Spoke with New Hampshire state Sen. Dan Innis (R), who wants to revive mid-decade redistricting discussions while acknowledging new map unlikely to pass with Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) opposed. “Let’s have the discussion, see where it goes,” he told me. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Ex-US Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Virginia), a House member from 2009-2011, announced campaign to unseat Rep. John McGuire (R) in Virginia's 5th Congressional District (which may be redrawn). #VA05

Indiana's Republican-led House voted 57-41 for Trump-backed congressional map targeting Democratic Reps. Frank Mrvan #IN01 and Andre Carson #IN07 Republicans 57-12 Democrats 0-29 news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Our most recent BGOV roundtable interview was with Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) @deluzio.house.gov , a Navy veteran and voting-rights lawyer from western PA who advocates for “economic patriotism” -- and may soon run statewide: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

US Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tennessee) was sworn in by Speaker Johnson to succeed Mark Green (R). Van Epps was elected Tuesday in Tennessee's 7th District. House now 220R-213D. 2 vacancies (for now): TX-18 (Turner/D) & NJ-11 (Sherrill/D).

Voting concludes in a few minutes

It's special election day in #tn07

#TN07 (Dec. 2 special election): MAGA Inc. super-PAC reported $200,000 more against Aftyn Behn (D), bringing its total spending in the contest to $1.6 million. t.co/lekOzHXE5C #TN7

How Tennessee's 7th Congressional District voted by county in 2024 House election Matt Van Epps (R) vs Aftyn Behn (D) in Dec. 2 special election to succeed ex-Rep. Mark Green (R) #TN7 #TN07

“The fight to defend American higher education from political attacks is intertwined with the fight to save our democracy.”- American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

US House Special Elections, 1957-present: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the New Jersey Democratic Governor-elect, has resigned from Congress. #nj11 now vacant. House now 219 R, 213 D 2 other vacancies: #tn07 (Green/R) Dec 2 special election #tx18 (Turner/D) Jan 31 runoff election

Some topics we discussed with Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) at Bloomberg Government roundtable housing, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) affordability ACA tax credits agriculture/beef reconciliation 2.0 Nov 4 election redistricting crypto/stablecoins leading a unicameral news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Club for Growth Action reported spending $324,149 to oppose Aftyn Behn (D) and support Matt Van Epps (R) in Dec. 2 special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District (a Trump +22 district vacated by Mark Green) #TN07 #TN7 docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

US House Special Elections, 1957-present: t.co/UxriVmsWI2 Updated to include just-announced Jan. 31, 2026 runoff in Texas's 18th Congressional District, vacant since Sylvester Turner (D) died in March #TX18

Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona) sworn in to the US House, 50 days after her Sept. 23 special election victory in southern Arizona's 7th Congressional District vacant since her father Raúl Grijalva's death in March. #az07

"To honor veterans on the 11th day of November of each year, a day dedicated to world peace."

"Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, former Capitol Hill roommates who entered the House together in 2019, made history in tandem by winning governors’ elections Tuesday." news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Morris County, New Jersey at the moment: Sherrill 109,796 (50.1%) Ciattarelli 108,370 (49.4%) #njgov results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Morris/12...

Abigail Spanberger's margin is >14 percentage points per AP (95% counted), which would be the biggest for a Virginia Democratic nominee for governor since 1961 t.co/JA6H9esZrL #vagov

April 8: Trey Yesavage of Class-A Dunedin walked 6 Jupiter Hammerhead batters in 3.2 IP. Attendance at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium: 327 Oct. 29: Yesavage 12K, 3H, 0 BB in 7 IP in a World Series Game 5, outpitching a 2x Cy Young winner for 2nd time in a week. Attendance at Dodger Stadium: 52,175

Today, Adelita Grijalva passed Conor Lamb for the 3rd-longest wait to be sworn into the House since 2005. (Data collected by @greggiroux.bsky.social: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...)

North Carolina's Republican legislature cleared new congressional district lines: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go... #NC01 #ncleg

US House Special Elections, 1957-present: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Includes, for the past 20 years, the number of days between a special election victory and the winner's House swearing-in

Official results of the Arizona 7th Congressional District special election Sept. 23, per canvass released today: Adelita Grijalva (D) 70,148 (68.92%) Daniel Butierez (R) 29,944 (29.42%) Others 1,684 (1.65%) Total 101,776 #az07

Maine Auditor Matt Dunlap announces Democratic primary challenge to US Rep. Jared Golden, who has the pro-Trump '24 district of any Democrat and was the only House Democrat who voted for the GOP continuing resolution last month. #me02 news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

"Over the next week-and-a-half, lawyers defending the maps for Texas will argue in an El Paso courtroom that state lawmakers drew them strictly to hand Republicans five additional seats in Washington ..." news.bloomberglaw.com/states-of-pl...

Madison Cawthorn (R), former North Carolina congressman, filed to seek Florida's 19th Congressional District, which Byron Donalds is giving up to run for governor docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... #FL19 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFw0...

[Kamala] "Harris for President" campaign committee is now "Fight for the People PAC" per FEC filing today: docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

“Voters should be choosing their representatives and not the other way around." GOP's "extreme policies are so unpopular that they know they can’t win unless they cheat." -US Rep Sharice Davids (D-KS) to me this week about a potential re-redistricting in her state: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Will NEBRASKA join in the mid-decade redistricting? US Rep. Adrian Smith (R): "I would be surprised. Our unicameral legislature is more of a Senate than a House by rules, so the filibuster applies." (h/t my Bloomberg Government colleague Maeve Sheehey) #NE02

Missouri redistricting: Gov. Mike Kehoe will sign new Republican congressional map on Sunday

Utah’s redistricting committee has convened to discuss proposed remedial congressional maps: le.utah.gov/committee/co... le.utah.gov/interim/2025...

US Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona) will succeed her late father Raúl Grijalva, who served in the House for 22 years. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go... TRIVIA: Can you name the members of the current 119th Congress who are daughters of former members of Congress?

US Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Arizona): • 1st Latina to serve AZ in Congress • Record number of Latinas in Congress h/t @cawp-ru.bsky.social • 152 women in Congress (both chambers) ties record set late last year • 218th signature on Epstein discharge petition • House will be 219R/214D

U.S. House Special Elections, 1957-present: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Updated with Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva's victory Tuesday in #AZ07

Merry Constitution Day!

MISSOURI (RE-)REDISTRICTING: Republican legislature gave final approval to GOP Gov. Mike Kehoe's "7-1" map endorsed by President Trump, favoring Republicans in 7 of 8 districts and targeting longtime KC-area Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: t.co/BHF6rse2OC #moleg #mo05

Trivia time! 1. What US House member running for governor in 2026 was chief of staff to the governor last decade? 2. A US senator was previously chief of staff to a person who's now his junior Senate colleague. Name them. 3. Identify the missing name below from a 1976 article

Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) sworn in to House by Speaker Johnson, one day after Walkinshaw won special election to succeed the late Gerry Connolly (D). Walkinshaw, 42, was Connolly’s chief of staff for 11 years. #VA11 House now: 219 Republicans, 213 Democrats, 3 vacancies

US Rep.-elect James Walkinshaw (D-VA) will be sworn in today at about 4:20 pm Washington time, per Speaker Mike Johnson's office. #VA11

Delighted that the 2026 edition of the Almanac of American Politics has arrived! Many congratulations and thanks to all who contributed.

Dozens of members of Congress previously worked on Capitol Hill, though Rep.-elect James Walkinshaw (D-Va.) is in a select group in the 119th Congress who served as a member's chief of staff news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go... #VA11

James Walkinshaw: "I am honored and deeply humbled to stand before you tonight as the 11th District's Congressman-elect. It was an overwhelming victory and a record-setting turnout and margin." "Northern Virginians have sent a very powerful message: the reckless Trump agenda must come to an end."

US House Special Elections, 1957-present: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Updated to include James Walkinshaw's (D) victory Tuesday in Virginia's 11th District #VA11

Today in 1974, President Gerald Ford's press secretary Jerald terHorst submitted his resignation after Nixon pardon:

Missouri Redistricting: the state House Rules-Legislative Committee advanced Republican congressional remap proposal on a 7-3 vote

#PA10: Dauphin County Commissioner Justin Douglas (D) filed w/ FEC to seek Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District held by Rep. Scott Perry (R)

Missouri House redistricting committee has convened to hear testimony on a proposed congressional remap favoring Republicans in seven of eight districts. Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's KC-area 5th District would be substantially redrawn:

New York Assemblyman Micah Lasher (D) filed a statement of candidacy w/FEC to seek #NY12, deep-blue Manhattan district Rep. Jerry Nadler (D) is giving up to retire docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…