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A National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) document contends that having Kamala Harris as the Democrat presidential nominee spells doom for down-ballot Democrats due to her “extreme agenda” and poor campaigning skills. Jason Thielman, the executive director of the NRSC, wrote a memo on Monday, detailing how Harris as the Democrat presidential nominee creates a “strong down-ballot opportunity” for Republicans. “The case against Joe Biden relied in part on the fact that he was mentally unfit to hold office, which was difficult to translate down-ballot. Kamala Harris owns the Biden Administration’s baggage and is an avowed radical,” Thielman explained in the...

President Donald Trump called 2020 Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon "very attractive" in meeting, adding, "not that I've looked at a woman that way in five years," according to a forthcoming book by two New York Times reporters. Authors Jonathan Martins and Alexander Burns detail Trump's involvement in downballot races and 2020 meetings with party leaders in their forthcoming book "This Will Not Pass," which Insider obtained ahead of its May 3 release. Then-Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, they wrote, tried to avoid bringing up races where Trump disliked the Republican incumbent, like GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who openly...

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) said on Sunday that he is not concerned that down-ballot candidates would be hurt if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wins the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Dean on "State of the Union" if he is “concerned of what it might mean for the Democratic Party in terms of winning the White House in November or winning down-ballot tickets” if Sanders is the nominee. Dean, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and 2004 presidential candidate, answered that he is not worried “at all.” “I’ll tell you why. [Sanders] certainly is a polarizing...

During this past election cycle, the media did their best to Akinize Donald Trump in Senate and House races across the country. Every time Trump said something outrageous or offensive — and Trump did provide plenty of that material — media outlets would challenge Republicans to repudiate Trump. The assumption was that, as happened in 2012 with Todd Akin in Missouri, Trump would become a boat anchor for the GOP and lead to massive down-ballot losses. How’d that work out in 2016? Paul Kane at the Washington Post astutely sums up the mistaken assumption by assigning the boat-anchor award to...

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Saturday told party officials to redirect funds away from nominee Donald Trump to down-ballot candidates, according to an official informed of the decision. In practical terms, the party will be working to mobilize voters who support GOP House and Senate candidates regardless of their position on the presidential race. That means the RNC will push Floridians who support both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to vote. Before today, the RNC wouldn’t have sought to turn out Clinton voters, leaving split-ticket voters for Senate campaigns to target. (Snip) On top...

 So which are the conservative candidates .... and which aren't.   CONGRESSIONAL RACES IN 2008:  Race All Candidates Amount Raised Senate John Cornyn (R) * Rick Noriega (D) Raymond Eugene McMurrey (I) Larry Scott Kilgore (R) Rhett R. Smith (D)  $15,705,320  $1,934,254  $18,308  $15,900  $0 District 01 Louis B. Gohmert Jr (R) *  $442,570 District 02 Ted Poe (R) *  $378,536 District 03 Sam Johnson (R) * Thomas James Daley (D) Wayne Avellanet (R)  $564,968  $1,400  $0 District 04 Ralph M. Hall (R) * Kathleen Ann Seei (R) Glenn Melancon (D) Kevin George (R) Joshua John Kowert (R)  $547,193  $54,487...

I've been on FR for over ten years and to my best recollection, this is only the second vanity thread I've ever posted. Like most here, I've been angry. Frustrated. Disgusted. Fed up to my eyeballs. Pick your favorite adjective to describe the lack of a good, solid conservative candidate in this election cycle. What I need now is not an outlet to vent my spleen, but ideas to help make something positive happen. I listened to Rush during the 1PM hour and he made a point that was pure common sense -- we need to concentrate on making sure...

With the departure of Mitt Romney, all conservative hopes for retaining the White House have diminished. The 2008 Republican presidential nominee will be Senator John McCain. Under the best of circumstances, retaining the White House following a two term presidency is difficult - in recent decades only Ronald Reagan was able to achieve this feat with the election of his sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush. This year, it is particularly difficult. No president in recent memory has been as despised by the left as George W. Bush. Between an expensive and unpopular war, worries over a souring economy, etc.,...

Listen Up! Senator John McCain may be the Republican nominee for President, and will most likely face either Clinton or Obama in the General Election. One of the great concerns Republicans voice with McCain is his pro-amnesty stance, which coincidently is shared by the presumed Democratic rivals. They believe McCain as President, or either of the Democrats, would grant amnesty to illegal aliens. Well, our current President wasn't able to accomplish that, and this fact had better make conservatives pay closer attention to all the elections taking place this year. Class II of the Senate has 33 seats up for...

Beverly Hills -- If there's any sign that the Arnold Schwarzenegger camp is ready to celebrate, and celebrate big on Tuesday night, it's the balloon: hundreds and hundreds of green, orange and white balloons in Arnold campaign colors, which are arranged lovingly in nets above the stage of the International Ballroom here at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Duf Sundheim, the chair of the state GOP, has been running around since early morning -- looking busy but happy. The latest polls, he said, are more than hopeful -- and for the down ballots, "it's looking good." State Senator Tom McClintock said...

For Release 12 p.m. CST September 6, 2006   Chris Stevens for County Judge Announces Galveston County Budget Improvements Pursuant to Incumbent’s Request     Chris Stevens Scorned By Incumbent After Requesting Tax Relief Galveston — September 6, 2006 — One week ago today, Chris Stevens appeared in Galveston County Commissioner’s Court and respectfully implored his incumbent opponent and the commissioners to reconsider the tax increase that they were preparing to foist onto taxpayers yet again. For his efforts and despite offering numerous budget reductions, he was scorned by the incumbent and called a hypocrite by the incumbent’s protege...