AZ-8: Retiring Rep. Lesko Endorses: Arizona US Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Peoria), who last week announced that she would not seek re-election next year, said yesterday that she will endorse as her successor Arizona state House Speaker Ben Toma (R-Paradise). Mr. Toma, however, is not yet even a congressional candidate.
Another who has declared his candidacy is Abe Hamadeh, the Republican Attorney General nominee who lost the 2022 statewide race by less than 300 votes. A crowded field is expected, particularly on the Republican side. The FiveThirtyEight data organization rates AZ-8 as R+22. The Daily Kos Elections site ranks the seat as the 77th most vulnerable district in the Republican Conference. MD-6: Former Congressman’s Wife Announces for Open Seat: April McClain Delaney (D), a former US Commerce Department official and wife of former Congressman and 2020 presidential candidate John Delaney (D), announced yesterday that she will enter the crowded 6th District Democratic primary with the hope of succeeding Rep. David Trone (D-Potomac). The Congressman is leaving the House to run for the Senate. Ms. Delaney is the 12th Democrat to declare her candidacy. Seven Republicans have also entered. It is likely we will see competitive contests in both party primaries and the for the general election. The FiveThirtyEight data organization rates the open MD-6 as D+1. The Daily Kos Elections site ranks the seat as the 20th most vulnerable district in the Democratic Conference. North Carolina: Redistricting Passes into Law; Ex-Rep. Walker Will Run: Both the North Carolina House and Senate passed the new congressional and state legislative maps thus enacting them into law since Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has no veto authority over redistricting legislation. The map favors Republicans in 10 of the state’s 14 districts. In Rep. Kathy Manning’s (D-Greensboro) new 6th District that voted for Donald Trump by a 57-41% split according to the Daily Kos Elections statisticians, former US Representative and 2022 US Senate candidate Mark Walker (R) announced that he will leave the Governor’s race and instead run for this new district. For three terms, Mr. Walker represented a similar 6th District. He chose not to run in 2020 after a court drawn map made NC-6 a heavily Democratic seat that Ms. Manning was able to claim. Comments are closed.
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