Republicans and Democrats are hammering each other with competing Medicare and budget ads this recess, but in two districts where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced buys last week, the National Republican Congressional Committee succeeded in getting some of the language tweaked.
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It looks like Democrats have a tailor-made issue to use in next month's special election in New York's 26th District -- GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan.
The new Siena poll in the district shows seniors strongly oppose changing entitlement programs, and view President Obama relatively favorably. A special election in New York's 26th Congressional District is a much closer contest than once thought, with Republican Jane Corwin leading Democrat Kathy Hochul by only five points in a new poll released early Friday.
Women have already made up the majority of House recruits early this cycle - and now EMILY's List is taking their own first step toward helping who they believe are among the most promising female candidates.
Town hall opposition over the Republican budget and changes to Medicare coalesced Tuesday, with freshman members in Florida facing hostile crowds and the architect of the proposal, Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)., also having to defend his plan as he crisscrossed his district.
Liberal groups helped organize some of the protests to several of the more vulnerable Republicans heading into 2012. For the first time, a Democratic candidate is using the GOP budget proposal as an attack in a campaign ad - an early test case of the potency of the Democratic attacks on Republican plans to alter Medicare. With less than a month left until the special election to succeed former Rep. Chris Lee (R-N.Y.), Democrat Kathy Hochul is going up with an ad slamming Republican Jane Corwin for her support of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget. Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack (D) is inching closer toward a congressional run, confirming today she is exploring a run against Rep. Steve King (R) in the state's newly-drawn Fourth District. Vilsack wrote on her newly-launched website that she will spend the next few weeks traveling throughout the new district and talking with voters. She's not from King's home region of northwest Iowa, but will be moving into the new district in the next month. By Jessica Taylor and Reid Wilson
Call it an exercise in making every dollar count: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pulled one of the oldest tricks in the book this week, buying radio ads in tiny amounts in hopes of earning local media coverage. And, despite Republicans' best efforts, it actually worked. It's official: We now have our first incumbent-versus-incumbent matchup of 2012, thanks to redistricting.
With proposed maps in Iowa expected to be signed soon by Gov. Terry Branstad (R), Rep.Tom Latham (R) announced Friday he will run in the newly-created 3rd District, pitting him against Rep. Leonard Boswell (D). |
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