California's 51st congressional district-- now about to be CA-52-- is the very southwest corner of the continental U.S., in the San Diego...

Like Kyrsten Sinema, David Segal first ran for office as a member of the Green Party. Unlike Kyrsten Sinema, he won as a Green... and...

Our old friend, former congressional candidate Mark Gamba, introduced me to Matt West, the progressive candidate running in the new 6th...

You know how we love all of our candidates equally, right? But it doesn't mean that we don't go crazy for the newest endorsees when we're...

Battle Of The Bands? Uh... Not Really Super Bowl Weekend/Presidents Day Weekend... and normally we would end our contest on a Sunday--...

We're in the middle of a Blue America contest that ends Monday at noon (Valentine's Day)-- and that's noon your time, wherever you live....

We haven't had a contest in a while. This one's at the nexus of music and politics. It's easy to play but less easy to explain. Let me...

Last month Meredith Lee, writing for Politico, tip-toed around the fact that Blue Dog reactionary David Scott is not just on the...

Inafa’maolek It's our duty to find excellent candidates like Kylie Taitano but it's especially wonderful when we get a really good...

I'm reluctant to spend too much time writing about the New York State congressional races because the state legislature is still working...

Colorado's first congressional district-- basically Denver-- is the most progressive in the state-- D+24. The voters there were smart...

With both Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) retiring from safe Blue districts-- Trump lost CA-40 with just 20.6%...

When I first began to organize around electoral politics, and then ultimately run myself-- I never consciously decided to do it all as a...

I grew up in Nassau County and went to college in Suffolk County. The two make up the bulk of NY-03, the North Shore congressional...

When Texas' legislature gerrymandered the state this year, they packed Austin Democrats into two super-blue districts, TX-35 and TX-37....

I try to get to know the candidates Blue America considers endorsing as well as I can. It's not always easy. Some are quite resistant but...

Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba introduced me-- and DWT readers-- to Jamie McLeod-Skinner, the candidate running for a congressional seat that...

Unless you have a solid reason to trust the people running a PAC, always assume they will steal or waste a significant portion of any...

Yesterday we took a quick look at the parameters of redistricting in Montana, which is going from one at-large seat to two seats, one,...

No one knows better than Russ Feingold, who is staying neutral in the Democratic primary, how hard it will be to beat Trumpist Senator...