Why Dems’ late House reaches don’t usually pan out

House Democrats are pushing into redder and redder territory. History shows those last-minute moves don’t usually pan out, even in favorable cycles. Since 2018, Democrats haven’t flipped any Republican-held seat that was added to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” list in the September or October before Election Day, according to a POLITICO…

Spurned by Trump, these outgoing Republicans aren’t helping their potential successors

Republicans spurned by President Donald Trump aren’t interested in rescuing their would-be replacements. Instead, a growing number of retiring or ousted GOP incumbents from Nevada to North Carolina are sitting those races out, and in some cases, openly bucking their own party. Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn has raised money for various Republican Senate candidates —…