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Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 218* Republicans, 213 Democrats, 4 Vacancies CA-20: Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R) district. No candidate reached 50%+ of the vote in the special election so a runoff between State Rep. Vince Fong and Tulare Sheriff Mike Boudreaux will occur May 21st. […]

Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 219 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 3 Vacancies Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) resigned January 1st; Governor Newsom (D) set a March 19th primary date. If no candidate receives 50%+ of the vote a runoff between the top two vote getters would occur […]

Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 219 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 4 Vacancies* Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled; his seat will be filled by a special election on February 13th. Democrat aligned outside groups have spent $8 million to the Republican $3 million in a race between […]

Balance of Power  Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 220 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 2 Vacancies** Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was expelled; his seat will be filled by a special election on February 13th. The DCCC and Dem aligned House Majority PAC have already announced nearly $6 million in expenditures to […]

Top Line Take Aways: For the first time in what feels like forever we won’t have any budget brinksmanship threatening your holiday travel plans. HOWEVER, the House still has five bills it can’t garner 218 votes for and there’s no indication House and Senate Leaders are anywhere near agreeing on top line spending levels. However, […]

Elevate Government Affairs, LLC is excited to announce that it has bolstered its next generation energy practice by hiring Allison Nyholm as an Executive Vice President. Allison comes to Elevate after having spent the past several years at the American Council on Renewable Energy. Allison will continue to build out the firm’s energy practice and […]

Balance of Power Senate: 48 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats House: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Vacancies Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) resigned his seat June 1st, to become CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. The special election will be on Tuesday, November 7th. This is a safe Democratic seat. Rep. Chris Stewart […]

How Did We Get Here? Pretty much everyone involved in this fiasco did just about everything in their power to ensure the Office of the Speaker of the House would be vacated, like a bizarre Congressional version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) crew clearly thought Speaker McCarthy would cut a deal […]

Balance of Power Senate: 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, 3 Independents Caucusing with Democrats, 1 Vacancy* Governor Newsom appointed EMILY’s List President Laphonza Butler to serve out the remaining 15 months of the late Senator Diane Feinstein’s term. House: 221 Republicans, 212 Democrats, 2 Vacancies* Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) resigned his seat June 1st, to become […]