rifle.
At a House Oversight Committee hearing, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was blasted by both Democrats and Republicans who denounced her inability to share virtually any details with the public. She resigned the next day. A Senate hearing the following week with acting Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate produced more information, but some senators were angry that agents had not been fired or relieved of duty as a result of the security breach.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced a bipartisan task force that will investigate the assassination attempt, concurrent with the federal investigation led by the FBI.
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), whose hometown is Butler, will lead the 13-member bipartisan task force. Other Republicans on the force are Reps. Mark Green (R-TN), Dave Joyce (R-OH), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Pat Fallon (R-TX). The Democrats on the body are Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) as ranking member and Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL).
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The bipartisan task force opened its investigation on Monday, sending letters to Rowe, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting documents and briefings from the agencies on the shooting.
The letters seek to establish the task force as the primary investigative body even as a handful of House committees have opened their own inquiries into the matter. A formal report is expected by Dec. 13, with interim reports released along the way.
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A bill introduced by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) would expand the Secret Service‘s perimeter at public events to at least 500 yards, the latest piece of legislation in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
The legislation, unveiled Tuesday, would also allow the agency to extend that perimeter if needed in certain environments. Current law does not require the Secret Service to do that. It would also require the director of the Secret Service to secure all elevated positions within firing distance.
This is Torres’s most recent sponsored legislation in the wake of the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one attendee dead and three, including the former president, injured. The New York Democrat also introduced legislation that would strip the responsibility to investigate financial crimes from the Secret Service, which is part of the agency’s original mission when it was established in 1865.
Torres also introduced a bill with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) that would strengthen Secret Service protections for Trump, President Joe Biden, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The assassination attempt briefly brought both Democrats and Republicans together in a rare moment of solidarity to denounce political violence and spurned legislation action on both sides of the aisle.
The shooting also brought several House committees together in a bipartisan manner to scrutinize the Secret Service’s security failures that allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, to climb on top of a building about 160 yards away from Trump with an AR-15-style rifle.
At a House Oversight Committee hearing, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was blasted by both Democrats and Republicans who denounced her inability to share virtually any details with the public. She resigned the next day. A Senate hearing the following week with acting Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate produced more information, but some senators were angry that agents had not been fired or relieved of duty as a result of the security breach.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced a bipartisan task force that will investigate the assassination attempt, concurrent with the federal investigation led by the FBI.
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), whose hometown is Butler, will lead the 13-member bipartisan task force. Other Republicans on the force are Reps. Mark Green (R-TN), Dave Joyce (R-OH), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Pat Fallon (R-TX). The Democrats on the body are Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) as ranking member and Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL).
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The bipartisan task force opened its investigation on Monday, sending letters to Rowe, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting documents and briefings from the agencies on the shooting.
The letters seek to establish the task force as the primary investigative body even as a handful of House committees have opened their own inquiries into the matter. A formal report is expected by Dec. 13, with interim reports released along the way.
, A bill introduced by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) would expand the Secret Service‘s perimeter at public events to at least 500 yards, the latest piece of legislation in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The legislation, unveiled Tuesday, would also allow the agency to extend that perimeter if needed in certain environments. Current law does not require the Secret Service to do that. It would also require the director of the Secret Service to secure all elevated positions within firing distance. This is Torres’s most recent sponsored legislation in the wake of the shooting at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left one attendee dead and three, including the former president, injured. The New York Democrat also introduced legislation that would strip the responsibility to investigate financial crimes from the Secret Service, which is part of the agency’s original mission when it was established in 1865. Torres also introduced a bill with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) that would strengthen Secret Service protections for Trump, President Joe Biden, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The assassination attempt briefly brought both Democrats and Republicans together in a rare moment of solidarity to denounce political violence and spurned legislation action on both sides of the aisle. The shooting also brought several House committees together in a bipartisan manner to scrutinize the Secret Service’s security failures that allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, to climb on top of a building about 160 yards away from Trump with an AR-15-style rifle. At a House Oversight Committee hearing, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was blasted by both Democrats and Republicans who denounced her inability to share virtually any details with the public. She resigned the next day. A Senate hearing the following week with acting Director Ronald Rowe and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate produced more information, but some senators were angry that agents had not been fired or relieved of duty as a result of the security breach. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced a bipartisan task force that will investigate the assassination attempt, concurrent with the federal investigation led by the FBI. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), whose hometown is Butler, will lead the 13-member bipartisan task force. Other Republicans on the force are Reps. Mark Green (R-TN), Dave Joyce (R-OH), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Michael Waltz (R-FL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Pat Fallon (R-TX). The Democrats on the body are Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) as ranking member and Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER The bipartisan task force opened its investigation on Monday, sending letters to Rowe, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting documents and briefings from the agencies on the shooting. The letters seek to establish the task force as the primary investigative body even as a handful of House committees have opened their own inquiries into the matter. A formal report is expected by Dec. 13, with interim reports released along the way., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ritchie-Torres-Biden.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) survived the primary and bested one of two GOP challengers endorsed by former President Donald Trump, moving to the general election with a Trump-backed Republican opponent.
The Associated Press called the race for Newhouse and Republican Jerrod Sessler on Thursday, two days after the polls closed. Sessler, endorsed by Trump, led the way with 31.8% of the vote, followed by Newhouse with 24.1% of the vote, with 77% of the ballots counted. Tiffany Smiley, another strong GOP challenger who was endorsed by Trump, received 19.3% and will not advance.
Given Washington state’s top-two primary system, two Republicans will face off in the general election for the 4th Congressional District. The closest Democratic challenger, Mary Baechler, received only 14.5% of the vote in the primary.
Newhouse is one of the few remaining House Republicans in office who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. He has represented Washington’s 4th District since 2015. The former president attempted to unseat Newhouse with Sessler in the 2022 primary midterm elections, but Sessler was unsuccessful.
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Trump first endorsed Sessler and then threw his support behind Smiley 3 1/2 months later. The former president had called Newhouse a “weak and pathetic RINO,” or “Republican in name only.”
Sessler had brushed off concerns regarding Trump’s double endorsement, arguing he was the only candidate who had support from the House Freedom Caucus and the Washington State Republican Party.
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Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) survived the primary and bested one of two GOP challengers endorsed by former President Donald Trump, moving to the general election with a Trump-backed Republican opponent.
The Associated Press called the race for Newhouse and Republican Jerrod Sessler on Thursday, two days after the polls closed. Sessler, endorsed by Trump, led the way with 31.8% of the vote, followed by Newhouse with 24.1% of the vote, with 77% of the ballots counted. Tiffany Smiley, another strong GOP challenger who was endorsed by Trump, received 19.3% and will not advance.
Given Washington state’s top-two primary system, two Republicans will face off in the general election for the 4th Congressional District. The closest Democratic challenger, Mary Baechler, received only 14.5% of the vote in the primary.
Newhouse is one of the few remaining House Republicans in office who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. He has represented Washington’s 4th District since 2015. The former president attempted to unseat Newhouse with Sessler in the 2022 primary midterm elections, but Sessler was unsuccessful.
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Trump first endorsed Sessler and then threw his support behind Smiley 3 1/2 months later. The former president had called Newhouse a “weak and pathetic RINO,” or “Republican in name only.”
Sessler had brushed off concerns regarding Trump’s double endorsement, arguing he was the only candidate who had support from the House Freedom Caucus and the Washington State Republican Party.
, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) survived the primary and bested one of two GOP challengers endorsed by former President Donald Trump, moving to the general election with a Trump-backed Republican opponent. The Associated Press called the race for Newhouse and Republican Jerrod Sessler on Thursday, two days after the polls closed. Sessler, endorsed by Trump, led the way with 31.8% of the vote, followed by Newhouse with 24.1% of the vote, with 77% of the ballots counted. Tiffany Smiley, another strong GOP challenger who was endorsed by Trump, received 19.3% and will not advance. Given Washington state’s top-two primary system, two Republicans will face off in the general election for the 4th Congressional District. The closest Democratic challenger, Mary Baechler, received only 14.5% of the vote in the primary. Newhouse is one of the few remaining House Republicans in office who voted to impeach Trump in 2021. He has represented Washington’s 4th District since 2015. The former president attempted to unseat Newhouse with Sessler in the 2022 primary midterm elections, but Sessler was unsuccessful. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Trump first endorsed Sessler and then threw his support behind Smiley 3 1/2 months later. The former president had called Newhouse a “weak and pathetic RINO,” or “Republican in name only.” Sessler had brushed off concerns regarding Trump’s double endorsement, arguing he was the only candidate who had support from the House Freedom Caucus and the Washington State Republican Party., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AP23060042084478-1024×598.jpg, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost her primary election on Tuesday, making her the second “Squad” Democrat and third House incumbent to lose their seat this election cycle.
The Associated Press called the race for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell at 11:04 p.m. Eastern time, over two hours after the polls closed. Bell won with 51% of the vote compared to Bush’s 45.8% at the time the race was called.
Bush is the second Squad member to be ousted after pro-Israel groups funneled millions into her race. AdImpact found that $17 million was poured into Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, with most of the funds going toward ads attacking Bush and supporting Bell. The attorney has seen $14.1 million in ad support, compared to the congresswoman seeing $3.6 million in ad support.
Bell was backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel organization, and its PAC, the United Democracy Project. AdImpact found UDP spent $8 million in support of Bell.
Despite her fellow Squad members rallying behind her on Monday night and urging attendees to get out the vote, Bush will now be the third House incumbent overall not returning to the chamber next year. Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Bob Good (R-VA) lost their primaries in June, with Good further losing a recount last week.
Both UDP and AIPAC released statements celebrating Bell’s win shortly after the Associated Press called the race.
“Bell’s win tonight, along with George Latimer’s (D) victory over Rep. Jamaal Bowman and John McGuire’s (R) defeat of Rep. Bob Good, is further proof that being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics on both sides of the aisle,” UDP said in a press release. “UDP will continue our efforts to support leaders working to strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance while countering detractors in either political party.”
AIPAC praised Bell for defeating Bush, “who represents the extremist fringe that is hostile to the Jewish state.”
“During this primary season, the pro-Israel mainstream has sent a powerful message that America stands with Israel as it battles Iranian terrorist proxies,” AIPAC said. “Voters across America are rejecting anti-Israel voices in favor of candidates who understand the vital importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Including Republican Rep. Bob Good’s loss, Rep. Bush’s defeat represents the third incumbent to have lost over their lack of an ironclad commitment to standing with America’s ally Israel.”
The congresswoman tweeted out at 7:42 p.m. Eastern time, 15 minutes before polls closed in Missouri, that there were reports of long lines and urged voters to “STAY IN LINE,” reminding them they legally must be allowed to vote if they are in line by the time polls close.
Bush, like many progressive Democrats, became targets of AIPAC and like-minded groups for her anti-Israel comments and support of the pro-Palestinian protests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Middle East. While most Democrats are staunch supporters of the Jewish state, a small but vocal sect of the conference has called for a ceasefire and end to the Israeli “occupation.”
The Missouri congresswoman also faced pushback from her constituents over her stances on public safety and decriminalization of drugs, as well as her voting record in Congress and a Justice Department investigation into her paying her husband as her security detail. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Both Bush and Bell rose to power in Missouri in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly after Michael Brown, a black man, died at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, rocking the community and making national headlines.
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Bush attacked Bell over his career as a prosecutor during the campaign, highlighting the fact that he did not reopen the case against Wilson. Bell also faced scrutiny for a civil trial he is facing that has been delayed until January, in which he is accused of firing people based on their gender, age, and race. He has denied wrongdoing.
Missouri’s 1st District is rated solid Democratic by the Cook Political Report, meaning that Bell is likely to win the general election come November. Five candidates are running for the Republican nomination.
2024-08-07 03:05:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fcongressional%2F3110597%2Fcori-bush-primary-2024-missouri-wesley-bell%2F?w=600&h=450, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost her primary election on Tuesday, making her the second “Squad” Democrat and third House incumbent to lose their seat this election cycle. The Associated Press called the race for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell at 11:04 p.m. Eastern time, over two hours after the polls closed. Bell won with 51%,
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost her primary election on Tuesday, making her the second “Squad” Democrat and third House incumbent to lose their seat this election cycle.
The Associated Press called the race for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell at 11:04 p.m. Eastern time, over two hours after the polls closed. Bell won with 51% of the vote compared to Bush’s 45.8% at the time the race was called.
Bush is the second Squad member to be ousted after pro-Israel groups funneled millions into her race. AdImpact found that $17 million was poured into Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, with most of the funds going toward ads attacking Bush and supporting Bell. The attorney has seen $14.1 million in ad support, compared to the congresswoman seeing $3.6 million in ad support.
Bell was backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel organization, and its PAC, the United Democracy Project. AdImpact found UDP spent $8 million in support of Bell.
Despite her fellow Squad members rallying behind her on Monday night and urging attendees to get out the vote, Bush will now be the third House incumbent overall not returning to the chamber next year. Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Bob Good (R-VA) lost their primaries in June, with Good further losing a recount last week.
Both UDP and AIPAC released statements celebrating Bell’s win shortly after the Associated Press called the race.
“Bell’s win tonight, along with George Latimer’s (D) victory over Rep. Jamaal Bowman and John McGuire’s (R) defeat of Rep. Bob Good, is further proof that being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics on both sides of the aisle,” UDP said in a press release. “UDP will continue our efforts to support leaders working to strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance while countering detractors in either political party.”
AIPAC praised Bell for defeating Bush, “who represents the extremist fringe that is hostile to the Jewish state.”
“During this primary season, the pro-Israel mainstream has sent a powerful message that America stands with Israel as it battles Iranian terrorist proxies,” AIPAC said. “Voters across America are rejecting anti-Israel voices in favor of candidates who understand the vital importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Including Republican Rep. Bob Good’s loss, Rep. Bush’s defeat represents the third incumbent to have lost over their lack of an ironclad commitment to standing with America’s ally Israel.”
The congresswoman tweeted out at 7:42 p.m. Eastern time, 15 minutes before polls closed in Missouri, that there were reports of long lines and urged voters to “STAY IN LINE,” reminding them they legally must be allowed to vote if they are in line by the time polls close.
Bush, like many progressive Democrats, became targets of AIPAC and like-minded groups for her anti-Israel comments and support of the pro-Palestinian protests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Middle East. While most Democrats are staunch supporters of the Jewish state, a small but vocal sect of the conference has called for a ceasefire and end to the Israeli “occupation.”
The Missouri congresswoman also faced pushback from her constituents over her stances on public safety and decriminalization of drugs, as well as her voting record in Congress and a Justice Department investigation into her paying her husband as her security detail. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Both Bush and Bell rose to power in Missouri in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly after Michael Brown, a black man, died at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, rocking the community and making national headlines.
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Bush attacked Bell over his career as a prosecutor during the campaign, highlighting the fact that he did not reopen the case against Wilson. Bell also faced scrutiny for a civil trial he is facing that has been delayed until January, in which he is accused of firing people based on their gender, age, and race. He has denied wrongdoing.
Missouri’s 1st District is rated solid Democratic by the Cook Political Report, meaning that Bell is likely to win the general election come November. Five candidates are running for the Republican nomination.
, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) lost her primary election on Tuesday, making her the second “Squad” Democrat and third House incumbent to lose their seat this election cycle. The Associated Press called the race for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell at 11:04 p.m. Eastern time, over two hours after the polls closed. Bell won with 51% of the vote compared to Bush’s 45.8% at the time the race was called. Bush is the second Squad member to be ousted after pro-Israel groups funneled millions into her race. AdImpact found that $17 million was poured into Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, with most of the funds going toward ads attacking Bush and supporting Bell. The attorney has seen $14.1 million in ad support, compared to the congresswoman seeing $3.6 million in ad support. Bell was backed by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the largest pro-Israel organization, and its PAC, the United Democracy Project. AdImpact found UDP spent $8 million in support of Bell. Despite her fellow Squad members rallying behind her on Monday night and urging attendees to get out the vote, Bush will now be the third House incumbent overall not returning to the chamber next year. Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Bob Good (R-VA) lost their primaries in June, with Good further losing a recount last week. Both UDP and AIPAC released statements celebrating Bell’s win shortly after the Associated Press called the race. “Bell’s win tonight, along with George Latimer’s (D) victory over Rep. Jamaal Bowman and John McGuire’s (R) defeat of Rep. Bob Good, is further proof that being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics on both sides of the aisle,” UDP said in a press release. “UDP will continue our efforts to support leaders working to strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance while countering detractors in either political party.” AIPAC praised Bell for defeating Bush, “who represents the extremist fringe that is hostile to the Jewish state.” “During this primary season, the pro-Israel mainstream has sent a powerful message that America stands with Israel as it battles Iranian terrorist proxies,” AIPAC said. “Voters across America are rejecting anti-Israel voices in favor of candidates who understand the vital importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Including Republican Rep. Bob Good’s loss, Rep. Bush’s defeat represents the third incumbent to have lost over their lack of an ironclad commitment to standing with America’s ally Israel.” The congresswoman tweeted out at 7:42 p.m. Eastern time, 15 minutes before polls closed in Missouri, that there were reports of long lines and urged voters to “STAY IN LINE,” reminding them they legally must be allowed to vote if they are in line by the time polls close. Bush, like many progressive Democrats, became targets of AIPAC and like-minded groups for her anti-Israel comments and support of the pro-Palestinian protests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Middle East. While most Democrats are staunch supporters of the Jewish state, a small but vocal sect of the conference has called for a ceasefire and end to the Israeli “occupation.” The Missouri congresswoman also faced pushback from her constituents over her stances on public safety and decriminalization of drugs, as well as her voting record in Congress and a Justice Department investigation into her paying her husband as her security detail. She has denied any wrongdoing. Both Bush and Bell rose to power in Missouri in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly after Michael Brown, a black man, died at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson, rocking the community and making national headlines. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Bush attacked Bell over his career as a prosecutor during the campaign, highlighting the fact that he did not reopen the case against Wilson. Bell also faced scrutiny for a civil trial he is facing that has been delayed until January, in which he is accused of firing people based on their gender, age, and race. He has denied wrongdoing. Missouri’s 1st District is rated solid Democratic by the Cook Political Report, meaning that Bell is likely to win the general election come November. Five candidates are running for the Republican nomination., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cori-bush-primary-missouri.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
“Squad” House Democrats joined a campaign Zoom call for Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Monday to rally support and “outwork the hate” from pro-Israel groups funneling millions into the race, arguing she brings life to the “hollow” walls of Congress.
Bush is facing a competitive primary challenge Tuesday from St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who has shown he is on track to oust the congresswoman according to polling as centrist Democrats continue to face backlash from their anti-Israel comments and support for a ceasefire.
To rally supporters ahead of the primary, the congresswoman’s campaign held a “Get Out the Vote: Rally with Cori Bush!” Zoom event with appearances from “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Summer Lee (D-PA), and more.
Bowman led the group in condemning the influence and spending by pro-Israel organizations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, whose PAC, United Democracy Front, has spent $7 million to oust the Missouri congresswoman. Ad expenditures in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District hit nearly $17 million as of Monday.
“We cannot allow people who support genocide and ethnic cleansing and settler colonialism and white supremacy to push someone like Cori Bush out of Congress,” Bowman said. “No, no, no, no, no, hell no.”
In June, Bowman became the first House Democrat and first incumbent to lose his primary after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race to support Bowman’s challenger, George Latimer — making it the most expensive primary contest in U.S. history.
“I know what it feels like to be constantly bombarded with ads and mailers and lies and BS that completely distorts who you are in your record,” Bowman said.
“Congress don’t even deserve you, quite frankly,” Bowman added. “But it needs you. It needs you, and we all need you. I want everyone on this call to understand how important it is for us to have Cori Bush in Congress. That place is hollow. It has no soul. It has no love for marginalized people, and it’s the exact reason we need to have Cori Bush in Congress. It’s why we need to Squad in Congress.”
Lee, who survived her primary despite an influx of funding from AIPAC, condemned a mail ad in which United Democracy Front allegedly altered an image of Bush to elongate features and modify her skin color. The UDF has denied the allegations.
“Everybody who came to Pittsburgh remembers the ads that came down,” said Lee, who became the first black woman to serve in Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation in 2022. “Everybody remembers what it was like to wake up and see 15 ads every 30 minutes, to get five mailers one day, to see our images distorted, to see our skin darkened.”
“We know what they want to do is they want to crush our morale, and what we have to make sure that we do is we send the messages that they cannot take our soul, they cannot defeat the spirit that we have in this movement, that the spirit is so much more and so much bigger than what they can afford to spend money on,” Lee added. “And that’s what they’re going to learn tomorrow.”
Tlaib took a shot at Bell, who has been the beneficiary of $8 million in ad spending by UDF, according to AdImpact.
“Her opponent don’t have no field game,” Tlaib said. “I was there. I saw it. I looked, I looked, I looked. When they don’t have a field game, that’s disrespectful. That’s disrespectful. Go ahead, get your little billionaires to send out ads attacking this beautiful black woman. Earned every ounce of her being in Congress, she earned it. She wasn’t handed it.”
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In the 2022 midterm elections, Bush outspent her more centrist Democratic opponent 5-to-1 and easily won the primary. However, she is losing steam against Bell, who has outraised Bush 2-to-1 and leads Bush by 6 points, 48% to 42%, according to a poll from the Mellman Group on behalf of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC.
The primary will take place Tuesday, with polls closing at 8 p.m. EST.
2024-08-05 22:52:00, http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fnews%2Fcampaigns%2Fcongressional%2F3111479%2Fsquad-rallies-behind-cori-bush-ahead-competitive-primary%2F?w=600&h=450, “Squad” House Democrats joined a campaign Zoom call for Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Monday to rally support and “outwork the hate” from pro-Israel groups funneling millions into the race, arguing she brings life to the “hollow” walls of Congress. Bush is facing a competitive primary challenge Tuesday from St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley,
“Squad” House Democrats joined a campaign Zoom call for Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Monday to rally support and “outwork the hate” from pro-Israel groups funneling millions into the race, arguing she brings life to the “hollow” walls of Congress.
Bush is facing a competitive primary challenge Tuesday from St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who has shown he is on track to oust the congresswoman according to polling as centrist Democrats continue to face backlash from their anti-Israel comments and support for a ceasefire.
To rally supporters ahead of the primary, the congresswoman’s campaign held a “Get Out the Vote: Rally with Cori Bush!” Zoom event with appearances from “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Summer Lee (D-PA), and more.
Bowman led the group in condemning the influence and spending by pro-Israel organizations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, whose PAC, United Democracy Front, has spent $7 million to oust the Missouri congresswoman. Ad expenditures in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District hit nearly $17 million as of Monday.
“We cannot allow people who support genocide and ethnic cleansing and settler colonialism and white supremacy to push someone like Cori Bush out of Congress,” Bowman said. “No, no, no, no, no, hell no.”
In June, Bowman became the first House Democrat and first incumbent to lose his primary after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race to support Bowman’s challenger, George Latimer — making it the most expensive primary contest in U.S. history.
“I know what it feels like to be constantly bombarded with ads and mailers and lies and BS that completely distorts who you are in your record,” Bowman said.
“Congress don’t even deserve you, quite frankly,” Bowman added. “But it needs you. It needs you, and we all need you. I want everyone on this call to understand how important it is for us to have Cori Bush in Congress. That place is hollow. It has no soul. It has no love for marginalized people, and it’s the exact reason we need to have Cori Bush in Congress. It’s why we need to Squad in Congress.”
Lee, who survived her primary despite an influx of funding from AIPAC, condemned a mail ad in which United Democracy Front allegedly altered an image of Bush to elongate features and modify her skin color. The UDF has denied the allegations.
“Everybody who came to Pittsburgh remembers the ads that came down,” said Lee, who became the first black woman to serve in Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation in 2022. “Everybody remembers what it was like to wake up and see 15 ads every 30 minutes, to get five mailers one day, to see our images distorted, to see our skin darkened.”
“We know what they want to do is they want to crush our morale, and what we have to make sure that we do is we send the messages that they cannot take our soul, they cannot defeat the spirit that we have in this movement, that the spirit is so much more and so much bigger than what they can afford to spend money on,” Lee added. “And that’s what they’re going to learn tomorrow.”
Tlaib took a shot at Bell, who has been the beneficiary of $8 million in ad spending by UDF, according to AdImpact.
“Her opponent don’t have no field game,” Tlaib said. “I was there. I saw it. I looked, I looked, I looked. When they don’t have a field game, that’s disrespectful. That’s disrespectful. Go ahead, get your little billionaires to send out ads attacking this beautiful black woman. Earned every ounce of her being in Congress, she earned it. She wasn’t handed it.”
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In the 2022 midterm elections, Bush outspent her more centrist Democratic opponent 5-to-1 and easily won the primary. However, she is losing steam against Bell, who has outraised Bush 2-to-1 and leads Bush by 6 points, 48% to 42%, according to a poll from the Mellman Group on behalf of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC.
The primary will take place Tuesday, with polls closing at 8 p.m. EST.
, “Squad” House Democrats joined a campaign Zoom call for Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) on Monday to rally support and “outwork the hate” from pro-Israel groups funneling millions into the race, arguing she brings life to the “hollow” walls of Congress. Bush is facing a competitive primary challenge Tuesday from St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who has shown he is on track to oust the congresswoman according to polling as centrist Democrats continue to face backlash from their anti-Israel comments and support for a ceasefire. To rally supporters ahead of the primary, the congresswoman’s campaign held a “Get Out the Vote: Rally with Cori Bush!” Zoom event with appearances from “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Summer Lee (D-PA), and more. Bowman led the group in condemning the influence and spending by pro-Israel organizations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, whose PAC, United Democracy Front, has spent $7 million to oust the Missouri congresswoman. Ad expenditures in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District hit nearly $17 million as of Monday. “We cannot allow people who support genocide and ethnic cleansing and settler colonialism and white supremacy to push someone like Cori Bush out of Congress,” Bowman said. “No, no, no, no, no, hell no.” In June, Bowman became the first House Democrat and first incumbent to lose his primary after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race to support Bowman’s challenger, George Latimer — making it the most expensive primary contest in U.S. history. “I know what it feels like to be constantly bombarded with ads and mailers and lies and BS that completely distorts who you are in your record,” Bowman said. “Congress don’t even deserve you, quite frankly,” Bowman added. “But it needs you. It needs you, and we all need you. I want everyone on this call to understand how important it is for us to have Cori Bush in Congress. That place is hollow. It has no soul. It has no love for marginalized people, and it’s the exact reason we need to have Cori Bush in Congress. It’s why we need to Squad in Congress.” Lee, who survived her primary despite an influx of funding from AIPAC, condemned a mail ad in which United Democracy Front allegedly altered an image of Bush to elongate features and modify her skin color. The UDF has denied the allegations. “Everybody who came to Pittsburgh remembers the ads that came down,” said Lee, who became the first black woman to serve in Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation in 2022. “Everybody remembers what it was like to wake up and see 15 ads every 30 minutes, to get five mailers one day, to see our images distorted, to see our skin darkened.” “We know what they want to do is they want to crush our morale, and what we have to make sure that we do is we send the messages that they cannot take our soul, they cannot defeat the spirit that we have in this movement, that the spirit is so much more and so much bigger than what they can afford to spend money on,” Lee added. “And that’s what they’re going to learn tomorrow.” Tlaib took a shot at Bell, who has been the beneficiary of $8 million in ad spending by UDF, according to AdImpact. “Her opponent don’t have no field game,” Tlaib said. “I was there. I saw it. I looked, I looked, I looked. When they don’t have a field game, that’s disrespectful. That’s disrespectful. Go ahead, get your little billionaires to send out ads attacking this beautiful black woman. Earned every ounce of her being in Congress, she earned it. She wasn’t handed it.” CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER In the 2022 midterm elections, Bush outspent her more centrist Democratic opponent 5-to-1 and easily won the primary. However, she is losing steam against Bell, who has outraised Bush 2-to-1 and leads Bush by 6 points, 48% to 42%, according to a poll from the Mellman Group on behalf of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC. The primary will take place Tuesday, with polls closing at 8 p.m. EST., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cori-bush-primary-2024.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
Four states will hold primary elections for U.S. Congress on Tuesday, with many races expected to be competitive after longtime lawmakers decided to retire and allow a new generation to take their place.
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington state are holding several high-profile congressional and state office primary contests. Michigan has an open Senate seat on the ballot, with the race drawing national attention after Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) decided she would not seek reelection.
In Missouri, eyes will be on another “Squad” progressive Democrat to see if she will survive the flood of cash from pro-Israel groups, and the governor’s race, where former President Donald Trump has made several endorsements. Kansas’s lone House Democrat, who represents the state’s only swing seat, will discover her Republican challenger, as well.
In Michigan, Stabenow’s decision to retire set off a storm on both sides of the aisle as parties rushed to find a strong candidate in a battleground state.
Democrats have mostly coalesced around Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who represents a swing district that she has won by slim margins since her election to Congress in 2018. In the 2022 midterm elections, she won her current 7th Congressional District seat with just 52% of the vote. Slotkin will face actor Hill Harper in the primary.
On the Republican side, former Rep. Mike Rogers is leading the primary field against Justin Amash, a former House Republican-turned-libertarian, and physician Sherry O’Donnell, a former congressional candidate.
Rogers is hoping to become the first Michigan Republican senator in 24 years, a feat that seems closer in reach due to the presidential race being at the top of the ticket. The Cook Political Report shifted the Senate race to a “toss-up” following the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. With Biden stepping aside and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s lead in Michigan is narrowing to just 1% in recent polls.
Polling from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4) found Slotkin leading Rogers by 5 points, 46% to 41%. The House Democrat is ahead with independent voters by nearly 15 percentage points — an advantage for Slotkin, whose track record maintaining a swing seat makes her attractive to independent voters.
Slotkin has a significant financial advantage in the race against all candidates in the field, with campaign finance records showing she brought in $1.5 million for the first two and a half weeks of July compared to Rogers’s $356,000. She had $8.7 million cash on hand as of July 17 to Rogers’ $2.5 million, per the Detroit News.
Also happening in Michigan is the race to replace Slotkin and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), who announced he is not seeking a seventh term. In Slotkin’s district, both Democrat Curtis Hertel and Republican Tom Barrett, former state senators, are running unopposed in their respective primaries. Voters in the 7th District narrowly backed Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, so the seat is likely to follow in Slotkin’s footsteps and remain purple.
Three Democrats and three Republicans are running in the primaries to replace Kildee, whose family has held the seat since the 1970s. The GOP sees Kildee’s district as a pickup opportunity for the party; 2022 redistricting is expected to make it more difficult for Democrats to hold onto the seat.
Missouri is holding elections for governor, Senate, attorney general, and U.S. House. Trump waded into the attorney general and governor races by endorsing multiple people, setting up Tuesday as showdown of Trump devotees.
In the governor’s race, Republican primary candidates have spent most of their campaigns attacking one another over their loyalty to Trump. The former president endorsed three of the nine GOP candidates running for the governor’s mansion: Jay Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe and Bill Eigel.
Ashcroft, whose bid for governor was widely anticipated last year, benefits from large coffers and name recognition as the son of John Ashcroft, former Missouri governor and attorney general under George W. Bush. Kehoe benefits from the backing of the American Dream PAC, which is spending more than $8 million on advertising. Eigel, a veteran of the Air Force and state senator, has a PAC spending thousands on ads using Trump’s endorsement as the focal point.
Trump has also endorsed both GOP candidates for attorney general: incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey and former Trump attorney Will Scharf. He surprised followers by issuing a dual endorsement on Truth Social, arguing both men are “truly outstanding” and “NEITHER ONE” would let the state down.
On the House Democratic side, eyes will be on Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) primary. She faces a tough challenge from St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who has capitalized on Bush’s anti-Israel sentiments and millions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s PAC.
With polls recently showing Bell leading Bush by six points, 48% to 42%, Bush could become the second “Squad” Democrat to lose reelection. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost his primary election after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race, making it the most expensive primary in U.S. history.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is running unopposed in his Republican primary. Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and state Sen. Karla May are running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Hawley, with Kunce holding a significant financial advantage over May.
The attention is on Kansas’s House races, particularly after Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS) announced he would be retiring from Congress after just two terms in office.
Five GOP candidates and two Democrats are running in the primaries for a chance at LaTurner’s seat in the 2nd District. The Cook Political Report rates the seat as solid Republican with an 11-point advantage for the GOP.
Leading Republicans in the primary are Derek Schmidt, former state attorney general who unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Laura Kelly in 2022. Former LaTurner aide Jeff Kahrs and rancher Shawn Tiffany are among those in the race, as well, with Schmidt leading in campaign contributions, per the Associated Press.
On the Democratic side, former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann are facing off in the primary. Boyda served in Congress as the 2nd District’s representative from 2007 to 2009, when she lost reelection. Kleinmann is a former University of Kansas basketball player and community health advocate.
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), the state’s lone Democratic representative, will find out who her Republican opponent will be in the general election. She received 55% of the vote in her 2022 reelection bid, but the 3rd District is a swing seat — Trump won 48% over Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Biden won with 51% of the vote in 2020.
Running in the 3rd District for the GOP nomination are physician Prasanth Reddy and small business owner Karen Crnkovich. Reddy has almost 10 times the amount of cash as Crnkovich as of mid-July, but both GOP candidates significantly trail Davids in funds.
Typically a left-leaning state, a wave of retirements down the ballot in Washington has rewarded voters with a crowded primary field of candidates to choose from.
The governor’s race has drawn 28 challengers after third-term Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) decided to step away. He initially had filed paperwork to run for a fourth term, but decided in May 2023 he would retire.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is leading the field, raising $8.6 million — more than double raised by the next-best funded candidate, per the Associated Press. The governor’s race raised eyebrows after two additional Democratic candidates, also named Bob Ferguson, filed to run for governor. It was later discovered a conservative activist recruited the two men, who shortly withdrew from the race after filing.
Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) are both retiring after this term, bringing in a flood of primary candidates. Washington is a top-two primary system, so all candidates, regardless of party, will appear on the same ballot.
Both Kilmer and McMorris Rodgers’s seats are solidly in their party’s hands, so it is likely two Democrats will face off for Kilmer’s district and two Republicans will face each other in the general election for McMorris Rodgers’s.
In Kilmer’s district, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz and Democratic state Sen. Emily Randall are leading the primary field. Franz has raised about $1.4 million to Randall’s nearly $1 million.
McMorris Rodgers’s retirement came as a surprise to many, as she leads the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee and still had two more years to chair the committee under GOP conference rules.
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In 2021, she became the ranking Republican on the committee — the first woman to assume the top spot for either party on the panel. A wave of House members on both sides of the aisle are exiting from Congress, including a substantial number of Republicans in the wake of infighting and stalling from hard-line conservatives on key issues.
About a dozen candidates have filed to run for McMorris Rodgers’s district, many of whom have elected office experience. Spokane County treasurer and former state Sen. Michael Baumgartner is the race’s top fundraiser, with state Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber also helping to lead the field.
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Four states will hold primary elections for U.S. Congress on Tuesday, with many races expected to be competitive after longtime lawmakers decided to retire and allow a new generation to take their place.
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington state are holding several high-profile congressional and state office primary contests. Michigan has an open Senate seat on the ballot, with the race drawing national attention after Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) decided she would not seek reelection.
In Missouri, eyes will be on another “Squad” progressive Democrat to see if she will survive the flood of cash from pro-Israel groups, and the governor’s race, where former President Donald Trump has made several endorsements. Kansas’s lone House Democrat, who represents the state’s only swing seat, will discover her Republican challenger, as well.
In Michigan, Stabenow’s decision to retire set off a storm on both sides of the aisle as parties rushed to find a strong candidate in a battleground state.
Democrats have mostly coalesced around Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who represents a swing district that she has won by slim margins since her election to Congress in 2018. In the 2022 midterm elections, she won her current 7th Congressional District seat with just 52% of the vote. Slotkin will face actor Hill Harper in the primary.
On the Republican side, former Rep. Mike Rogers is leading the primary field against Justin Amash, a former House Republican-turned-libertarian, and physician Sherry O’Donnell, a former congressional candidate.
Rogers is hoping to become the first Michigan Republican senator in 24 years, a feat that seems closer in reach due to the presidential race being at the top of the ticket. The Cook Political Report shifted the Senate race to a “toss-up” following the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. With Biden stepping aside and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s lead in Michigan is narrowing to just 1% in recent polls.
Polling from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4) found Slotkin leading Rogers by 5 points, 46% to 41%. The House Democrat is ahead with independent voters by nearly 15 percentage points — an advantage for Slotkin, whose track record maintaining a swing seat makes her attractive to independent voters.
Slotkin has a significant financial advantage in the race against all candidates in the field, with campaign finance records showing she brought in $1.5 million for the first two and a half weeks of July compared to Rogers’s $356,000. She had $8.7 million cash on hand as of July 17 to Rogers’ $2.5 million, per the Detroit News.
Also happening in Michigan is the race to replace Slotkin and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), who announced he is not seeking a seventh term. In Slotkin’s district, both Democrat Curtis Hertel and Republican Tom Barrett, former state senators, are running unopposed in their respective primaries. Voters in the 7th District narrowly backed Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, so the seat is likely to follow in Slotkin’s footsteps and remain purple.
Three Democrats and three Republicans are running in the primaries to replace Kildee, whose family has held the seat since the 1970s. The GOP sees Kildee’s district as a pickup opportunity for the party; 2022 redistricting is expected to make it more difficult for Democrats to hold onto the seat.
Missouri is holding elections for governor, Senate, attorney general, and U.S. House. Trump waded into the attorney general and governor races by endorsing multiple people, setting up Tuesday as showdown of Trump devotees.
In the governor’s race, Republican primary candidates have spent most of their campaigns attacking one another over their loyalty to Trump. The former president endorsed three of the nine GOP candidates running for the governor’s mansion: Jay Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe and Bill Eigel.
Ashcroft, whose bid for governor was widely anticipated last year, benefits from large coffers and name recognition as the son of John Ashcroft, former Missouri governor and attorney general under George W. Bush. Kehoe benefits from the backing of the American Dream PAC, which is spending more than $8 million on advertising. Eigel, a veteran of the Air Force and state senator, has a PAC spending thousands on ads using Trump’s endorsement as the focal point.
Trump has also endorsed both GOP candidates for attorney general: incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey and former Trump attorney Will Scharf. He surprised followers by issuing a dual endorsement on Truth Social, arguing both men are “truly outstanding” and “NEITHER ONE” would let the state down.
On the House Democratic side, eyes will be on Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) primary. She faces a tough challenge from St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who has capitalized on Bush’s anti-Israel sentiments and millions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s PAC.
With polls recently showing Bell leading Bush by six points, 48% to 42%, Bush could become the second “Squad” Democrat to lose reelection. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost his primary election after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race, making it the most expensive primary in U.S. history.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is running unopposed in his Republican primary. Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and state Sen. Karla May are running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Hawley, with Kunce holding a significant financial advantage over May.
The attention is on Kansas’s House races, particularly after Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS) announced he would be retiring from Congress after just two terms in office.
Five GOP candidates and two Democrats are running in the primaries for a chance at LaTurner’s seat in the 2nd District. The Cook Political Report rates the seat as solid Republican with an 11-point advantage for the GOP.
Leading Republicans in the primary are Derek Schmidt, former state attorney general who unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Laura Kelly in 2022. Former LaTurner aide Jeff Kahrs and rancher Shawn Tiffany are among those in the race, as well, with Schmidt leading in campaign contributions, per the Associated Press.
On the Democratic side, former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann are facing off in the primary. Boyda served in Congress as the 2nd District’s representative from 2007 to 2009, when she lost reelection. Kleinmann is a former University of Kansas basketball player and community health advocate.
Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), the state’s lone Democratic representative, will find out who her Republican opponent will be in the general election. She received 55% of the vote in her 2022 reelection bid, but the 3rd District is a swing seat — Trump won 48% over Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Biden won with 51% of the vote in 2020.
Running in the 3rd District for the GOP nomination are physician Prasanth Reddy and small business owner Karen Crnkovich. Reddy has almost 10 times the amount of cash as Crnkovich as of mid-July, but both GOP candidates significantly trail Davids in funds.
Typically a left-leaning state, a wave of retirements down the ballot in Washington has rewarded voters with a crowded primary field of candidates to choose from.
The governor’s race has drawn 28 challengers after third-term Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) decided to step away. He initially had filed paperwork to run for a fourth term, but decided in May 2023 he would retire.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is leading the field, raising $8.6 million — more than double raised by the next-best funded candidate, per the Associated Press. The governor’s race raised eyebrows after two additional Democratic candidates, also named Bob Ferguson, filed to run for governor. It was later discovered a conservative activist recruited the two men, who shortly withdrew from the race after filing.
Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) are both retiring after this term, bringing in a flood of primary candidates. Washington is a top-two primary system, so all candidates, regardless of party, will appear on the same ballot.
Both Kilmer and McMorris Rodgers’s seats are solidly in their party’s hands, so it is likely two Democrats will face off for Kilmer’s district and two Republicans will face each other in the general election for McMorris Rodgers’s.
In Kilmer’s district, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz and Democratic state Sen. Emily Randall are leading the primary field. Franz has raised about $1.4 million to Randall’s nearly $1 million.
McMorris Rodgers’s retirement came as a surprise to many, as she leads the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee and still had two more years to chair the committee under GOP conference rules.
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In 2021, she became the ranking Republican on the committee — the first woman to assume the top spot for either party on the panel. A wave of House members on both sides of the aisle are exiting from Congress, including a substantial number of Republicans in the wake of infighting and stalling from hard-line conservatives on key issues.
About a dozen candidates have filed to run for McMorris Rodgers’s district, many of whom have elected office experience. Spokane County treasurer and former state Sen. Michael Baumgartner is the race’s top fundraiser, with state Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber also helping to lead the field.
, Four states will hold primary elections for U.S. Congress on Tuesday, with many races expected to be competitive after longtime lawmakers decided to retire and allow a new generation to take their place. Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Washington state are holding several high-profile congressional and state office primary contests. Michigan has an open Senate seat on the ballot, with the race drawing national attention after Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) decided she would not seek reelection. In Missouri, eyes will be on another “Squad” progressive Democrat to see if she will survive the flood of cash from pro-Israel groups, and the governor’s race, where former President Donald Trump has made several endorsements. Kansas’s lone House Democrat, who represents the state’s only swing seat, will discover her Republican challenger, as well. Left: Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., questions witnesses during a hearing on Sept. 17, 2020, on Capitol Hill Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File) Right: Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., right, who is running for Senate, speaks at a Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump campaign event in Freeland, Mich., May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file) Michigan In Michigan, Stabenow’s decision to retire set off a storm on both sides of the aisle as parties rushed to find a strong candidate in a battleground state. Democrats have mostly coalesced around Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who represents a swing district that she has won by slim margins since her election to Congress in 2018. In the 2022 midterm elections, she won her current 7th Congressional District seat with just 52% of the vote. Slotkin will face actor Hill Harper in the primary. On the Republican side, former Rep. Mike Rogers is leading the primary field against Justin Amash, a former House Republican-turned-libertarian, and physician Sherry O’Donnell, a former congressional candidate. Rogers is hoping to become the first Michigan Republican senator in 24 years, a feat that seems closer in reach due to the presidential race being at the top of the ticket. The Cook Political Report shifted the Senate race to a “toss-up” following the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. With Biden stepping aside and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s lead in Michigan is narrowing to just 1% in recent polls. Polling from The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4) found Slotkin leading Rogers by 5 points, 46% to 41%. The House Democrat is ahead with independent voters by nearly 15 percentage points — an advantage for Slotkin, whose track record maintaining a swing seat makes her attractive to independent voters. Slotkin has a significant financial advantage in the race against all candidates in the field, with campaign finance records showing she brought in $1.5 million for the first two and a half weeks of July compared to Rogers’s $356,000. She had $8.7 million cash on hand as of July 17 to Rogers’ $2.5 million, per the Detroit News. Also happening in Michigan is the race to replace Slotkin and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), who announced he is not seeking a seventh term. In Slotkin’s district, both Democrat Curtis Hertel and Republican Tom Barrett, former state senators, are running unopposed in their respective primaries. Voters in the 7th District narrowly backed Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, so the seat is likely to follow in Slotkin’s footsteps and remain purple. Three Democrats and three Republicans are running in the primaries to replace Kildee, whose family has held the seat since the 1970s. The GOP sees Kildee’s district as a pickup opportunity for the party; 2022 redistricting is expected to make it more difficult for Democrats to hold onto the seat. Left: Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana). Right: St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell speaks during a press conference, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File) Missouri Missouri is holding elections for governor, Senate, attorney general, and U.S. House. Trump waded into the attorney general and governor races by endorsing multiple people, setting up Tuesday as showdown of Trump devotees. In the governor’s race, Republican primary candidates have spent most of their campaigns attacking one another over their loyalty to Trump. The former president endorsed three of the nine GOP candidates running for the governor’s mansion: Jay Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe and Bill Eigel. Ashcroft, whose bid for governor was widely anticipated last year, benefits from large coffers and name recognition as the son of John Ashcroft, former Missouri governor and attorney general under George W. Bush. Kehoe benefits from the backing of the American Dream PAC, which is spending more than $8 million on advertising. Eigel, a veteran of the Air Force and state senator, has a PAC spending thousands on ads using Trump’s endorsement as the focal point. Trump has also endorsed both GOP candidates for attorney general: incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey and former Trump attorney Will Scharf. He surprised followers by issuing a dual endorsement on Truth Social, arguing both men are “truly outstanding” and “NEITHER ONE” would let the state down. On the House Democratic side, eyes will be on Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-MO) primary. She faces a tough challenge from St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell, who has capitalized on Bush’s anti-Israel sentiments and millions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s PAC. With polls recently showing Bell leading Bush by six points, 48% to 42%, Bush could become the second “Squad” Democrat to lose reelection. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost his primary election after AIPAC and its allies dumped millions into the race, making it the most expensive primary in U.S. history. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is running unopposed in his Republican primary. Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and state Sen. Karla May are running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Hawley, with Kunce holding a significant financial advantage over May. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., talks to supporters after defeating Republican candidate Amanda Adkins for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District seat Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Kansas The attention is on Kansas’s House races, particularly after Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-KS) announced he would be retiring from Congress after just two terms in office. Five GOP candidates and two Democrats are running in the primaries for a chance at LaTurner’s seat in the 2nd District. The Cook Political Report rates the seat as solid Republican with an 11-point advantage for the GOP. Leading Republicans in the primary are Derek Schmidt, former state attorney general who unsuccessfully challenged Gov. Laura Kelly in 2022. Former LaTurner aide Jeff Kahrs and rancher Shawn Tiffany are among those in the race, as well, with Schmidt leading in campaign contributions, per the Associated Press. On the Democratic side, former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann are facing off in the primary. Boyda served in Congress as the 2nd District’s representative from 2007 to 2009, when she lost reelection. Kleinmann is a former University of Kansas basketball player and community health advocate. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), the state’s lone Democratic representative, will find out who her Republican opponent will be in the general election. She received 55% of the vote in her 2022 reelection bid, but the 3rd District is a swing seat — Trump won 48% over Hillary Clinton in 2016, but Biden won with 51% of the vote in 2020. Running in the 3rd District for the GOP nomination are physician Prasanth Reddy and small business owner Karen Crnkovich. Reddy has almost 10 times the amount of cash as Crnkovich as of mid-July, but both GOP candidates significantly trail Davids in funds. FILE – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2024. Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket to select candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements, including McMorris Rodgers, have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Washington state Typically a left-leaning state, a wave of retirements down the ballot in Washington has rewarded voters with a crowded primary field of candidates to choose from. The governor’s race has drawn 28 challengers after third-term Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) decided to step away. He initially had filed paperwork to run for a fourth term, but decided in May 2023 he would retire. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is leading the field, raising $8.6 million — more than double raised by the next-best funded candidate, per the Associated Press. The governor’s race raised eyebrows after two additional Democratic candidates, also named Bob Ferguson, filed to run for governor. It was later discovered a conservative activist recruited the two men, who shortly withdrew from the race after filing. Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) are both retiring after this term, bringing in a flood of primary candidates. Washington is a top-two primary system, so all candidates, regardless of party, will appear on the same ballot. Both Kilmer and McMorris Rodgers’s seats are solidly in their party’s hands, so it is likely two Democrats will face off for Kilmer’s district and two Republicans will face each other in the general election for McMorris Rodgers’s. In Kilmer’s district, Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz and Democratic state Sen. Emily Randall are leading the primary field. Franz has raised about $1.4 million to Randall’s nearly $1 million. McMorris Rodgers’s retirement came as a surprise to many, as she leads the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee and still had two more years to chair the committee under GOP conference rules. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER In 2021, she became the ranking Republican on the committee — the first woman to assume the top spot for either party on the panel. A wave of House members on both sides of the aisle are exiting from Congress, including a substantial number of Republicans in the wake of infighting and stalling from hard-line conservatives on key issues. About a dozen candidates have filed to run for McMorris Rodgers’s district, many of whom have elected office experience. Spokane County treasurer and former state Sen. Michael Baumgartner is the race’s top fundraiser, with state Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber also helping to lead the field., , , https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/elissa-slotkin-mike-rogers.webp, Washington Examiner, Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32×32.png, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feed/, Rachel Schilke,
