We've got a fantastic announcement: The Downballot has just released a new version of our one-of-a-kind "hexmap," which shows every congressional district as the same size. @donnermaps.bsky.social has been hard at work updating it for all 10 states with new maps. Check it out here! 🧵

Donald Trump carried this heavily Latino seat in Texas by 10 points just two years ago, but you sure wouldn't know that from how Republican Eric Flores reacted when Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez put up a billboard highlighting how Trump endorsed Flores.

If you want to see where Roger Marshall sits on the list of top Senate fundraisers during the third quarter ... keep scrolling

NEW: Our complete charts of 3Q fundraising data for *every* race for Congress Some real narrative-busting details: Dems & allied indies smashed Republicans, raising $499 million to $194 million With better ad rates for candidates, this goes a long way toward neutralizing the flood of outside GOP $

Did Michigan Republicans get together and decide that Trump will be gone in two years is the best line they have?

If Colorado Dems somehow manage to beat Lauren Boebert and flip the GOP’s three bluer seats, Colorado Republicans would hold no House or Senate seats for the first time in 86 years

Boebert faces Eileen Laubacher, a former Republican who retired from the Navy as a rear admiral, for an eastern Colorado seat Trump carried 58-40. The congresswoman's notoriety has allowed Laubacher to haul in massive amounts of money for what remains a tough race.

Lauren Boebert was one of the rare high-profile Republicans to back Victor Marx's campaign for Colorado governor in the primary. Now with Marx and Trump dragging down the party, Democrats have an unexpected opportunity to target Boebert in the state's most conservative congressional district.

Sen. Mitch McConnell has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.

This was very likely the only plausible option available to Democrats: absorb the massive spending, pray you survive, then whale on them with whatever you have left at the end. Seeing as the polls haven't gotten worse for Ds (if anything, they keep getting better), it seems like this is working.

Democrats four years ago boosted Don Bolduc, a far-right extremist, in his GOP primary ahead of his big loss against Sen. Maggie Hassan. Now Bolduc is endorsing Democrat Chris Pappas for New Hampshire's other Senate seat.

Also, Scott Colom was the funniest candidate we've ever interviewed on the podcast. Worth a listen!

As important as these races are (and you know I've been bugging you about them!!), it's still wild to see $3 million to $4 million spent on a *state senate* election.

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna five months after she talked about running for RNC chair: "Sounds to me like some in leadership need to focus on winning races instead of gaming their next steak donor dinner."