by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
GOP Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota made headlines this summer when it was revealed that he called women “sluts” before he took office. On a syndicated show he hosted in 2012, Lewis wondered why it was no longer acceptable to use the word “slut”...
by Jim Heath | Nov 4, 2018 | 2018, Analysis, Battlegrounds, Congress, Democrats, Headlines, Polls, Republicans
After all the major polls got it wrong in 2016, about every political analyst in America is being extremely cautious this year in making final predictions about what will happen Tuesday night. And that includes me. Being interviewed by Mike Sauceda on Skyview...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2018 | 2018, Ads, Battlegrounds, Democrats, Headlines
Proving anti-Trump fever is alive and well in 2018, Democratic candidates running for Congress this year have collectively raised more than $1 billion for their campaigns. That’s a record-shattering sum that highlights the party’s zeal to retake the House and...
by Jim Heath | Sep 26, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Congress, Headlines
Five more Republican-held House seats are moving closer to the Democrats’ reach. The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, shifted its ratings for five House races today, upping Democrats’ chances in GOP-held districts in Colorado, New...
by Jim Heath | Sep 14, 2018 | Congress, Headlines
Rep. Clay Higgins, the onetime captain in the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office who rose to fame with a series of tough-talking videos, has introduced a bill to get Congress to clean up its act: random drug screenings. “I have observed some behavior that would cause...
