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10/24/2023

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10/24/2023

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07/28/2020

7/27/2020- The 116th Congress has 201 GOP members and 233 Dem members. Currently solid seats are held by 174 GOP members and 204 Dem members. Competitive races: 27 GOP and 31 Dem seats. The number needed for a majority – 218. There are 4 GOP and 4 Dem seats that are considered a tossup: GA 7 (Open; Woodall,R); NY 11 (Rose, D); IA 3 (Axne, D); OK 5 (Horn, D); IL 13 (Davis, R); SC 1 (Cunningham, D); NJ 2 (Van Drew, R); Tx 22 (Open; Olsen, R). (Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales).

07/01/2020

7/1/2020 – Five incumbents ousted in Primaries this year: Rep. Dan Lipinski(D-IL), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Scott Tipton (R-CO).

07/01/2020

7/1/2020 – In January 2017, when President Trump took office, there were 241 Republicans in the House. Since then, 115 (48%) have either retired, resigned, been defeated or are retiring in 2020. (Cook Political Report).

06/23/2020

6/23/2020 – Election to watch – NY 16th District held by Eliot Engel who has been in Congress since 1989. He is endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton the Congressional Black Caucus, Planned Parenthood and many unions. His challenger is Jamaal Bowman, founding principal of a Bronx middle school and endorsed by Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Socialists of America and Move On.

06/20/2020

6/20/2020- 2020 Presidential Ratings (Electoral Votes from Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales)
Toss-up: 66 electoral votes including: AZ (11), FL (29), NE 2nd(1), NC (15), WI (10).
Tilt Democratic: 36 electoral votes: MI (16), PA (20). Tilt Republican: 1 electoral vote: ME 2nd (1).
Lean Democratic: 14 electoral votes: MN (10), NH (4). Lean Republican: 22 electoral votes: GA (16), IA (6).
Likely Democratic: 8 electoral votes: ME At-Large (2), NV (6). Likely Republican: 56 electoral votes: OH (18), TX (38).
Solid Democratic: 210 electoral votes. Solid Republican: 125 votes.

06/09/2020

6/9/2020 – RealClearPolitics Battleground States: Florida – Biden: 48.2 Trump: 44.8; Pennsylvania: Biden: 48.3 Trump: 45.0; Wisconsin: Biden: 46.4, Trump: 43.0; North Carolina: Biden: 45.5, Trump: 45.8; Arizona: Biden: 46.7, Trump: 43.3

06/08/2020

6/8/2020 - RealClearPolitics Poll Averages

Election 2020:
National Average: Biden: 49.9
Trump 42.1

Betting Odds Biden: 49.8

Trump 45.6

Electoral College Biden 183

Trump 125

06/06/2020

6/6/2020 – Former VP Joe Biden has secured 1993 delegates, giving him the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic convention. He needed 1,991 delegates to lock up the nomination.

06/02/2020

6/2/2020 – NC Dem. Governor Roy Cooper, rejected the GOP plans for a full Republican convention in August. President Trump and the RNC want a 50,000-person event.

05/16/2020

5/15/2020 - 3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package was passed by the House 208 to 199. 14 Democrats voted against the bill. Mostly freshmen from districts Trump won in 2016 (IA, SC, KS,ME,OK,PA,VA, UT,NM). One Republican, Rep. Peter King (NY,R) voted for the bill. (Politico)