Today on TAP: The next DNC chair will have a higher profile than usual. The two leading candidates, Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler of Wisconsin, are both terrific.
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Intuit’s Top Lobbying Firms Are Also Major DSCC Bundlers
Congress is set to receive a report on how the IRS can streamline the tax filing process after lobbyists for Intuit bundled millions for the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm.
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Will the Senate Leadership Allow Local Democrats to Choose Their Candidates?
Charles Booker’s 2022 Senate campaign in Kentucky will provide the next test. When Booker ran last time, the DSCC clumsily intervened, leading to a disastrous loss.
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Are Democrats Unlearning the Lesson of 2020’s Senate Races?
Chuck Schumer could continue the successful populism that won Georgia, or fall back on a failed strategy with middle-of-the-road self-funders.
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What Went Wrong in North Carolina
State Sen. Erica Smith, Cal Cunningham’s primary opponent, weighs in.
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Chuck Schumer’s Very Bad Week
Corporate Democrats for Senate limp to the finish line.
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Power to the Person
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells progressive Senate candidates to stop running in primaries and funnels money and operatives to his centrist preferences.
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DSCC Raked In Cash From Health Care and Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Before Endorsing Hickenlooper
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is intervening in Colorado’s crowded Senate primary to boost a candidate who opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.