Arizona, long a Republican bastion, targeted by Clinton

“If you elect me along with a Republican House and Senate, we will immediately repeal the Obama-Clinton defense sequester and rebuild our badly depleted military”, Trump said, adding later that Republican majorities would help him “immediately” repeal Obamacare and “swiftly enact” the items in his agenda. George W. Bush was the exception, with his party gaining eight House seats and two Senate seats in 2002, although that election was heavily influenced by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. If so, Democrats would probably try to keep the argument general by warning that a GOP Congress means more Washington gridlock and fighting, which voters always say they dislike in theory.

“Overall, it’s a miracle we’re even in this thing right now”, said one Republican Senate strategist, who like other political operatives interviewed for this story was granted anonymity to frankly assess the situation.

“Pat Toomey heard Donald attack a grieving Gold Star family who lost their son in the Iraq War”. IL favors Democrats, especially in a presidential election year.

Trump has long accused Ryan of disloyalty, especially after the speaker said he’d no longer defend the nominee once the “locker room” tape leaked. “That’s not bad… Well, you can do it early because if you’re not feeling well on the eighth of November, we can’t take that chance”, Trump said. “I debated him for 41/2 hours”, she said. The newspaper endorsed Clinton, its first embrace of a Democrat for president in its 126-year history.

But Dave Wasserman, who tracks House races for the non-partisan Cook Political Report, suggests one reason the GOP strategy might work. Evan Bayh is trying to get his old seat back. Money is flowing to Missouri, where Republican Sen.

Trump’s claims that the election is rigged seem to be resonating particularly well in Texas and Florida, where 80 percent of Republicans believe voter fraud is widespread.

SOLID DEMOCRATIC: California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state (213 total electoral votes). Pat Toomey and praised Democratic challenger Katie McGinty.

In a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, generic congressional Republicans were down just 2 percentage points to Democrats, a sign to some Republicans that voters could distinguish between congressional Republicans and Trump. Richard Burr faces energized Democrats; former American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Deborah Ross hopes to score an upset. Trump’s outright racism, strong authoritarian tendencies and casual calls to disregard the fundamental tenets of our democracy, from media freedom to accepting the results of fair elections, has made it clear that he is not a typical Republican and represents something much more unsafe than the rest of the GOP. By contrast, Trump’s campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1409 staffers in 16 states. Marco Rubio, who’s actually running for re-election in Florida. And when a presidential candidate threatens to ignore our voices and reject the outcome of this election, he is threatening the very idea of America itself, and we can not stand for that. [.] “Donald Trump didn’t build that”.

“It’s an argument that resonates with Republicans who don’t like either candidate, and could help the GOP hold onto the House”, Wasserman says. Rob Portman in OH, whose campaign ran several ads focusing on his work combating the prescription drug and heroin addiction crisis in his state. “The answer was Mr. Trump, by a wide margin”. John McCain is facing a determined challenge from Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, but has maintained a lead in polls.