Tom Carper as his working-mate during his profitable marketing campaign for governor and served as lieutenant governor for eight years. Tom Winter, who'd reportedly been considering a bid, stated this week that he'll run for Montana's new 2nd Congressional District. ● Atlanta, GA Mayor: Former Mayor Kasim Reed conceded in his comeback bid to once once more run Atlanta on Thursday, falling simply in need of the second slot for the Nov. 30 runoff. ● MT-02: Former state Rep. The 35th is open as a result of Democratic Rep. She later rose to the state Senate, then in 1992 was tapped by Rep. To date, the one particular person working for this safely blue seat in Austin is Democratic Rep. Democrats at the moment management each the state House and Senate and will virtually certainly stay in charge in this solidly blue state that voted for native son Joe Biden 59-40 last 12 months. ● NH Redistricting: New Hampshire Republicans have released a draft congressional map that, as they've been promising since they re-took control of state authorities last yr, gerrymanders the state's two House seats to make the 1st District considerably redder. Despite the loss, many Democrats-and progressive activists in particular-will probably be completely satisfied to see Sweeney gone, significantly since the party retained management of each chambers of the legislature in Tuesday's elections.
