Minnesota’s First Congressional district was one of two in Minnesota that flipped from blue to red in 2018. GOP Congressman Jim Hagedorn has just come off two consecutive losses to Tim Walz, but with Walz running for Governor he saw an opening for the third time to really be the charm. While the district was […]
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Karen Handel Seeks to Reclaim Georgia’s 6th District
A rematch is on the horizon in Georgia’s suburban 6th Congressional District, where gun control activist Lucy McBath (D) defeated Republican Rep. Karen Handel in one of the most shocking results in the 2018 midterm elections. Just over a year earlier, Handel had won a nationally-watched special election for the seat, which was the most […]

Senate State of the Race Update
Outside groups in the Senate have now spent over $250 million and the battleground has begun to shift a bit since the last article three weeks ago: https://decisiondeskhq.com/where-are-outside-groups-spending-in-the-senate/. The month of September has been filled with negative ads and some new states have entered the fray so I wanted to divide them by comparing spending […]

The Histories and Legacies of the First Presidential Debates
Do presidential debates actually matter? Yes. Is the first debate typically the most important? Yes. That’s the simple conclusion one reaches when reviewing the history and impact of the first presidential debates in each election cycle. These events often have a lasting effect on how we view these candidates both in the moment and in […]

Is Split Ticket Voting Dead?
Recently, the polling firm Morning Consult released a slew of polls from Senate battlegrounds conducted in the period of September 11th to the 20th. It brought good news for Democrats but one of their biggest obstacles is that they need offensive targets in right leaning seats or even deep red states. Because of this, they […]
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