Election Day is Every Tuesday: Feb 2-7

Let's Fill Governor Sherrill's Congressional Seat!

Saying this is a big election week is kinda an understatement. We have TEN state legislative races, a mix of primaries and generals. There is also the primary to replace Governor Sherrill in the House on THURSDAY.

Here’s what we’re looking at

Tue - AL, CT, FL, MA, MI, NY, RI, SC, and VA

Thu - NJ

Sat - LA, TX

Ready to go?

Keep in mind, if you’re seeing this on email, you gotta open the article cause…it’s long this week.

Tues FEB 3

Alabama

• State Representative District 38 (Potential FLIP)

  Hazel Floyd DEMOCRAT Priorities: increase public school funding, prioritize student safety, increase economic growth and opportunity by showcasing community assets, investing in removing deteriorated structures, investing in infrastructure, focus on neighborhoods in decline by bringing in new businesses, support formers by identifying barriers to prosperity, recognize the value and importance of agriculture

  Kristin Nelson REPUBLICAN Priorities: school resource officer in every school, supporting homegrown businesses, youth programs, fully fund schools, supports school choice

Connecticut

• Fairfield

  • First Selectman

    Tony Hwang REPUBLICAN Priorities: maintaining town services with disciplined spending, supporting strong schools and exceptional student experiences, protecting neighborhoods through smart housing and infrastructure planning, ensuring public safety and quality of life, promoting environmental stewardship and sustainability, and encouraging disciplined fiscal policy alongside smart economic development.

    Christine Vitale DEMOCRAT Priorities: town infrastructure, prioritizing housing and commercial development, fighting a proposal to merge SCR Water Authority with Aquarion

Florida

• Naples

  • City Council (3)

  Dan Barone Priorities: improving cooperation with local boards, rebuilding the Naples Pier, and advancing stormwater infrastructure efficiently, promoting a positive city staff culture by respecting expert reports, ensuring stable leadership, and retaining employees, prioritizing residents’ needs by protecting home rule, simplifying permitting, and securing fair city funding, instilling accountability and responsibility by investing tax revenue in core services, cutting waste and legal costs, and stewarding resources transparently, and focusing on the future by planning for public safety, updating the Comprehensive Plan, and ensuring resilient long-term growth for Naples.

  Ted Blankenship Priorities: fighting over-development and protecting the community’s natural beauty, including its waterways and beaches, stronger infrastructure and stormwater systems to limit damage from severe weather and speed recovery, and stresses fiscal responsibility by cutting waste and opposing tax increases, fully funding and staffing the Naples Police Department.

  Raymond Christman Priorities: ensuring strong public safety, enforcing and strengthening land development codes, supporting the operation of a safe and economically successful Naples Airport, managing city financial resources prudently and soundly, and mitigating flood risk through resiliency planning and investment to protect and enhance Naples’s high quality of life

  John Krol Priorities: promoting a safe and prosperous city with support for local business and economic opportunity, preserving Naples’ wildlife and natural environment, ensuring clean and protected water resources, reviving community spirit through engagement and local events, updating and improving city infrastructure to meet growth needs, and enhancing transparency and accountability in government decision‑making

  John Langley Priorities: making city government more responsive, transparent, and service-oriented for both residents and businesses by streamlining processes, improving communication, and increasing community engagement; emphasizes safer, cleaner neighborhoods through better infrastructure and public safety, supporting local economic growth with faster permitting and business resources, addressing stormwater and flooding issues, protecting Naples’ waterways and recreational lifestyle, and fostering stronger collaboration with Collier County leaders for aligned planning and shared resources.

  Sally Petersen Priorities: ensuring each neighborhood’s priorities are reflected in the new Comprehensive Plan, defending Home Rule so city decisions remain accountable to residents, managing growth responsibly by modernizing building and resiliency codes to safeguard property and Naples’ charm, exercising fiscal responsibility to properly fund basic city services, supporting thriving local businesses and safe, walkable downtown areas, and strengthening safety in neighborhoods and public places.

  Scott Schultz Priorities: promoting smart, responsible growth that preserves Naples’ charm and stops reckless zoning variances, strengthening infrastructure and resiliency by upgrading stormwater systems, protecting against flooding and cyber threats, and investing in long‑term infrastructure needs, defending Home Rule so local decisions are made by residents rather than state government, fostering strong partnerships with county and state leaders to address shared issues like flooding and transportation, and ensuring every neighborhood has a voice in city planning and governance

  Penny Taylor Priorities: building resilience into the city’s future by strengthening infrastructure and climate preparedness, opposing overdevelopment that could harm Naples’ character, supporting first responders and ensuring public safety, and preserving the Naples Airport as a key city asset while holding it accountable to be a good neighbor

Massachusetts

• 1^st Middlesex State Senate District

  • Democratic Primary

  Rodney Elliott DEMOCRAT Priorities: ensuring every student has access to high‑quality public education with fair funding and expanded vocational programs, supporting safe and vibrant neighborhoods through community‑based policing and youth outreach, advocating for substantial investment in local infrastructure and transportation improvements, reforming mental health and substance use treatment with faster access and stronger community services, bolstering support for children and youth with mental health resources and after‑school programs, addressing the rising cost of living with targeted tax relief and affordable housing initiatives, and protecting reproductive freedom and healthcare access across Massachusetts

  Vanna Howard DEMOCRAT Priorities: making housing more affordable and accessible for long-term residents, first-time buyers, and seniors while holding utilities accountable for price hikes; enhancing public safety and health by investing in violence prevention, mental health, and recovery services; supporting education and opportunities for young people; improving infrastructure and quality of life through better traffic solutions, sidewalks, and public spaces; expanding services for seniors and veterans like tax work-off programs and care support; and boosting government transparency and accessibility

Michigan

• State Senate 35^th District

  • Democratic Primary

  Pamela Pugh DEMOCRAT Priorities: expanding access to quality, affordable healthcare, including support for MiCare universal coverage and stronger health equity and workforce initiatives; building an economy that works for working families through family-sustaining wages, job creation, workforce development, and fighting price-gouging by utilities and corporations; supporting education and families with equitable school funding, literacy improvements, and childcare access; protecting public infrastructure and lowering utility costs; and prioritizing community-focused, progressive leadership that addresses economic opportunity, safety, and quality of life for all residents

  Chedrick Greene DEMOCRAT Priorities: championing working-class families in mid-Michigan by fighting for lower living costs, better jobs, and stronger economic opportunities, leveraging his background as a Marine veteran, fire captain, and long-time union member to advocate for policies that help everyday people thrive; against “MAGA extremists” in Lansing, protecting healthcare, education, and fundamental rights, and seeks to unstack the deck for hardworking Michiganders so they can build better lives in their communities

  Brandell Adams DEMOCRAT Priorities: job growth, lower living costs, and stronger support for families; he backs education improvements, including early literacy and reduced class sizes, and expanded childcare support through programs like Tri-Share, supports funding infrastructure such as roads through measures like cannabis and other taxes; opposes data centers that offer limited local benefits and advocates bipartisan cooperation on budgets and equitable resource distribution to address community needs across the 35th District

  Serenity Salak DEMOCRAT Priorities: supporting working families and strengthening community well-being by expanding accessible childcare (including pre-K for 3-year-olds, free before/after-school care, and childcare vouchers), improving education with fair school funding, and enhancing public infrastructure; health care reform with broader coverage and affordability, opposes corporate tax breaks, seeks to reduce the influence of big money in politics, and emphasizes bipartisan cooperation and dignity for all residents as central to her legislative approach

  Martin Blank DEMOCRAT Priorities: defending the U.S. Constitution and rule of law, supporting middle-class families and local farmers, strengthening education, expanding access to healthcare and mental health services, advancing public safety and criminal justice reform, and promoting economic stability and opportunity for working families in mid-Michigan

  William Morrone DEMOCRAT Priorities: making life more affordable, strengthening unions and working families, fixing roads and infrastructure, and creating a simpler, fairer health care system that treats the whole person, drawing on his experience as a physician, public health leader, and chief medical examiner to lower costs, improve care, and expand opportunities for residents.

New York

• Manhattan

  • State Assembly 74^th District

  Keith Powers DEMOCRAT

  

  • Assembly District 36

  Diana Moreno DEMOCRAT Priorities: enacting universal childcare funded by taxing the wealthy to provide free care for all young children; treating housing as a human right by strengthening tenant protections, defending rent stabilization, and creating a social housing authority to build and preserve affordable homes with union labor; and unapologetically defending immigrant communities by opposing federal deportation policies and restricting cooperation with ICE through the New York For All Act.

  Rana Abdelhamid DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST Priorities: expanding universal, free childcare and paid parental leave, creating and preserving permanently affordable housing with major investments in public housing and tenant protections, strengthening the local economy by protecting small and immigrant‑owned businesses through commercial rent stabilization and grants, advancing immigrant rights and safety by supporting bills like the NY for All Act and MELT Act to limit collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, funding free CUNY tuition for NYC public school graduates through the REPAIR Act, and aligning nonprofit and public spending with justice values by opposing investments that support displacement or illegal settlement activities abroad

  

  • State Senate District 47

  Erik Bottcher DEMOCRAT Priorities: addressing the affordable housing crisis by supporting large housing development pipelines with thousands of new units and strengthening tenant protections to make the city more livable and accessible, champions mental health services and suicide prevention, authoring legislation to bring mental health care into homeless shelters and expand support in schools and communities; environmental sustainability and neighborhood cleanliness, such as planting trees, expanding composting and waste reforms, banning single‑use plastics, and enhancing parks and bike lanes, advocates for public safety, civil and human rights, including strong LGBTQ+ protections

  Charlotte Friedman REPUBLICAN Priorities: commitment to fight against socialism as an oppressive system, and promote law and order with strong support for police and strict enforcement of existing laws, including immigration removal provision, combating antisemitism and hatred

Rhode Island

• Coventry

  • Town Council District 4

  Mia Iannotti Priorities: protecting her community from external pressures or decisions she views as harmful to Coventry’s interests, advocating for thoughtful progress that benefits residents, and encouraging community involvement and voter participation in local government

• North Smithfield

  Referendum – Finance the Construction improvement fand rehabilitation of the town’s public safety complex. If approved the Town of North Smithfield would be authorized to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $9,000,000 to finance the construction improvement and rehabilitation of the Town’s public safety complex located at 575 Smithfield Road

South Carolina

• Tega Cay

  • City Council unexpired term

  Liz Duda Priorities: accountability, integrity, fiscal responsibility, and proper oversight of city operations; responsible development and redevelopment with strong oversight and transparent decision‑making; public safety through partnerships with first responders and community engagement; and support for recreation and the natural environment, including protection of Lake Wylie and expanded sidewalks, trails, and recreational opportunities for residents

  Jim Foltz Priorities: prioritizing public safety by supporting local police and fire services, guiding responsible growth that preserves the city’s character (favoring low‑impact commercial development over new residential sprawl), ensuring financial sustainability through careful budgeting and revenue planning, and revitalizing and maintaining parks and recreational resources before pursuing further expansion,

Virginia

• Caroline County

  • Treasurer

  Zachary Hula INDEPENDENT Priorities: supporting public safety funding by aligning financial planning with county growth to adequately resource police, fire, and EMS services, government transparency and ethics, pledging to make county finances clear and accessible so residents can see how funds are managed and build trust in local government stewardship

  Priscilla Voit INDEPENDENT Priorities: modernizing the treasurer’s office to be more efficient and user‑friendly, including implementing a secure, mobile‑friendly online tax and fee payment system and expanding paperless billing to reduce costs; smart cash management and investment strategies that generate revenue and align with county infrastructure needs, and to improve taxpayer experience with proactive communication like early payment reminders and community “Treasurer‑on‑the‑Go” office hours in underserved areas.

February 5th

New Jersey

• US Congress 11^th District Democratic Primary

  John Bartlett Priorities: strengthening democracy, reducing costs for everyday Americans, and increasing accountability in government, defending free and fair elections, supporting voting rights reforms, ending dark‑money influence with campaign finance reform, and promoting a new Voting Rights Act; lower health care costs, ending tariffs to restore global economic relationships, and lowering housing and utility expenses while securing federal funds for infrastructure and education, ledges to ban congressional stock trading, oppose discriminatory policies and hate, and pursue measures such as impeaching Kristi Noem and addressing immigration enforcement practices to protect communities

  Zach Beecher Priorities: lowering costs for families—including healthcare, energy, housing, and childcare—while restoring government accountability and responsiveness to everyday people rather than special interests

  J-L Cauvin Priorities: protecting and expanding economic and social rights for everyday residents by making senior care more affordable and safeguarding Medicare and Social Security benefits; addressing the housing affordability crisis by boosting construction, reversing cuts to affordable housing programs, and holding landlords accountable; crafting a comprehensive plan for artificial intelligence that protects jobs, energy consumers, creators’ rights, and data privacy; defending democracy through protecting the Constitution, free and fair elections, banning congressional stock trading, imposing term limits, and ending partisan gerrymandering; promoting a clean energy future and climate action; judicial reform including court ethics and term limits; expanding access to affordable health care and reversing harmful cuts; and overhauling the immigration system to restore dignity and due process while balancing security and opportunity.

  Cammie Croft Priorities: lowering costs for everyday essentials like groceries, energy, and healthcare to put more money back in families’ pockets. She prioritizes ending corruption and holding Washington and special interests accountable—including eliminating insider stock and crypto trading by public officials and rejecting corporate PAC money—to protect taxpayers and restore trust in government. A major part of her plan is expanding affordable clean energy to reduce utility bills, create jobs, and strengthen local power systems

  Brendan Gill Priorities: addressing rising healthcare and living costs, support for small businesses and fair economic development, including closing tax loopholes that disadvantage local entrepreneurs and expanding access to capital and resources for underserved business owners; affordable healthcare, improving transportation and infrastructure, and protecting public safety and quality of life

  Jeff Grayzel Priorities: growing an innovation economy by investing in STEM education, research and development, and support for small businesses and entrepreneurs, modernizing infrastructure, including upgrading the electrical grid, expanding broadband, and improving transportation and water systems; common-sense immigration reform that creates a pathway to citizenship and meets labor needs, reduce healthcare costs by protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA while promoting cost-lowering innovation and public options

  Tom Malinowski Priorities: lowering costs for families by tackling high expenses for healthcare, housing, energy, and everyday goods through measures like repealing tariffs, restoring clean‑energy incentives, protecting Affordable Care Act tax credits, and strengthening competition laws to reduce monopolistic pricing, defending and strengthening democratic institutions and accountability in government by pushing voting rights reforms, curbing executive overreach, safeguarding free speech and press, and imposing stricter ethics and anti‑corruption rules on officials; responsible technology regulation, including reforming Big Tech liability protections, increasing data privacy and control, and ensuring safe, transparent use of artificial intelligence

  Analilia Mejia Priorities: raising the minimum wage nationally and guaranteeing paid sick days, breaking up monopolies and supporting small businesses, lowering utility costs and holding Big Tech accountable, and expanding workers’ rights and union power, supports Medicare for All with comprehensive coverage, stronger housing protections and affordability reforms, education affordability, and major infrastructure investments such as improved transit; getting big money out of politics, tax fairness, and protections for civil rights and LGBTQ+ equality

  Justin Strickland Priorities: expanding access to healthcare by creating a public healthcare option to lower premiums, out‑of‑pocket costs, and prescription prices; capping public university tuition and limiting student loan interest rates, making housing more affordable by removing major barriers like large down payments and private mortgage insurance and taxing long‑vacant properties, and supporting working families with federally funded childcare assistance; end predatory financial practices by capping fees and interest rates on bank accounts and credit cards, protect seniors by expanding Social Security benefits, and make the tax system fairer by revising tax cuts and capital gains treatment to ensure equitable revenue collection. He also supports congressional term limits

  Tahesha Way Priorities: making life more affordable for working families by lowering costs through measures like cutting junk fees and raising the SALT deduction cap, expanding access to affordable health care and prescription drug cost relief while protecting reproductive care, and fighting political overreach and attacks on fundamental rights

  Anna Lee Williams Priorities: more affordable and accessible healthcare, affordable housing initiatives paired with regulatory reform, reducing student debt and making community colleges or trade schools free, expanded parental leave and integrated preschool to support families, strengthening Social Security to protect retirement security, higher minimum wages along with stronger worker protections, fair notice and severance standards and preparation for AI’s impact on jobs, modernization of NJ Transit and core infrastructure, investments in clean air, clean water, and renewable energy, humane immigration reform that ensures dignity in detention, a diplomacy-first foreign policy with accountability for spending abroad, and anti-corruption measures such as term limits, banning congressional stock trading, and reducing the influence of big money in politics.

February 7th

Louisiana

• State House of Representatives District 100 Primary

  Patricia Boyd-Robertson DEMOCRAT Priorities: revitalizing, restoring, and rebuilding her community through integrity, accountability, and collaboration, problem‑solving to support economic stability, expand educational opportunities, and enhance community well‑being

  Dana Henry DEMOCRAT Priorities: supporting families, prioritizing safer streets/public safety, and boosting economic growth for a “future worth fighting for.

  Aeisha Kelly DEMOCRAT

  Kenya Rounds DEMOCRAT Priorities: working across the aisle to lower auto, property, and utility costs for families, strengthen public safety and accountability, protect the area from harmful policies, stabilize neighborhoods and support stronger home values, and attract real investment and infrastructure back to the district after years of underinvestment

  Candice Taylor DEMOCRAT

  

• State House of Representatives District 97 Primary

  Eugene Green III DEMOCRAT Priorities: strengthening public safety and infrastructure, boosting economic development and local business growth, and making insurance and healthcare more affordable by regulating rates and protecting consumers, investing in quality education from early childhood through college and workforce training, fiscal responsibility with transparent budgeting and accountability for taxpayer dollars, advocating for New Orleans to receive its fair share of state funding, and balanced environmental stewardship to protect Louisiana’s coast and natural resources while supporting sustainable economic progress

  Ed Murray DEMOCRAT Priorities: making life more affordable and equitable for New Orleans residents by lowering the cost of insurance through greater transparency and accountability, expanding access to early childhood education and strengthening schools, and promoting economic prosperity by tackling high costs of living and creating opportunities for families. He also emphasizes building safe neighborhoods with effective policing and community programs, reducing blight to improve property values and quality of life, and stopping the “brain drain” by implementing policies that help retain young talent and encourage them to live, work, and invest in the city

• State Representative District 60

  Brad Daigle REPUBLICAN Priorities: improving drainage and flood mitigation, upgrading roads and utilities (including electric power resilience), and supporting economic development to attract investment and create jobs

  Chasity Martinez DEMOCRAT Priorities: tackling the high cost of insurance, strengthening infrastructure and essential services, expanding access to healthcare including mental health and substance‑abuse support, ensuring transparent, accountable government, and securing the resources schools and teachers need to provide a quality education for every child.

• State Senator 3^rd District

  Kenn Barnes DEMOCRAT Priorities: building a strong, people‑centered local economy by supporting good‑paying jobs, small businesses, and responsible neighborhood investment that keeps opportunity rooted in the community; affordable insurance and housing stability, promoting fair practices and protections to help families stay in their homes; expanded early childhood programs and stronger pathways to careers, safer streets through thoughtful public‑safety solutions, and well‑maintained, vibrant neighborhoods through accountable use of public funds and community‑focused improvements

  Sidney Barthelemy II DEMOCRAT Priorities: building stronger, safer, and more prosperous communities by promoting real economic growth that supports entrepreneurs and sustainable jobs; making housing and insurance more affordable with fairer rates and consumer protections; strengthening schools by expanding early childhood access and securing resources for student success; enhancing public safety through smart policing and prevention; and tackling neighborhood blight with clean streets and maintained properties to foster community pride and quality of life

  Jon Johnson DEMOCRAT Priorities: revitalizing economic prosperity by creating a supportive environment for both local and new businesses to thrive, expanding retail and commercial opportunities, and fostering a diverse economic landscape that benefits residents; promoting workforce development programs and partnerships with educational institutions to prepare residents for jobs in high‑demand fields, community engagement and inclusivity, aiming to involve residents actively in decision‑making and ensure that economic growth delivers real opportunities for all, especially marginalized groups

  Chad Lauga DEMOCRAT Priorities: creating more quality local jobs, tackling high insurance rates with a detailed plan to lower premiums (including strengthening roof fortification programs, reforming Citizens Insurance rules, and restoring coastal land to reduce storm impact), and ensuring that children have access to excellent schools and safe neighborhoods; rebuild and protect Louisiana’s coast to safeguard the district from future storm damage and land loss—tying environmental resilience to insurance affordability and community stability.

Texas

• Leander

  • Mayor

  Katheryn Pantalion-Parker REPUBLICAN Priorities:

  Na’Cole Thompson DEMOCRAT Priorities: keeping the city stable and safe amid rapid growth, strengthening public safety, advancing infrastructure and water planning, and supporting commercial development; clear communication with residents, long‑term fiscal responsibility, and collaborative decision‑making that reflects community needs while managing pressures from expansion and services demand

  Mike Sanders REPUBLICAN Priorities: fixing water issues and improving roads and infrastructure, limiting high‑density housing growth, and ending ineffective or wasteful spending, opposing public transit services; support for law enforcement, protection of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution, reining in property taxes, and resisting government mandates such as forced business closures or unwanted medical interventions

• Councilmember Place 4, unexpired term

  Annette Sponseller Priorities: securing a reliable, long‑term water supply, updating local ordinances and infrastructure (like improving roads, traffic signals, and safe school zones), and supporting small business development to boost the local economy.

  Andy Eis Priorities: careful budgeting, low taxes, and smart long‑term planning; supporting public safety by ensuring police, fire, and emergency services have the resources and training they need; managing rapid growth responsibly through thoughtful infrastructure, transportation, and development planning; and promoting local economic development to expand jobs and the tax base while preserving the quality of life for residents in a fast‑growing Leander.