Jacob Rubashkin

I cobbled together a quick and not at all-exhaustive list of elections reporters, analysts, operatives and analysts - if you're interested in this stuff please follow and share widely! go.bsky.app/A8RNWyo

One thing about Chris Van Hollen many might not know: he came up around these kinds of foreign endeavors. His father was a career FSO and US Ambassador, and his mother was a top analyst at the CIA and State Department. Van Hollen was born in Pakistan and grew up abroad.

🚨Democrat Derek Tran now leads GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in CA-45 — by 46 votes! This would be a Republican to Democratic flip in the House.

Liked this Times feature on what @aseitzwald.bsky.social and co are up to in Maine? Be sure to listen to Alex on the latest Inside Elections — all about Maine politics! youtu.be/Lmfg9W3XoDQ?...

So much fun to have the one and only Steve Kornacki on the Inside Elections Podcast this week! We talk House races, New Jersey, and how Steve (nearly) nailed his first Kentucky Derby. Take a listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvHo...

SCOOPLET | Missoula smokejumper Sam Forstag, a local union leader and wildland firefighter, is considering running against GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke in MT-01 (Trump+12, Tester+1), per 3 sources familiar. No decision expected before November. Forstag spoke at a Bernie rally this year.

Per the WSJ here's the note allegedly signed by Trump for the 2003 Jeffrey Epstein birthday book www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Democrats flipped a Trump +11 state Senate seat in Iowa tonight, by a wide margin, continuing a streak of special election over-performances in the Hawkeye State and breaking the GOP legislative supermajority. At the current margin it would be a 20 point swing toward Democrats.

Bob Brooks officially announced his run for toss-up PA-07 today — I broke the news that he was planning to run more than a month ago >>>

Remarkable but not at all surprising that this Fox News article never mentions flag burning is constitutionally protected free speech per SCOTUS in Texas v. Johnson, a case you learn about in high school, and affirmed in United States v. Eichman after Congress attempted a ban.

🚨OH-Senate: Solid Republican ➡️Lean Republican Former Sen. Sherrod Brown’s expected entrance makes this race competitive, but any Democrat is still an underdog in Ohio. That said, any real path to a D majority includes a strong Brown campaign. www.insideelections.com/news/article...

A new poll from the pro-Raja Krishnamoorthi Impact Fund shows the congressman out front in the IL-Sen Democratic primary to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin. Krishnamoorthi 38 Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton 17 Rep. Robin Kelly 7 (8/8-10, 615 LVs, mixed mode, ±3.95%)

Didn’t know they made Moldovan ambassadors at the Pete Buttigieg factory