Blue Wave 2.0
Maybe you’re like me, and the 2018 Blue Wave only instilled a voracious hunger in you for MORE! Flip even MORE once-safe Republican districts! Swell the ranks of Nancy Pelosi’s majority! Paint the whole dang map blue! Check out the candidates with the best chances of doing just that:
Carolyn Bourdeaux
Carolyn Bourdeaux is an insanely experienced and accomplished public servant and educator, with a killer resumé. She’s seen up close the way the American health care system can devastate a family’s finances, and she believes we deserve better. Bourdeaux came with in one or two KDTs (Kemp Dirty Tricks) of flipping this seat in 2018, and that was without running against an absolute clown. One of our best pick-up opportunities.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @Carolyn4GA7
- Visit Facebook page
Georgia
GA-07
Ratings
Cook: Lean Dem
Inside Elections: Tilt Dem
Roll Call: Tilt Dem
Sabato: Lean Dem
The Bad Guy
Rich McCormick
Donnie Dotard retweeted one of Rich McCormick’s wingnut rants about the coronavirus, making him an instant Cult45 celebrity, so now he gets to be a congressional candidate, how fun. That this drooling quack been so dangerously wrong about the pandemic, over and over again (Hydroxychloroquine? Really?) makes me think maybe he’s not the leader we need right now. Rich is one of these new post-reality, post-sanity Republican leeches trying to latch a ride to power on Trump’s ass, and he absolutely must be fucking stopped.
Christina Hale
Christina Hale has a seat waiting for her in the Get Shit Done Caucus; she got more than 60 bills passed in the Indiana state legislature, all with bipartisan support. And despite her tremendous success, she’s never forgotten her experiences as a young single mom, struggling to provide health insurance for her son, which is probably why she’s been such a reliable fighter for working people.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @HaleIndy
- Visit Facebook page
Indiana
IN-05
Ratings
Cook: Toss-Up
Inside Elections: Toss-Up
Roll Call: Toss-Up
Sabato: Toss-Up
The Bad Gal
Victoria Spartz
Victoria Spartz was probably the shittiest candidate in a crowded primary to succeed retiring Susan Brooks, and her shittiness puts the seat in play, huzzah! Victoria is hoping that screaming Socialism Socialism Socialism will distract Indiana voters from her shady self-dealing and lunatic wingnut platform. The good news is, this Club for Growth stooge can’t seem to raise money, and this is one of those suburban districts we’ve been picking off, so I like our chances here.
Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones IS the American Dream, folks. The resumé reads, “service, hard work, excellence, repeat.” A former intelligence officer with a long career in national security, Gina’s got legit chops. She knows her district‘s unique needs. Basically, if you’re putting together a Congress, you want as many Gina Ortiz Joneses as possible. In 2018, she damn near won against a relatively sane moderate, so now the GOP is so scared of losing this seat they’re playing dirty.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @ginaortizjones
- Visit Facebook page
Texas
TX-23
Ratings
Cook: Lean Dem
Inside Elections: Lean Dem
Roll Call: Lean Dem
Sabato: Lean Dem
The Bad Guy
Tony Gonzales
Tony Gonzales just barely squeaked by in a primary as nasty as a truck stop bathroom. From stiffing contractors to illegally having a campaign volunteer pose as a border patrol agent to, ahem, his mom calling the cops on his opponent, Tony is exactly the sort of ethical train wreck you’d expect Conman Don’s GOP to attract, which is why FUCK NO he doesn’t belong in Congress. That he’s running as a crazed Trumpist in this Clinton +4 district shows he’s too fucking dumb for the job, too.
Kate Schroder
Kate Schroder, a cancer survivor and health care advocate, couldn’t stay on the sidelines while Steve Chabot voted every ten minutes to steal health care coverage from millions. Recently, Kate has been working in Zambia to improve children’s health care; holy crap, does this mean we can actually have decent human beings in government? This certainly seems like an ideal time to have Schroder’s years of experience in both health care and politics in Congress.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @KateForCongress
- Visit Facebook page
Ohio
OH-01
Incumbent
Ratings
Cook: Toss-Up
Inside Elections: Toss-Up
Roll Call: Toss-Up
Sabato: Toss-Up
The Bad Guy
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot is exactly the sort of corrupt, out-of-touch suburban Republican that’s rapidly going extinct, running hard on his failed, dated platform, his anti-choice record, and his anti-health-care-in-general record. Chabot’s hobbies include climate change denial, and calling the cops on his constituents for recording town halls. Steve-O is also a big ol’ impeachment hypocrite, with a giant campaign finance scandal. We actually sent this creep packing once before; let’s make it stick this time.
Christy Smith
Christy Smith has already been delivering concrete results for this region in the California State Assembly, on issues including mental health care for first responders and human trafficking. Smith’s lifelong advocacy for public education will be particularly valuable next year when we have to clean up after Betsy DeVos. This one’s an easy choice.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @ChristyforCA25
- Visit Facebook page
California
CA-25
Incumbent
Ratings
Cook: Toss-Up
Inside Elections: Toss-Up
Roll Call: Toss-Up
Sabato: Lean Rep
The Bad Guy
Mike Garcia
Mike Garcia was an executive at a defense contractor before sneaking into this seat when Katie Hill vacated it, and I think Congress would be better off with one less weapons dealer alumnus, don’t you? An anti-choice fanatic, and a health-care-stealing jerk, Mike likes to scream SOCIALISM over and over so nobody notices how much he sucks. We noticed. Mike isn’t much of a Congressman, but he’ll make an interesting footnote.
Candace Valenzuela
Candace Valenzuela overcame childhood homelessness to become the first member of her family to graduate college, going on to fight for her community on her local school board. She understands the needs of working Texans from lived experience, while her opponent wallows in the right-wing fever swamps. Valenzuela knows what America needs in 2020 is less Donald Trump and more John Lewis.
- Visit the official website
- On Twitter as @candacefor24
- Visit Facebook page
Texas
TX-24
Ratings
Cook: Toss-Up
Inside Elections: Toss-Up
Roll Call: Toss-Up
Sabato: Lean Dem
The Bad Gal
Beth Van Duyne
Celebrity hate-monger Beth Van Duyne rocketed to wingnut superstardom when, as Mayor of Irving, Texas, she said a bunch of hellaciously racist shit to Glenn Beck following the Ahmed Mohamed clock incident, and she’s been vomiting up insane, hateful lies about “Sharia law” ever since. That’s pretty much the whole argument here, “Look how much I hate Muslims, please send me to Congress to hurt them.” Shitty person, shitty mayor…she’d be a super-shitty Congresswoman.