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Recap... Federal and State Leaders Summit |
This past December, GOPAC hosted its inaugural Federal and State Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. Legislators and corporate members attended from across the country to exchange ideas on conservative policies and learn from political and policy experts.
Our sessions included a wide range of topics from "The Right Environment for Economic Success," and "Big Tech: How I Learned to Stop Regulating and Love Conservatism”, to "Tobacco and Nicotine Policy in 2022 and Beyond: Advancing Public-Health Objectives with Solutions Across Stakeholders.” This allowed every legislator the opportunity to gain valuable insight on ways to advance conservative principles within their own state.
Click here to listen to the speech Speaker Newt Gingrich gave at the event this past December.
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2022 Elections: Redistricting |
The party that holds the majority holds the pen for redistricting in state legislatures. |
North Carolina
A three judge panel has instituted a remedial map with a decent chance of electing eight Republicans and six Democrats. The new map creates five safe Republican districts and two other Republican-leaning seats, as well as three safe Democratic seats and two more Democratic-leaning districts. The remedial map is only in place for 2022, meaning a new map will need to come together before the 2024 election.
Florida
A state House committee voted along party lines to advance a GOP-drawn congressional map that would create 18 districts that would have gone for Donald Trump and just 10 that would have voted for Joe Biden. The state Senate last month passed its own version that has a closer 16-12 split in favor of Trump.
Louisiana
Louisiana's Republican-run legislature finished passing new congressional, state Senate, and state House maps and submitted them to Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards. Edwards has not yet announced if he'll sign or veto the proposals.
Pennsylvania
The Democratic-majority Pennsylvania Supreme Court has selected a final map for the state's congressional districts, the previous 18 districts have been redrawn down to 17 because of the census. The new map drops one Republican-leaning seat to leave eight Republican leaning seats, six Democratic-leaning seats, and three highly competitive seats. It has a median seat bias of R+1.3 but an efficiency gap of D+3.0.
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Upcoming Primary Election Dates |
- March 1st - Texas
- May 3rd - Indiana
- May 10th - West Virginia
- May 17th - Kentucky
- May 17th - Pennsylvania
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(The Hill, 2/5/22)
(POLITICO, 2/8/22)
(Jennifer Sey- Substack, 2/14/22)
(The Center Square, 2/17/22)
(VA-2, 2/17/22)
(SFGATE, 2/17/22)
(The Wall Street Journal, 2/23/22)
(Ballotpedia, 2/28/22)
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News Round Up Across the States |
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2022 General Election
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2024 Election
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Mission Majority is the GOPAC Election Fund’s program that provides direct financial support to House and Senate Republican incumbents, challengers, and open seat candidates in competitive races. The GOPAC Election Fund also encourages its members to donate directly to each endorsed candidate.
GOPAC's endorsements this month:
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Stephanie Bice
For Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District
Stephanie was a part of GOPAC's 2015 class of Emerging Leaders and previously served in the Oklahoma State Senate. She does not have a primary opponent in her campaign for re-election. She will likely face Abby Broyles (D) in the general election.
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Bryce Reeves
For Virginia's 7th Congressional District
Reeves is running against incumbent Abigail Spanberger (D). Bryce currently serves in Virginia State Senate District 17 and was a 2012 Emerging Leader. The idea of service is in his blood. He served in the United States Army, graduated from the Army's Ranger School, served as a narcotics detective in Prince William County, and went on to serve in the Virginia State Senate.
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Nancy Mace
For South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Currently, Representative Mace will be facing a primary challenge from 5 candidates. SC-1 has moved from Republican leaning to solidly Republican at R+17. Democrats aren't likely to make an effort to flip this district, although, one candidate, Annie Andrews, just reported raising almost half a million dollars in her first 2 months in the race.
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