http://www.yourstreet.com/news/wyoming-wy YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us There's suddenly been a lot of discussion of the Republican-held districts in California being the next big treasure trove of Democratic pickups in the House, surprising... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5681801/california-demographic-tidal-wave-building Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:20:02 -0700 Somewhat sucky news : Less than three months after saying he would consider a run next year for attorney general of Texas, third-term U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, told... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5680462/tx-10-mccaul-drops-ag-hopes,-will-seek-re-election Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:36:53 -0700 • NY-20 (pdf): There's light at the end of the tunnel in the NY-20 count, and as we get closer, Scott Murphy's numbers keep going up. This morning's BoE tally gives him a lead... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5678977/ssp-daily-digest-4-16 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:17:22 -0700 Jim Bunning has been telegraphing bad fundraising numbers for some time now, especially with his public admission last month that his fundraising was " lousy ." With the numbers... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5678439/ky-sen,-ok-sen-lousy-and-lousier Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:10:06 -0700 Things just got ugly for Republican Jim Tedisco: The latest numbers from New York State show him picking up just 163 votes in his "stronghold" of Saratoga County, meaning that... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5672327/ny-20-jimmy-t-bags-163-votes-but-still-on-bottom Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:19:23 -0700 Kudos to the DCCC for landing one of their first (very) big recruits of the 2010 cycle : This morning, former Delaware Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Finance John... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5668884/de-al-carney-launches-challenge-to-castle Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:33:34 -0700 Via a press release : Josh Segall, the 2008 Democratic nominee for Congress in Alabama's 3rd district, announced today that he will mount a campaign against Mike Rogers (R... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5662889/al-03-segall-announces-rematch-against-rogers Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:52:15 -0700 • NY-20 (pdf): This morning's update from the BoE has Scott Murphy's lead increasing a bit, up to 56 votes. Brace yourself for later today, though, when Saratoga County (Jim... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5662883/ssp-daily-digest-4-14 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:45 -0700 There's a whole lotta shakin' going on in Tennessee today. First, the big news: ex-Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. won't run for Governor . For the Democrats, that leaves the field to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5655258/tn-gov,-tn-03-ford-won-t-run-dems-find-a-candidate-for-wamp-s-seat Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:56:21 -0700 A quote from today's Las Vegas Review-Journal neatly (and hilariously) sums up the state of the 2010 senate race in Nevada: Nevada Republicans have been frustrated by the lack... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5654850/nv-sen-angle-may-run-for-gop Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:31:53 -0700 * MD-HD-30 : Progressive blogger and founder of Think Progress Judd Legum is running for a seat in Maryland's House of Delegates. MD has an unusual system whereby the top... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5639080/ssp-daily-digest-4-10 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:49:57 -0700 • NJ-Gov : The latest poll of the New Jersey governor's race shows that things aren't getting any worse for Jon Corzine, but he is settling into a deep rut. Fairleigh Dickinson... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5632170/ssp-daily-digest-4-9 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:52:38 -0700 Time for another installment in the slicing 'n' dicing of our presidential-election-results-by-congressional district dataset . One intereseting thing I noticed (that has sort... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5624242/pres-by-cd-most-votes Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:09:08 -0700 • IL-05 : Congratulations to our newest House member, Mike Quigley. The Cook County Commissioner won the special election in this safe Dem seat last night, defeating GOPer... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5623543/ssp-daily-digest-4-8 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:18:15 -0700 An interesting and in-depth look from Tampa Bay Online : Florida Republican Party circles are hearing increasing talk of conservative dissatisfaction with Gov. Charlie Crist... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5616665/fl-sen-conservative-backlash-brewing-against-crist- Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:13:00 -0700 • MN-Sen : After the court-ordered opening of the 351 previously rejected absentee ballots, Al Franken's lead just grew to 312 votes (up from 225 votes after the hand recount).... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5615681/ssp-daily-digest-4-7 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:03:59 -0700 Via SG , the North Carolina's News & Observer sayeth : Attorney General Roy Cooper said he hopes to make a decision on whether to challenge Republican Sen. Richard Burr some... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5615682/nc-sen-mark-your-calendars Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:21:46 -0700 Quinnipiac (4/1-5, registered voters, 2/10-15 in parentheses): David Paterson (D-inc) : 18 (23) Andrew Cuomo (D) : 61 (55) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-inc) : 29 (24) Carolyn... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5611293/ny-gov,-ny-sen-paterson,-gillibrand-both-still-lagging Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:39:54 -0700 Another topic in the slicing and dicing of our newly compiled presidential-election-by-congressional-district data : where are the split districts? In other words, which... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5577660/pres-by-cd-split-districts Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:22:31 -0700 From the Daily News : As of yesterday evening, the board had canvassed the 10 counties in the 20th and discovered that 10,055 absentee ballots had been issued by seven... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5571578/ny-20-about-those-absentees- Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:12:42 -0700