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
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
Issue #6 June 30, 2025 Outside $ Tracker AZ-07 * $51K in TV ads for Adelita Grijalva from Progressive Promise * $25K in digital ads and $5K in texting for Adelita Grijalva from the Working Families Party * $25K in unspecified advertising for Deja Foxx from L PAC Results New York Holy shit,
I had every intention of finishing the NYC Council preview last night and sending it out right about now. I even had a few races already written up. Then I got to Penn Station, and NJTransit completely broke down. In classic NJT fashion, there was no communication to myself or
Issue #5 June 23, 2025 Outside $ Tracker AZ-07 * $60K in TV ads for Adelita Grijalva from the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund * $37K in mailers, $33K in digital ads, and $23K in phone calls opposing Adelita Grijalva from Tucson Families Fed Up PAC VA-11 * $1M in TV
New York City Mayor Adrienne Adams vs. Selma Bartholomew vs. Michael Blake vs. Andrew Cuomo vs. Brad Lander vs. Zohran Mamdani vs. Zellnor Myrie vs. Paperboy Prince vs. Jessica Ramos vs. Scott Stringer vs. Whitney Tilson So. Andrew Cuomo is back. The ex-governor resigned in disgrace after more than
A housekeeping note: while I considered writing previews of the primaries for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, I ultimately opted against it because, while I view Democrats as favored to win both offices, Republicans do hold them at the present and seem to have every intention of fighting to keep
Issue 4 June 16, 2025 Sorry for the lack of an issue last week—deadlines at work and personal matters led the week to get away from me. But I'm back—and you can expect a Virginia preview before polls open tomorrow. Outside $ Tracker AZ-07 * $80K in
First, some quick ground rules. Due to a now-obsolete and all-powerful quirk of New Jersey primary ballot design known simply as “the line,” formal alliances between candidates for different offices are common, and I will note whenever such an alliance exists. (For the most part, those alliances will
Welcome to the first preview of the reincarnated Primary School. This one's a short one, only covering San Antonio's June 7 municipal runoffs (yes, the election is on a Saturday), but you can expect a much, much longer preview of New Jersey's June 10
Issue 3 June 2, 2025 Programming note: you can expect your first primary preview of the cycle on Saturday morning, covering San Antonio's local elections, followed by an extra-exhaustive New Jersey preview released contemporaneously with next week's regular issue on the morning of Monday, June
Issue 2 May 27, 2025 Subscribe Pennsylvania results Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey lost reelection to more moderate challenger Corey O’Connor, the Allegheny County controller and previously a member of the Pittsburgh City Council. O’Connor, who received extensive funding from right-wing business interests, successfully painted the progressive incumbent