After a round of public redistricting hearings, the staff for the Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission released the second iteration of the state’s new 8-seat congressional map.

On August 24, the House of Representatives passed—on a 220 to 212 party-line vote—a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that advances the legislative process for the enactment of President Biden’s human infrastructure proposal.

In the past two days, Democratic leaders and news sources in two states, New York and Illinois, are suggesting that the party redistricting strategists will attempt to maximize Democratic US House gains.

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Tuesday, former University of Georgia and ex-NFL football star Herschel Walker (R), without any formal announcement, filed organizational papers with the Federal Election Commission to form a US Senate committee.

Two pollsters released Florida ballot test data last week, and the combined results are a likely prelude of what we can expect from the vast multitude of survey research firms that will be testing the Sen. Marco Rubio* – Rep. Val Demings general election campaign in the coming year.

On August 5, President Biden signed an Executive Order setting a new target to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles.

Texas state Rep. Jake Ellzey (R-Waxahachie) tallied an upset win last week in the TX-6 double-Republican special runoff election, in defeating the race’s nominal favorite, Susan Wright, widow of deceased Congressman Ron Wright (R-Arlington).

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The open Missouri Senate race saw significant change in the past couple of days with two announcements: one from a person launching his Senate campaign while another declared for a different political contest.

The University of California at Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies released their latest Golden State survey that finds Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) strength in the upcoming recall election dissipating.

Earlier this week, former Maine Congressman Bruce Poliquin (R), who lost his seat in 2018 through the Ranked Choice Voting system after placing first in the original count, declared his 2022 candidacy for a re-match with Rep. Jared Golden (D-Lewiston).

On July 28, the Senate agreed, 67-32, to begin debate on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. Ahead of the vote, the bipartisan group of senators announced it had resolved all major issues on the package.

The internal Republican strife involving Wyoming at-large Rep. Liz Cheney* (R-Wilson/ Jackson) reached a heightened negative level Wednesday.

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Below is the priority order update covering the second half of the top twelve most vulnerable CDs. As you will continue to see below, all of the seats except one are Republican held.

The second quarter Federal Election Commission financial disclosure reports are now public, and while it will take some time to comprehend the individual filings, we can look at the aggregate state data to begin drawing some early US House political situation conclusions. 

On July 13, Senate Democrats announced agreement on spending $3.5 trillion using a budget process—called reconciliation—that avoids the Senate filibuster 60-vote threshold for passing legislation, and instead requires a simple majority of 51 votes.

For the first time in history California loses a congressional seat in reapportionment, and the public input session scheduled for today continues the California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s Phase 2 process.

The Political Matrix/Listener Group released a US Senate survey that produced some data responses political observers haven’t seen in awhile.