Ending months of speculation about West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s (D) re-election plans, the veteran politician announced yesterday that he will not seek a third full term next year. 

As candidate filing deadlines begin to approach in the early primary states, we are seeing 2024 electoral decisions being made. Four House members, two Republicans and two Democrats, announced that they will not seek re-election next year. All have different reasons for leaving the House.

For months it was assumed that Montana US Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Glendive) would challenge Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) as he did five years ago, but as time marches on the Congressman is rather inexplicably not in the race.

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Two more veteran US House members indicated they will not seek re-election next year, bringing to three the number of retirements announced for the week.

With candidate filing deadlines beginning to appear over the political horizon, we are starting to see a new swing of congressional retirements come into focus.

The second round of redistricting has just led to the first, and possibly only, incumbent pairing of the 2024 congressional election cycle.

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Since Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that his presidential candidacy would move to the Independent line and away from the Democratic primary, it has been an exercise to predict which states his candidacy might detract from either President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

Three-plus term Arizona US Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Peoria) announced yesterday that she will not seek re-election to her state’s 8th Congressional District next year.

According to a series of concurrently conducted independent targeted state polls, former President Donald Trump today would lead in enough places to provide him with 291 electoral votes, or 21 more than required to unseat President Joe Biden.

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THE LATEST: At the expense of YOUR highway and bridge projects and construction jobs, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is moving to force states to spend their federal-aid highway funds, meant for road and bridge construction, to pay for buses, Amtrak trains, and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

Tell the White House and Congress we need to fix roads and bridges and stop trying to fund non-construction initiatives with highway construction funding.

WHAT TO DO: It takes less than 45 seconds to send the prewritten message telling the White House and Congress to oppose FHWA’s effort to divert road funding! You can also add your own personal comments about why your state needs these funds to repair roads and bridges.

WHY IT MATTERS: A pending FHWA greenhouse gas performance measure rule is a one-size-fits-all mandate limiting a state’s ability to choose or invest in transportation construction projects that fit its unique needs.

This proposed rule would require states to reduce transportation emissions. If states don’t, then they would be forced to put road and bridge projects on hold and fund initiatives that to achieve emissions reductions – like adding more buses, train cars, and EV charging stations.

THE DETAILS: On July 7, 2022, the FHWA announced a proposed rule to establish a greenhouse gas performance measure. In extensive comments, AGC explained to FHWA the many problems with this proposed rule. The FHWA could finalize this rule at any time.

AGC has also been active in supporting congressional efforts to block this rulemaking. An AGC-backed provision in the House of Representatives’ FY 2024 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill would block its implementation.

In the Senate, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) have an AGC-backed amendment to its FY 2024 THUD appropriations bill to block this rule that could be voted on imminently.

If the House THUD bill passes and the Senate amendment is added to its THUD appropriations bill, the provisions blocking the rule’s implementation would be incredibly difficult to remove before sending a conferenced bill to the president’s desk for signature into law.

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Monday’s announcement that Republican Dave McCormick would enter the 2024 Pennsylvania Senate race likely gives the GOP their strongest candidate in a tough race, but where do the parties stand on the key 14 races featured in the 2024 election cycle? See state by state analysis below. 

Senate Democrats are continuing to come forward calling on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to resign his seat due to the new set of indictments he is facing, just as New Jersey US Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) is launching a campaign to challenge him in next year’s Democratic primary.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema* (I-AZ) has yet to formally declare her intentions for re-election, but a report from NBC News suggests she already has a campaign plan in place. 

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Two special election primaries were held Tuesday night, each producing heavy favorites for their respective special general elections in November.

There is a great deal of discussion mounting about whether a key provision of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution will disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential election ballot.