Weekly Battleground Roundup

Happy Friday!

While DC is finally starting to thaw out (fingers crossed for no more snow), the forecast for the NY-17 primary remains frosty.

Cait Conley and Beth Davidson have traded barbs for weeks over who is the most liberal, with a DCCC-linked group even putting their thumb on the scale behind the scenes. The press corps is getting dragged into the drama too…

What will happen next? 🍿 🍿 🍿

Here’s your weekly battleground roundup:

AZ-06

Gila Valley Central: Ciscomani: Bring ‘federal resources back to our communities’

California

Cal Matters: Bernie Sanders vs. Silicon Valley: California’s billionaire tax battle heats up

CA-22

KERO: Valadao introduces bill to protect Sikh Americans from rising hate crimes and discrimination

The Sun: Villegas blamed investment firms for price gouging. He also invested with them.

CO-08

Migrant Insider: Shannon Bird’s ICE Problem

IA-01

Independent Advocate: Delivering for Southeast Iowa: $24 million in community project funding secured

Florida

Florida Politics: Thin ICE: When Florida Democrats voted against the budget, it included community projects in Florida

MI-08

Midwesterner: U.S. Rep. McDonald Rivet votes against SAVE Act requiring voter ID

NV-01

Nevada Globe: Dina Titus Admits DHS Shutdown Hurts Nevada, Concedes ICE Is Already Fully Funded

NJ-07

TAPinto New Providence: Congressman Tom Kean Jr. Delivers Valentine’s Day Cards to First Responders in New Providence

NJ-09

Paterson Press: Why did Pou tout funding for North Jersey she also voted against?

NY-03

New York Post: Long Island Rep Laura Gillen faces uphill battle in primary after voting for ICE funding

PA-08

Fox News: Scranton crime spike dogs Dem mayor as she challenges GOP Rep in Biden’s hometown

Utah

Utah News Dispatch: Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law may go back to voters: Prop 4 repeal effort files 200,000 signatures

Virginia

Roll Call: Virginia judge pauses redistricting referendum

WA-03

Fox News: House Dem’s graphic chicken decapitation ‘horrified’ her college roommates: ‘Blood went everywhere’

WI-03

News 8: Rep. Van Orden announces $2.25 million for Altoona water system project