The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will release 10 new digital ads targeting vulnerable Republicans who voted against President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.Why it matters: The ad buy is small, but a larger sign that Democrats think hitting Republicans on COVID relief is a winning message in swing congressional districts, especially as polling shows broad public support for the bill including among the GOP. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Congress passed the relief package around 2:00 am Saturday morning virtually along party lines with two Democrats voting against the bill with Republicans.Democrats targeted David Valadao (CA), Mike Garcia (CA), Young Kim (CA), Michelle Steel (CA), Lauren Boebert (CO), Don Bacon (NE), Beth Van Duyne (TX), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), and John Katko (NY). Biden won nine of the 10 districts the DCCC is targeting in the ad campaign. Former President Trump bes
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.1.21
With apologies to the late, great
Tim Russert ⦠The top three issues facing the 2021 Florida Legislature are COVID, COVID, COVID.
Itâs no surprise that just about everything that will happen during the 60-day Session will be directly or indirectly related to the pandemic or influenced by the countless ways it has changed life in our state.
From health care policy to the budget, from education policy to the environment, the Session will seem like all COVID-19, all the time. Even where legislation doesnât directly link to COVID-19 â say, school choice â lawmakers will be factoring in what it will cost in a pandemic-battered economy or how it will help kids whose schooling was turned upside down.
Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Who Spoke At ‘Stop The Steal’ Rally To Enter Texas Race NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Republican political consultant Katrina Pierson arrives at Trump Tower, December 14, 2016 in New York City. This is the first major meeting between President-elect Trump and technology ind. NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Republican political consultant Katrina Pierson arrives at Trump Tower, December 14, 2016 in New York City. This is the first major meeting between President-elect Trump and technology industry leaders. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) MORE LESS March 1, 2021 12:31 p.m.
Katrina Pierson, a Trump campaign aide in 2016 and adviser in 2020, is planning to enter the race for the U.S. Congress seat in Texas left vacant when Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX) died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year.
New DNC chair promises greater midterm election involvement to Democrats’ relief By Alex Roarty and Francesca Chambers, McClatchy Washington Bureau
Published: February 28, 2021, 2:45pm
Share: Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison thanks his supporters after conceding to his opponent, incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), on Nov. 3, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. Graham won a fourth term in the senate with his reelection tonight. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images/TNS)
WASHINGTON New Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison is pledging to play a larger role in next year’s midterm elections than the group has in more than a decade, hoping a more robust effort from the once-beleaguered party apparatus can help prevent the type of steep electoral losses traditionally suffered by a sitting president.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be holding a fundraising event on International Women’s Day next week with former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.