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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/29
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/30
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/31
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WI-Sen: DeMint still undermining GOP Senate efforts
"Hmmm, how can I continue sabotaging a GOP Senate majority?" The reality on the ground: Public Policy Polling (PDF). 8/12-14. Wisconsin voters. MoE 3.4% (5/19-22 results)Tammy Baldwin (D) 42 (44)Tommy...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 9/2
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: The strange case of the reluctant Surgeon...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •AZ-Sen: Has there ever been a more reluctant-sounding potential candidate...
View ArticleRuss Feingold Endorses Tammy Baldwin!
Yesterday Former Wisconsin Senator and Progressive champion Russ Feingold endorsed Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin for her Wisconsin Senate bid.
View ArticleOh that Mark Neumann -- Such a card!
So the super geniuses at the Repub brain trust somehow got me down as one of their own. Hmmm... seeing that I've never voted R in any race thus far in my life, and the only donations tied to my name...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Republican Rob Cornilles jogs through...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •OR-01: Republican Rob Cornilles, who doesn't really have much of a primary...
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WI-Sen: New poll shows race in pure tossup territory
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D)Public Policy Polling (PDF). 10/20-23. Wisconsin voters. MoE ±2.9% (8-12/14 results): Tammy Baldwin (D): 44 (42)Tommy Thompson (R): 46 (50)Undecided: 10 (8) Tammy Baldwin (D): 44...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: After Barney Frank's retirement, what...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MA-04: In case you missed it—though you probably didn't—in a major...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Democrats Steve Rothman and Bill Pascrell...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •NJ-09: Rep. Steve Rothman just put out a statement officially announcing...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Gabby Giffords will resign from Congress...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •AZ-08: In case you missed it, Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords announced...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Another stimulus-hating Republican loves...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •WI-Sen: We saw quite a bunch of this in 2010, including in Wisconsin, so...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: In which we round up seven new campaign ads
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •Ads: It feels like we got hit with a ton of new TV and radio campaign ads...
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WI-Sen: Tammy Baldwin takes the lead against all three Republicans
Public Policy Polling (PDF). 2/23-26. Wisconsin voters. MoE: ±3.3% (10/20-23 results):Tammy Baldwin (D): 46 (44)Tommy Thompson (R): 45 (46)Undecided: 9 (10) Tammy Baldwin (D): 47 (44)Mark Neumann (R):...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Don Bivens drops out of Democratic Senate...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Why you should be very skeptical of...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •VA-Sen: Roanoke College's numbers on the Virginia Senate race have always...
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WI-Sen: Tammy Baldwin (D) trails Tommy Thompson, leads other GOPers
Map of Wisconsin, circa 1718Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 4/13-15. Likely voters. MoE ±2.9% (2/23-26 results):Tammy Baldwin (D): 45 (46)Tommy Thompson (R): 47 (45)Undecided: 8 (9) Tammy Baldwin...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: House Ethics Committee widens probe into...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •FL-16: Much of the grey cloud that hangs over Republican Rep. Vern...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: The DCCC takes aim at Linda Parks in CA-26
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •CA-26: The DCCC hasn't filed any independent expenditure reports in CA-26...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Late polls portend upset in Nebraska...
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New Daily Kos/PPP poll shows Wisconsin gubernatorial recall picture unchanged
Wisconsin state capitolPublic Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 5/11-13. Likely voters. MoE: ±3.4% (4/13-15 results):Tom Barrett (D): 45 (45)Scott Walker (R-inc): 50 (50)Hari Trivedi (I): 2 (2)Undecided: 3...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Jesse Kelly won't challenge Ron Barber in...
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Post-recall poll of Wisconsin finds political landscape little changed
Milwaukee Art MuseumMarquette Univ. Law School. 6/13-16. Likely voters. MoE ±4.1% (±5.4% for Republican primary sample). (2/16-19 in parentheses, registered voters):Tammy Baldwin (D): 41 (42)Tommy...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: How checked out is Thad McCotter? This...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MI-11/WATN?: This Thad McCotter story is just unreal:As U.S. Rep. Thad...
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Eric Hovde (R) surges in both primary and general in Wisconsin Senate race
Eric Hovde, Madison East HS yearbook photo, 1982Public Policy Polling (pdf). 7/5-8. Wisconsin voters. MoE ±2.9% (4.1% for Republican primary sample). (4/13-15 results in parentheses, 2/23-26 in...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Watch out for this dangerous new ballot...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •Michigan: Welcome to the Hotel California. A front group called the...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: With Angus King dominant, we move the...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •ME-Sen: Critical Insights for the Portland Press Herald. 6/20-25....
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Conservative groups split in Wisconsin...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •WI-Sen: The Club for Growth had long been threatening to get involved with...
View ArticleBoating Safety Violation "Dogs" WI-Sen GOP candidate Eric Hovde
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric "Sick of Sob Stories" Hovde (R-WI) now has a "dog" problem.This is according to WKOW-TV, the ABC affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin:Republican U.S. Senate candidate...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Our new 'CDs-by-county' chart is total...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Check out our new 2Q House fundraising chart
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •Fundraising: Our omnibus 2Q House fundraising chart is now available! We...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: The most under-watched nominating battle...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: An instant contender for craziest...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MO-Sen: Whoa. Have you seen this new Todd Akin ad yet? It's like he had a...
View ArticleNow Scott Walker Doesn't Like Negative Campaigns - Srsly! And Other Wisconsin...
That's right. Gov. Scott Walker (R-FitzWalkerStan), king of the lying attack ad, is chiding others for running negative campaigns. Seriously.Unfortunately, this isn't a real change in his attitude...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Today, we feature a polling cornucopia
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •Polls: Today's digest seems to be filled with polls. Scroll down to see...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: PPP confirms Mark Neumann's surge in...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •WI-Sen: PPP's new poll of the Wisconsin GOP primary confirms what We Ask...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Can you actually poll a write-in race?...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •MI-11, MI-06: EPIC-MRA has new polls of two Michigan GOP House primaries,...
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Wisconsin GOP Might Be In Some Trouble Over Redistricting (Psst - It's...
Oops.The single best thing (and only victory) that came out of our June recall elections was the election of John Lehman to replace the recalled Republican State Senator. This gave the Senate Majority...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Rep. Todd Akin wins Missouri GOP Senate...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Race in Connecticut's 5th heats up on...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Busted by Democrats, Crossroads pulls...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Mazie Hirono & Tulsi Gabbard win Hawaii...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: As Cardon flakes out, Flake goes...
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here.Leading Off: •AZ-Sen: What's the point, really? Businessman Wil Cardon clearly gave up...
View ArticleUPDATEDx2: How Does Tammy Baldwin Beat Tommy Thompson?
Greetings fellow Kossacks! So I'm very happy with the feedback and recs that my latest two diaries regarding the PPP poll about the Senate race in MA and both those diaries have garnished the most...
View Article(WI-Sen) Tommy Thompson Will Cave To The Tea Party If Elected To The Senate
I was taking to a co-worker yesterday who is gay and very active in the LA Gay Community and is a big supporter of President Obama and the Democratic Party about Tammy Baldwin. My co-worker is from...
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Millionaire begs for money
Say you ran for governor in your state and you didn't even make it to the general election because you lost in a bitter primary election. Then you decide to run for Senate and again you can't get the...
View ArticleReince Priebus and Ethics
I'm not an expert in political ethics (Is that an oxymoron?), but it seems to me that the head of a state political party is probably not supposed to give away the secrets of one GOP primary candidate...
View ArticleMorning Digest: National Republicans continue to pour money into Arizona...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James...
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