The NYT really compared a low turnout special congressional election to a mayoral primary. What are we doing here?

CALIFORNIA INTERIM VOTER REGISTRATION CHANGES AS OF 7/15/2025 Typically, California is a "once in a blue moon" state for updated voter registration (the last statewide update we have is from FEBRUARY). JMC was able to obtain July 15 voter registration statistics for all (1/2)

58 counties, and below are summary statistics: # registered voters: 22,943,145 (+42249) Dems:-32109, Reps:+31507, Inds/3rd Parties:+42851 Party reg %s: Dem 45.0%, Rep 25.3%, Inds 29.6% (2/2)

One thing that stands out in yesterday's FEC reports--the joint fundraising committees from House GOP leaders Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer are firing on all cylinders when it comes to funneling hard dollars to Republicans facing potentially competitive races.

MAGA Kentucky out with another $805,338 media buy attacking #KY04 Republican Thomas Massie, bringing its total spend to just under $1.3 million since June 27th

Reality check: Dems are way behind their 2006 & 2018 pace on the generic ballot at this point in the cycle. Ahead by only 2 pt vs. 7 pt in 2006/2018 cycles. Seat-by-seat analysis actually reveals more GOP pickup opportunities than Dems! Very much unlike 2006 & 2018 at this pt.

BREAKING: Pres. Trump showed off a draft of a letter firing Powell, during a meeting with roughly a dozen House Republicans on Tuesday night, polling them as to whether he should do it and indicating that he likely would. Maggie Haberman Colby Smith nytimes.com/live/2025/07/1…

the release helpfully clarifies that this is for the food company, and not for the red planet

News: California House Dems are huddling w Hakeem Jeffries on the possibility of mid decade redistricting Gavin Newsom has floated this as a way to counter GOP redistricting in Texas w Jake Sherman John Bresnahan

Stacey Abrams tells NPR she’s not ruling out another run for office. npr.org/2025/07/15/nx-…

Any attempt to undermine the nonpartisan California Redistricting Commission will be strongly opposed in the courts and at the ballot box.

Charles Munger, Jr., has arisen in the X-Verse to throw down on Gavin Newsom. For those not in the know, Munger (yes the son of THAT Charles Munger) was the driving force behind creating the Redistricting Commission.

JUST IN: President Donald Trump announces no more federal dollars will go toward CA’s high speed rail project. “Not a single penny in federal dollars will go toward this Newscum scam ever again,” wrote Trump.

Today, I spoke with Secretary Sean Duffy during a T&I Committee Republicans oversight hearing about California’s failed high-speed rail project. Grateful for his partnership in ending federal funding for this mismanaged train to nowhere.

INBOX: State Senator Ben Allen is pumping the brakes on SB 549, which would have let L.A. County buy wildfire-ravaged lots to build low-income housing.