House races

The DCCC holds $2 million more cash on hand than its GOP counterpart, but still faces more debt as well.

Brooklyn councilman Domenic Recchia is the latest New York Democrat looking to unseat Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), according to recent reports. 

"We are going for Congress," Recchia told the Staten Island Advance on Monday, accusing Grimm for not fighting hard enough for the people in the district, covering Staten Island and south Brooklyn. 

Grimm, who was redistricted into the 11th, won reelection by defeating Democrat Mark Murphy last November. 

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The ad attacks Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) for her vote against a measure to block congressional pay without passage of a budget.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is criticizing the role of outside money in the special election for former Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s (D) seat, which has seen an influx of at least $1.4 million in attacks from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's super-PAC.

In his first ad, Mark Sanford addresses the scandal which derailed his political career and pledges to reform Washington.

Illinois state Sen. Toi Hutchinson dropped out of the race and endorsed rival Democrat Robin Kelly

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A memo issued Friday outlines eight ways in which Democrats believe they are better positioned now than in recent memory.

Comedy Central comedian Stephen Colbert will be busy these next few days helping his sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D), raise money for her race for Congress.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) has picked up a big conservative endorsement for his House bid: Erick Erickson, the prominent Tea Party leader who runs RedState.com.

Erickson's endorsement is less than ringing, however: he laments that a more conservative candidate hasn't jumped into the race, calling it a "sad commentary" on the state of politics in the area, and spends most of the post laying out Sanford's past infidelities before saying it was time to forgive him.

Some key presidential allies are working to stop a former representative from winning a district in Obama’s Chicago backyard.