With the House GOP poised to move
even further to the right in the next Congress, we need to make sure the House doesn't go completely insane. That's why we're adding Staci Appel and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter to our list of congressional endorsements.
Appel is running in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District—one of the few districts in which Democrats are playing offense this cycle. It's an open seat since GOP Rep. Tom Latham made a surprise decision to retire this year and, with Appel leading by just three points in the most recent poll, both sides are fighting like hell for this seat.
Shea-Porter—already the incumbent in NH-01—is probably more familiar to readers here. She won two huge upsets when she first ran for Congress in 2006—first against a DCCC-backed candidate in the primary and then against a longtime incumbent GOPer. She won again in 2008 but was swept out by tea party favorite Frank Guinta in 2010, but she made a comeback in a 2012 rematch. Now, Guinta's back for a rematch (a re-rematch?) and things are neck-and-neck in this perennially swing district. The latest poll has the race tied 45-45.
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