Some 2022 House Republican 'Young Gun' candidates are more on the senior side

Jul 24, 2022 View Original Article
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    94% Extremely Conservative

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  • Politician Portrayal

    90% Negative

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"The term Young Guns first became popular in political circles after an October 2007 magazine article touting a trio of younger lawmakers, Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Paul Ryan (R-WI)."
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34% Conservative
"The term Young Guns first became popular in political circles after an October 2007 magazine article touting a trio of younger lawmakers, Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Paul Ryan (R-WI)."
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34% Conservative
"The term Young Guns first became popular in political circles after an October 2007 magazine article touting a trio of younger lawmakers, Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Paul Ryan (R-WI)."
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34% Conservative
"McCarthy is poised to become speaker if House Republicans are in the majority in November."
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12% Conservative
"And Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, 37, is ruing in California's 5th Congressional District, stretching hundreds of miles along the Nevada state line."
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4% Conservative
"Former Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine, making a House comeback bid at age 68?"
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2% Conservative
"Other new Young Gun candidates include attorney and Georgia Air National Guard officer Chris West, who is looking to unseat longtime Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA); businessman Mike Erickson, who is ruing in Oregon's new 6th Congressional District; former TV news anchor Paul Junge, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee in Michigan's 8th Congressional District; Colorado state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer; former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau in Illinois's 6th Congressional District; and financial plaer Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District."
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0% Conservative
"Other new Young Gun candidates include attorney and Georgia Air National Guard officer Chris West, who is looking to unseat longtime Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA); businessman Mike Erickson, who is ruing in Oregon's new 6th Congressional District; former TV news anchor Paul Junge, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee in Michigan's 8th Congressional District; Colorado state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer; former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau in Illinois's 6th Congressional District; and financial plaer Mark Robertson in Nevada's 1st Congressional District."
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0% Conservative
"The 10 additions join 36 people previously tapped to be Young Guns, including Poliquin in Maine and Baugh in California."
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-2% Liberal
"Only McCarthy is still in office and is the House minority leader."
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-8% Liberal
"The Hempstead town councilman is seeking to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice in the Long Island seat, which has been somewhat redrawn in redistricting."
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-8% Liberal
"In California's 47th Congressional District, covering coastal Orange County and communities a bit inland, Republican attorney Scott Baugh, 60, is challenging Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who first won election to the House in 2018 by beating an incumbent Republican."
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-16% Liberal
"That includes Guy Ciarrochi, in Pesylvania's 6th Congressional District, who is challenging Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)."
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-28% Liberal
"And Sam Peters, a business owner, is ruing against Steven Horsford (D-NV) for Nevada's 4th Congressional District in the northern Las Vegas suburbs."
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-28% Liberal
"House Republicans need to net five seats in the 435-member chamber, a task seemingly made easier by President Joe Biden's sinking approval ratings, the worst inflation in 40 years, and stubbornly high gas prices."
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-38% Liberal
"Poliquin previously represented Maine's sprawling 2nd Congressional District and is now ruing for it again against Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, to whom he lost in 2018 after four years in office."
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8% Conservative
"Poliquin previously represented Maine's sprawling 2nd Congressional District and is now ruing for it again against Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, to whom he lost in 2018 after four years in office."
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8% Conservative

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