CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bitter New York matchup between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday [6-26-18], as voters pick candidates for November elections to determine control of Congress. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma and Mississippi are also selecting competitors for the Nov. 6 elections, when Democrats will seek to wrest control of Congress from U.S. President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Democrats need to flip 23 of 435 seats to take over the House of Representatives, which would stymie much of Trump’s agenda while opening up new avenues of investigation into his administration. They would have to net two seats to take the Senate, but face longer odds there, according to analysts. Residents of New York City’s Staten Island borough will decide whether to give Republican Michael Grimm, fresh off a prison term for tax fraud, a chance to return to Congress, three years after he resigned after pleading guilty.”
-Joseph Ax, “Control of U.S. Congress in play in votes in seven states,” Reuters, June 26, 2018 3:12 am