Issue 16 September 22, 2025 First, while I have you, I'm raising money for New Jersey Democratic candidates who are actually putting their money to good use—canvassing to turn out lower-propensity Democratic voters and persuade swing voters, with 60% of the money going directly to contest purple
Issue 15 September 8, 2025 Hi everyone! It turns out I've had COVID this whole week, but I'm on the mend and feeling much better now. Included at the end of this week's issue is a preview of the first round of Boston'
Issue 14 September 3, 2025 Apologies for the delay in getting this week's issue out: I did intend to hold it until Tuesday in observance of Labor Day, and then starting on Monday night and continuing through Tuesday I got very, very sick with some sort of respiratory
Issue 13 August 26, 2025 IL-02 The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC has endorsed state Sen. Robert Peters, as the Chicagoan and democratic socialist continues to amass a formidable campaign to succeed outgoing Rep. Robin Kelly. (Peters is already backed by Bernie Sanders, Cook County Board chair and powerful South Side
Issue 12 August 18, 2025 CA-Gov According to a new Emerson College poll, with former Vice President Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis both freshly out of the race, it’s now former Orange County Rep. Katie Porter’s race to lose. Porter’s 18% support is enough for
Issue 11 August 12, 2025 I apologize for the failure to get last week's issue and preview out; life happened, and doing this completely solo means that that can derail everything. Back to the grind, though. Results Detroit Detroit’s mayoral race was a blowout for Council President
Issue 10 July 30, 2025 Programming note: in addition to next week's regular issue, you can expect a preview of the first rounds of this year's mayoral elections in Detroit and Seattle. I apologize for the delay in getting this week's issue out. News
Issue 9 July 21, 2025 Results AZ-07 Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva won a commanding majority of the vote in the Democratic primary for the special election to succeed her father in this border district, with Gen Z influencer and Democratic activist Deja Foxx in a distant second and
FEC Roundup #2 2nd Quarter 2025 One minor change from the last FEC roundup: I'm now going to be breaking out transfers from other authorized committees in Senate roundups, because in Senate races, there are a lot of representatives with House campaign accounts they can transfer to the
AZ-07 Deja Foxx vs. Adelita Grijalva vs. Daniel Hernandez vs. Patrick Harris vs. José Malvido First, the final week of independent expenditures in AZ-07: * $100K in digital ads supporting Adelita Grijalva from Progressive Promise * $7K in digital ads and $27.5K in TV ads supporting Adelita Grijalva from the Working
Issue 8 July 14, 2025 A housekeeping note: the AZ-07 preview, including a final update of the independent expenditure tracker, will be out tomorrow, followed by the Q2 FEC roundup later this week. News CO-01 I noticed attorney Melat Kiros’s FEC filing and had a hunch that she might
Issue 7 July 7, 2025 Outside $ Tracker AZ-07 * $34.5K in TV and digital ads for Adelita Grijalva from the Working Families Party * $10K in Facebook ads for Adelita Grijalva from the California Nurses Association * $20K in digital ads for Adelita Grijalva from Progressive Promise * $21K in mailers supporting Adelita