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Buying A Seat In Congress— Not Everyone Can Afford One
It’s legal to spend any amount of personal wealth— even millions of dollars, as some do— to fund your own campaign in a federal election;...

Howie Klein
Mar 5, 20244 min read
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The IRS Has Self Checkout Cashiers!— A Guest Post by Diane Young
Last month, Blue America endorsed Diane Young to replace Trump sycophant John James in the suburbs north of Detroit, basically southern...

Howie Klein
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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New York Congressional Maps Finalized— After All That Expensive Sturm Und Drang Not Much Changed
After stalling for a few days, MAGA Mike finally swore Tom Suozzi into Congress this week. After the ceremony, Suozzi delivered an...

Howie Klein
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Republicans Have Found A Hill To Die On: Interfering With Couples' In Vitro Fertilization
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that a frozen embryo— or even a smudge in a Petri dish— is a child, has caused freakout in the GOP....

Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20245 min read
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Reputational Damage And Colorado Handjob Pro Lauren Boebert-- Will It Play In Douglas County?
When people seek to contextualize Trump, there are several names that have always come up over the years— Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini,...

Howie Klein
Feb 20, 20245 min read
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Trump & Putin-- The Giant Albatross Around The Necks Of Republican Congressional Candidates
On Sunday, Russ Baker wrote that he never thought he’d see the day when the American Right bedded down with a murderous Moscow-based...

Howie Klein
Feb 20, 20246 min read
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Do The DCCC Democrats NOT Want To Flip Valadao's Central Valley District? Rudy Salas Again!
The San Joaquin Valley’s 22nd congressional district should have been a Democratic seat. A majority-Latino district, it includes most of...

Howie Klein
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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John Hostettler Was Once The Worst Member Of Congress-- Defeated By A Dem, He Wants His Seat Back
Larry Bucshon, a longtime incumbent and relatively mainstream conservative, at least for southwest Indiana, is retiring from Congress in...

Howie Klein
Feb 10, 20242 min read
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Blue America Endorsement Alert In Orange County: Cheyenne Hunt
In the last two weeks, I’ve interviewed over a dozen candidates. Some of them were great and some were far from that. One even blew up at...

Howie Klein
Feb 3, 20243 min read
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Ever Thought Of Kevin McCarthy As A Latter Day Hamlet? Count Of Monte Cristo? Captain Ahab?
Heathcliff’s Hatred For The Earnshaws Ain’t Nothin' Compared To McCarthy’s Feelings Towards The Gaetz 8 Long before I went to work for...

Howie Klein
Feb 2, 20245 min read
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The DCCC Celebrates It's Inability Or Unwillingness To Distinguish Between Shit And Shinola
The New Red To Blue List Is Mostly Shit Late last week, the Washington Post ran a pointless puff piece on the latest DCCC chair, Suzan...

Howie Klein
Jan 30, 20245 min read
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Endorsement Alert: Angélica Dueñas-- Here's Why
Blue America is proud to endorse Angélica Dueñas today. Few people outside of her overwhelmingly blue San Fernando Valley district (D+51...

Howie Klein
Jan 28, 20243 min read
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Colorado’s Contentious Clown-Car Crash Beetlejuice Primary Moves Into High Gear
Will Lauren Boebert Ride Again? Who Will Marjorie Traitor Greene Endorse? When the recount was finally done in mid-December, Lauren...

Howie Klein
Jan 27, 20243 min read
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After Last Night, Will Americans Ever Trust Iowa Again To Start The Presidential Selection Process?
Forget Kansas-- Iowa Flipped Out Too Iowa has 4 congressional districts, all of which are in Republican hands, primarily because the...

Howie Klein
Jan 17, 20244 min read
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Blue America’s First Candidate Of 2024: Setting The Standard With Susheela Jayapal
Blue America has endorsed dozens of candidates since we started in 2006. Some— like Elizabeth Warren, AOC, Bernie, Ted Lieu, Jamie...

Howie Klein
Jan 14, 20244 min read
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A Guest Post By Steve Holden, The Progressive Candidate Taking On Elise Stefanik
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Holden is the Democratic candidate running to unseat Elise Stefanik in November. Unlike Stefanik, Steve won’t be...

Howie Klein
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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Lauren Boebert-- Down But Not Out... She's Aiming For A Whole New Set Of Colorado Voters
Perhaps Boebert thinks voters in eastern Colorado are more forgiving of congress members giving people handjobs in public than people in...

Howie Klein
Jan 4, 20244 min read
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Did The Nassau County Bosses Pick Another George Santos To Replace George Santos In Congress?
Mazi Pilip Won't Answer Any Substantive Questions-- Refuses Debates Thousands of Long Island voters have complained they had no idea what...

Howie Klein
Dec 29, 20233 min read
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McCarthy vs Gaetz: Far From Over... And A Mortal Threat To The Flimsy Republican House Majority
Gaetz Isn't Finished Humiliating McCarthy You knew it was coming— McCarthy and Gaetz fighting it out for influence and power on the...

Howie Klein
Dec 27, 20234 min read
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Despite The Hand-Wringing Over Biden's Low Polling Numbers, I Expect A Big Anti-Trump Wave
Unless The DCCC Backs Shit Candidates, The Dems Will Win Back The House Michigan has been looking pretty blue for a swing state. After...

Howie Klein
Dec 24, 20234 min read
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