Greg Giroux
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Bloomberg Government reporter analyzing elections, Congress, redistricting. TCM, trivia fan. News.bgov.com
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U.S. House Special Elections, 1957-present (Greg Giroux)
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US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
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Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
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Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
“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:
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American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
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Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“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:
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American Association of University Professors president to my BGOV colleague Kate Ackley on @aaup.org's new federal PAC:
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US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
U.S. House Special Elections, 1957-present (Greg Giroux)
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November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
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Updated with #NJ11 (Sherrill) special election dates (April 16 general, Feb. 5 primary)
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
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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
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Main Street Republican Calls for Health Tax Credit Extension
Major reforms to the Obamacare tax credits could be too complex to enact before the end of the year but there likely will be a vote on the House floor to provide some form of an extension, the top Rep...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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...
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
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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...
Schedule E for Report FEC-1925352
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November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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:
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Updated to include just-announced Jan. 31, 2026 runoff in Texas's 18th Congressional District, vacant since Sylvester Turner (D) died in March #TX18
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Updated to include just-announced Jan. 31, 2026 runoff in Texas's 18th Congressional District, vacant since Sylvester Turner (D) died in March #TX18
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DX4nvZ32rOQeU6B-zc_khCFg7b35ezeXtJYG3bIOUDo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
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Updated to include just-announced Jan. 31, 2026 runoff in Texas's 18th Congressional District, vacant since Sylvester Turner (D) died in March #TX18
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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
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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."
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"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...
Spanberger, Sherrill Wins Match Record High for Women Governors
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.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"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...
Sherrill 109,796 (50.1%)
Ciattarelli 108,370 (49.4%) #njgov results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Morris/12...
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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...
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
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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
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
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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
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
Reposted by Greg Giroux
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...)
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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:
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North Carolina GOP Finalizes Map Targeting Vulnerable Democrat
North Carolina’s Republican legislature gave final approval to new congressional district lines that increase their party’s chances of wresting an additional House seat from Democrats in the 2026 elec...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
North Carolina's Republican legislature cleared new congressional district lines:
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US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
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Includes, for the past 20 years, the number of days between a special election victory and the winner's House swearing-in
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Includes, for the past 20 years, the number of days between a special election victory and the winner's House swearing-in
U.S. House Special Elections, 1957-present (Greg Giroux)
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October 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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
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
Adelita Grijalva (D) 70,148 (68.92%)
Daniel Butierez (R) 29,944 (29.42%)
Others 1,684 (1.65%)
Total 101,776 #az07
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
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
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Maine Democrat Gets Primary Foe After Backing GOP Spending Plan
Maine Auditor Matt Dunlap, a longtime state officeholder, will run in a 2026 Democratic primary to unseat Rep. Jared Golden, the only House Democrat who voted for Republicans’ short-term spending bill...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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
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"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 ..."
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Texas’ Political Motives on Trial in Redistricting Fight (1)
One question in Texas’ redistricting fight could determine which party controls Congress in the latter half of President Donald Trump’s term: Did race or politics prompt the state’s rare mid-decade re...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"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 ..."
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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
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October 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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
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docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... #FL19
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[Kamala] "Harris for President" campaign committee is now "Fight for the People PAC" per FEC filing today:
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Form 1 for Fight for the People PAC
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September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
[Kamala] "Harris for President" campaign committee is now "Fight for the People PAC" per FEC filing today:
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“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...
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...
Kansas Republicans Weigh New Map Targeting Lone Democrat Davids
Kansas Republicans, who failed to unseat Rep. Sharice Davids after redrawing her congressional district earlier this decade, may try again to oust the state’s only Democrat in Congress with a more agg...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“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...
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
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
September 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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:
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Utah Legislative Committee Information
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September 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Utah’s redistricting committee has convened to discuss proposed remedial congressional maps:
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