One of my takeaways from 2024 is that Dems need year round operations in all 50 states, not just the core swing states. Dem turnout lagged in reliably blue states and given how well funded pres campaigns are now, there's not really any excuse for not spending money in them.
For the first time in her career Amy Klobuchar did not carry all eight congressional districts in Minnesota. Her 16 point win statewide was not sufficient to win CDs 6-8.
I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than
Connecticut Rep. Jahana Hayes won reelection in 2022 by less than 1% but ended up winning by nearly 7% this year and got a higher share of the vote than Harris. Senator Chris Murphy won the district by 2020 levels.
Virginia is actually bluer this year than it was in 2020. It voted 5.5% left of the nation in 2020. It's voting seven points left of the nation this year.
6/7 counties in WA-3 are kept whole. Here's how Gluesenkamp Perez is doing vs recent presidential nominees. She's getting back to Obama era numbers in most of the rural counties.
Every cycle Jim Costa underperforms. In fact he's underperformed since 2008. Him retiring would be a net positive for Dems so there's finally an incumbent who cares