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Aug 11, 2020 16 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin are holding Congressional primaries today and Georgia is holding primary runoff elections for several House seats.
In Connecticut, Democrats hold all 5 House seats and none are facing primary challengers. Republicans will challenge Democrats this fall in all 5 seats with 2 primaries in 1st and 2nd Districts held today. GOP winners will face Reps. Larson and Courtney respectively in November.
In Minnesota, #MNSen primary elections are being held today. 1st term Democratic Senator Tina Smith face four DFL primary challengers and 5 Republican candidates including former Rep. Jason Lewis who was endorsed by President Trump are running to be their party's nominee.
9-member Minnesota Congressional delegation currently includes six Democrats and three Republicans. All nine House incumbents are running for re-election this fall.
1st term #MN05 Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing four Democratic challengers today including Antone Melton-Meaux for the Minneapolis area House seat.
10th term #MN04 Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum, a senior House Appropriator, is facing four DFL primary challengers for the St. Paul area House seat.
In #MN06, 3rd term Rep. Tom Emmer, chair of NRCC, faces Republican primary challenger Patrick Munro, who unsuccessfully challenged him in 2016 and 2018 primary elections, for the outer Twin Cities suburbs/St. Cloud area House seat.
15th term #MN07 Democratic Rep Collin Peterson, House Ag Cmte Chair, faces 2 primary challengers. He last won reelection to western MN House seat w/52.1% in 2018. 5 Republicans includ fmr LtGov Michelle Fischbach & 2018 nominee Dave Hughes are running to be GOP nominee this fall.
In #MN08, 1st term GOP Pete Stauber is facing primary challenger Harry Welty with the winner facing Democratic nominee Quinn Nystrom in the fall. Stauber flipped the Duluth/Iron Range area House seat to Republican in 2018, defeating DFL nominee Joe Radinovich in open seat race.
In Wisconsin, seven of the eight House incumbents, three Democrats and four Republicans, are running for re-election this year. 21st term #WI05 Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is not seeking reelection this fall.
12th term #WI03 Democratic Rep. Ron Kind faces primary challenger Mark Neumann for the western central Wisconsin district. Kind won reelection in 2018 with 59.6% of the vote. Republicans will choose between Derrick Van Orden and Jessi Ebben to be their party's nominee this dall.
There's an open House race in #WI05 district with 21st term GOP Rep Jim Sensenbrenner not seeking reelection. Democratic nominee Tom Palzewicz will face the winner of today's Republican primary between Scott Fitzgerald and Cliff DeTemple in the fall for Milwaukee NW suburbs seat.
In Vermont, 7th term At-Large Democratic Rep. Peter Welch faces primary challenger Ralph Corbo, who is also on Democratic primary ballot for governor today. Welch last won reelection to Congress in 2018 with 69.2% of the vote.
#GA09 primary runoff elections are being held today for open northeast Georgia House seat, currently held by 4th term GOP Rep. Doug Collins who is running for US Senate. Republicans will choose between Matt Gurtler & Andrew Clyde and Democrats between Brooke Siskin & Devin Pandy.
In #GA14,Republicans Marjorie Taylor Greene & John Cowan are running in primary runoff election today to succeed retiring senior House Appropriator GOP Rep. Tom Graves,1st elected to Congress in 2010. Winner will face Democratic nominee Kevin Van Ausdal for NW GA Rome area seat.
In #GA01, Democrats Lisa Ring & Joyce Marie Griggs are running in primary runoff election today. The winner will face 3rd term GOP Rep. Buddy Carter in fall election. Carter defeated Ring in 2018 election with 57.7% of the vote for southeastern GA Savannah/Hinesville area seat.

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Oct 25, 2023
5 Republicans are running for House Speaker tonight. Hern, who filed by the deadline, dropped out.
Down to 4 GOP Speaker candidates in the second round. Fleischmann out after the first round.
First round of voting for 4th House GOP Speaker nominee:
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2. Donalds: 32
Others: 31
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Justice Alito responds to Senate Judiciary Chair Durbin: "There is no valid reason for my recusal in this case. Sen. Durbin’s letter expressed the view recusal is necessary because I participated in 2 interviews that resulted in 2 articles about my work that appeared in the WSJ."
Alito: "There was nothing out of the ordinary about the interviews in question. Over the years, many Justices have participated in interviews with representatives of media entities that have frequently been parties in cases before the Court."
Altio: "We are required to put favorable or unfavorable comments and any personal connections with an attorney out of our minds and judge the cases based solely on the law and the facts. And that is what we do."
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220-213: House on a near party line votes approved the rules for 118th Congress under a Republican majority. Rules package allows 1 mbr to force a vote on removing the House Speaker by offering a motion to vacate the chair. TX Rep Tony Gonzales was the only Republican to vote No.
McCarthy: House-approved rules package for the 118th includes “Rules that empower Members to debate & legislate are replacing rules that silenced their voice & centralized power. Rules that increase transparency are replacing rules that kept lawmaking hidden behind closed doors.”
McCarthy: “And rules that reopen Congress to We the People are replacing rules like proxy voting that kept this floor empty.”
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Diaz-Balart:"I am a long-standing advocate against discrimination of all types. I, however, cannot support any effort that undermines religious liberties by failing to provide legitimate safeguards for Faith-Based orgs. that object based on their deeply-held religious beliefs."
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Salazar (R-FL): “I am disappointed to see the final House version of the Respect for Marriage Act did not include full protections for churches and Americans with sincerely held religious beliefs."
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Senate unanimously passed legislation tonight to honor U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall with a bust in the U.S. Capitol, replacing the bust of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, located near the old Supreme Court Chamber.
The bill specifically “directs the Joint Committee on Congress on the Library to remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney in the Old Supreme Court Chamber of the Capitol and to obtain a bust of Thurgood Marshall for installation in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds.”
Senate Rules Chair Klobuchar; “The Capitol is our most recognizable symbol of democracy, a place where all Americans have their voices represented and heard.  We must ensure that its art reflects the values on which our country stands.”
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Dec 8, 2022
258-169-1: House passed marriage equality legislation to protect same-sex & interracial marriage under federal law.39 Republicans voted Yes.Owens (R-UT) voted Present.Passed Senate 61-36 w/12 Republicans voting Yes last month.Respect for Marriage Act now heads to President Biden. Image
47 Republicans voted in July voted for the House version of the Respect for Marriage Act. The Senate changed the bill to include the bipartisan Baldwin-Collins compromise, which 39 House Republicans voted for today.
39 House Republicans voted Yes in support of the final version of the Respect for Marriage Act including House GOP Conference Chair Stefanik, former chair Cheney and Outgoing NRCC Chair/Incoming Majority Whip Emmer.
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