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Out of those candidates, Vega is really the only one who has run a super visible campaign. Chew is super well funded. I think Mass Senate is the most likely to see serious third party support

Finally, we have some true long shots, but they are better funded than you might think Bob Chew (Colorado, SEN) Anil Kumar (Michigan, 11) Jose Vega (New York, 15) Vincent Matrisciano (New Jersey, 11) Kyle Austin (Montana, SEN) Joseph Tache (Mass, SEN) Shiva Ayyadurai (Mass, SEN)

There are many Independents to watch who will likely have semi-strong performances. Here are the obvious ones: Bill Hill (Alaska, AL) Dan Osborn (Nebraska, SEN) Seth Bodner (Montana, SEN) Kevin Kiley (California, 6) Todd Achillies (Idaho, SEN) Brian Bengs (South Dakota, SEN)

The PA @Fwd_Party has endorsed Forward Independent Dennis Mahoney for Congress. mahoneyforcongress.com Mahoney brings a decade of disaster relief and humanitarian experience to his campaign, along with a record of building partnerships in Philadelphia and around the world.

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60% in Friedman (D-IN): 50% Meyers (R): 20% Tennyson (D): 11% Armenian (I): 6% Feitosa (R): 6% Others: 6.6%

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Unlikely to be enough but not a bad showing (38% in): Friedman (D-IN): 53% Meyers (R): 19% Tennyson (D): 10% Armenian (I): 7% Feitosa (R): 5% Others: 5.6%

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No luck for Troutman (48% in): Min (D-IN): 46% Le Roux (R): 24% Miranda (D): 8% Maxsenti (R): 7% Brough (R): 7% Gonzales (R): 5% Troutman (I): 2% Reid (L): 1% Patino (I): <1%

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5 months ago

Eric Troutman is running a strange populist campaign in the blue 47th distict. "Attorney Eric J. Troutman: The Last Dude the Political Parties Wanted to See Enter the Race," says his website. He has similar money raised to the Republicans challengers, so could be interesting.

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Yikes (42% in) Lieu (D-IN): 62% Brignano (R): 17% Toomim (R): 14% Shamma (D): 5% Reardon (D): 1% Knudtson (D): 1% Anderson (I): 1%

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5 months ago

Claire Anderson is, you guessed it, another centrist running in a blue district. Though she has been outraised by the one Republican challenger, Leah Toomim.

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Unlikely to be enough but not a bad showing (38% in): Friedman (D-IN): 53% Meyers (R): 19% Tennyson (D): 10% Armenian (I): 7% Feitosa (R): 5% Others: 5.6%

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5 months ago

Another centrist in a heavily Blue district is John Armenian in District 30. Another candidate who has outraised all but incumbent Laura Friedman. Could be another interesting race to watch.

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With 42% of the vote in: Kiley (I-IN): 25% Pan (D): 23% Stansfield (R): 21% Ho (D): 12% Tomlinson (D): 11% Guerrero (D): 7% Vandenberg (D): 1%

First votes (18% in) Kiley (I): 32% Stansfield (R): 21% Pan (D): 19% Ho (D): 13% Tomlinson (D): 10.2% Other (all D): 6%

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5 months ago

Independent Incumbent Kevin Kiley is running in the 6th district. A long time Republican, Kiley has tried to move toward the center, championing a measure to oppose redistricting by either party. A dem leaning district, this could be the most interesting race featuring an indi.

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No luck for Stein (8% in): Liccardo (D-IN): 70% Soule (R): 14% Johnson (R): 13% Stein (I): 3%

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5 months ago

Jotham Stein is running in the heavily blue District 16. Running a mostly anti-Incumbent campaign against Sam Liccardo, there are only two token Republiicans in the race and no other Democrats.

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Early but interesting (12% in): Huffman (D-IN): 70% Valles (R): 6% Geist (R): 5% Hahn Niman (I): 5% Saulsbury (R): 5% Yee (D): 5% Other candidates: 4%

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5 months ago

Nicolette Hahn Niman is running the the 2nd congressional district. She is endorsed by Siskiyou County Supervisor Jess Harris, the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and the Mendocino County Farm Bureau. She is running as a centrist in a safe Dem district.

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No luck for Linh either so far (20% in): Calvert (R-IN): 27% Kim (R-IN): 26% Kim-Varet (D): 18% Ramirez (D): 14% Kerr (D): 9% Other Ds: 4% Linh: 1%

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5 months ago

Nina Linh is a well funded candidate in the right leaning District 40, but lots of candidates in this race are well funded. Dems feel this could be a pick-up and Republicans have two incumbents, Ken Calvert and Young Kim running. Expect chaos!

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No luck for Demers so far (16% in): Lofgren (D): 51% Lewis (R): 32% Arreguin (D): 14% Demers (I): 3%

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5 months ago

Another anti-incumbent candidate is Chris Demers in the 18th District. He has some more backing, from the Forward Party, along with the Santa Clara County Green Party. Another solid blue district, Demers has outraised all challengers but incumbent Zoe Lofgren.

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Not going well for Matthews (44% in): Obernolte (R-IN): 56% Lynn Hodge (D): 20% Willis (D): 16% Matthews (I): 4% Others: 4.7%

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5 months ago

Another similar candidate, Karen Matthews, is running in the heavily Republican 23rd District. More of a centrist, Matthews is endorsed by the Forward Party, along with former R State Senator William Emmerson, and the Independent Veterans of America. Another race to watch.

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Eric Troutman is running a strange populist campaign in the blue 47th distict. "Attorney Eric J. Troutman: The Last Dude the Political Parties Wanted to See Enter the Race," says his website. He has similar money raised to the Republicans challengers, so could be interesting.

Nina Linh is a well funded candidate in the right leaning District 40, but lots of candidates in this race are well funded. Dems feel this could be a pick-up and Republicans have two incumbents, Ken Calvert and Young Kim running. Expect chaos!

With the California top-two primary being tonight, it will give us our first chance to see the strength of Independents in races. Here are a few Independents to watch and their views/endorsements: