Heck, a Republican, is vacating the 3rd District to run for Senate. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Nevada Republican Rep. Joe Heck's decision to run for Senate last summer gave Democrats an opening to compete for his 3rd District seat. But up until Tuesday, the national party had taken heat for its struggles to recruit in the district and wasn't excited about the candidates already in the race.
That changed when Jacky Rosen, the leader of a Henderson synagogue, announced her candidacy for the 3rd District Tuesday.
Tarkanian is running for Nevada's open 3rd District. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Republican Danny Tarkanian, the son of the legendary University of Nevada, Las Vegas, basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, announced a bid Monday for the Silver State's open 3rd District, setting up a GOP primary in a tossup race.
Tarkanian will challenge state Sen. Michael Roberson for the Republican nomination in this seat — left vacant because of GOP Rep. Joe Heck's Senate bid .
Miller, right, appears with Bill Clinton and other Democratic candidates during his 2014 campaign. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images File Photo)
Staff from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee were in Las Vegas Wednesday to meet with former Secretary of State Ross Miller, hoping to recruit him to run for Nevada's 3rd District, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting.
Incumbent Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., is expected to enter the open-seat Senate contest to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid — leaving vacant this competitive Clark County-based seat. And Democrats say Miller would be a top recruit.
Heck would be a strong Republican contender for the open Nevada Senate seat next fall. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
The news Republican Rep. Joe Heck could run for the now-open Nevada Senate seat has shifted the landscape in the Silver State.
Since Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced his retirement, Heck has said he is reconsidering his earlier declaration he would not get in the race. By all accounts, he would be one of the strongest candidates on the Republican side.
Sinema is running for re-election in a competitive district in Arizona. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
All's fair in love and ... House races? Not so much.
Less than three weeks before Election Day, would-be safe incumbents such as Reps. Lee Terry, R-Neb., and Brad Schneider, D-Ill., are scrambling to win in partisan districts — while these 10 members are headed for victory in otherwise competitive districts.
Walsh will not run for re-election to a full term. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Meet the cycle’s biggest candidate disappointments.
They are the congressional hopefuls who just didn't live up to their hype. Once touted as top recruits, these House and Senate candidates are headed for defeat on Election Day in all likelihood. Some of these candidates tanked so early in the cycle, their races never got off the ground.
The candidate:
Democratic National Committeewoman Erin Bilbray The member: Two-term Rep. Joe Heck, a Republican, who won re-election by a 7-point margin last year.
Democratic National Committeewoman Erin Bilbray raised over a quarter of a million dollars in her first reporting period as a candidate.
She raised $253,000 and will report approximately $185,000 in cash on hand.
Coffmann is a top Democratic target in 2014. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
House Majority PAC, a super PAC that aims to elect House Democrats, announced Thursday it will unleash a major advertising campaign against nine House Republicans over the shutdown.
The total buy is for a "mid-six figure" sum, according to the political action committee's spokesman. It will run web and TV ads against Republican Reps. Mike Coffman of Colorado's 6th District, Steve Southerland II of Florida's 2nd, Joe Heck of Nevada's 3rd and David Joyce of Ohio's 14th.
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