House races

Former Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) is touting 30 endorsements from former House colleagues in a bid to retake a seat in Congress, despite lacking support from the national party.

Earlier this week, Baca’s Democratic primary opponent touted the support of 12 House members.

Redlands, Calif., Mayor Pete Aguilar, Baca’s opponent, has already sealed support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The DCCC chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) recently told The Hill he considers Aguilar to be the better candidate.

Baca, a 12-year veteran of the House, touts Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) as his highest-ranking House supporter.

The six-term House member will accept a position at the University of Alabama.

Democrats hold an 8-point lead on the generic House ballot for Congress in a new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post. Read more...

Ten House Democrats on Wednesday endorsed Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar (D) as their favored opponent to challenge Rep. Gary Miller (R) in California's 31st district, the latest sign they're trying to push former Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) to the sidelines in the race.

Combined with two earlier endorsers, Aguilar now has 12 House Democrats in his camp, as well as support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 

DCCC Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), who's already held a fundraiser for Aguilar, told The Hill on Wednesday the committee would do all it can to help him prevail over Baca in the race.

"We think Pete Aguilar is the better candidate. We think the consistency of his views accurately reflects the values and priorities of that district and he's proven himself to be a tenacious worker who will be an independent voice for that district," Israel told The Hill on Wednesday afternoon.

Maya Soetoro-Ng joined actors Kal Penn and George Takei on a roster of "Asian American and Pacific Islander" leaders backing Honda.  

Michelle Nunn, a potential Democratic contender for Senate in Georgia, attended a fundraiser with President Obama this past weekend, stoking speculation she's moving closer to a run for retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss' (R-Ga.) seat.
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Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, officially announced she's running for Congress on Saturday, setting up a rematch with Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah).

Democratic challenger Jim Graves takes 47 percent support to Bachmann's 45 percent in a poll conducted for his campaign.

The pro-abortion rights group raised $7.3 million in the first four months of 2013, a record amount in the group's nearly three-decade existence.

The National Republican Congressional Committee had its best off-year fundraising total for April in the past decade.

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