Unconfirmed stories from Democratic sources are flying around the Internet suggesting that the Tennessee Republican state legislative leadership is in the process of drawing a new congressional map that would shred Rep. Jim Cooper’s (D-Nashville) seat and convert the current 7R-2D map into 8R-1D.

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.

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.

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.