Losses for Rep. Steve Watkins and Rep. Lacy Clay on Tuesday make seven downed incumbents this cycle, the most in a non-redistricting year since 1974.
Rep. William Lacy Clay , a member of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus and the scion of a legendary St. Louis political family.Watkins’s loss makes four primary defeats for Trump-backed candidates. In addition to Riggleman and Tipton, Trump-endorsed Lynda Bennett
to 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn in a landslide in North Carolina’s 11th district – vacated when Trump tapped Rep. Mark Meadows to be his chief of staff.That’s how long since the House saw this many incumbents defeated in a year without restricting – which tends to pit incumbents against one another in states that lose districts – according to the University of Virginia’sIncumbents are not out of the woods yet. Progressives have made House Ways And Means Committee Chairman Rep.
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Worries about 2020 census' accuracy grow with cut scheduleThe U.S. Census Bureau says it will stop collecting data for the 2020 census a month early. Experts and civil rights activists worry that could lead to an undercount in the census that determines how $1.5 trillion in federal spending is distributed.
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