To subscribe to Capitol Fax, click here. PPP: Rodney Davis up by only 3, Hultgren ahead by just 4 Thursday, Apr 26, 2018 * Public Policy Polling poll conducted for Patriot Majority PAC… In Illinois’ 13th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Rodney Davis has an approval rating of 40%, and 39% disapprove of his job performance. President Trump has an approval rating of 45% and a disapproval rating of 50% in Davis’ district. Speaker Paul Ryan is unpopular with 34% of voters saying they approve of the job he is doing and a majority (50%) responding that they disapprove. In an initial hypothetical matchup, Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan receives 42% of the vote and Davis receives 45%. Although Dirksen Londrigan is down, 48% who are ‘very excited’ to vote plan to cast their ballot for her, while 44% support Davis. A large majority of voters (78%) indicate they have major (62%) or minor (16%) concerns after Davis voted for a health care plan that allows insurance companies to impose an unfair age tax on people over 50. After voters were given more information about the tax and health care plans, the race ties up with both candidates receiving 43% of the vote. […] PPP surveyed 726 IL-13 voters from April 16-17, 2018. The margin of error is +/- 3.6%. This poll was conducted by automated telephone interviews. So, it’s a robopoll. Keep that in mind… * Next… In Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren has an approval rating of 30%, and 43% disapprove of his job performance. President Trump has an approval rating of 43% and a disapproval rating of 52% in Hultgren’s district. Speaker Paul Ryan is unpopular with 35% of voters saying they approve of the job he is doing and a majority (55%) responding that they disapprove. In an initial hypothetical matchup, Democrat Lauren Underwood receives 41% of the vote and Hultgren receives 45%. Although Underwood is down, 52% who are ‘very excited’ to vote plan to cast their ballot for her, while 40% support Hultgren. A large majority of voters (83%) indicate they have major (66%) or minor (17%) concerns after Hultgren voted for a health care plan that allows insurance companies to impose an unfair age tax on people over 50. After voters were given more information about the tax and health care plans, the race ties up with both candidates receiving 42% of the vote. […] PPP surveyed 682 IL-14 voters from April 16-17, 2018. The margin of error is +/- 3.8%. This poll was conducted by automated telephone interviews. * And… * Meanwhile… DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján today announced that clean energy entrepreneur and IL-06 Democratic nominee Sean Casten has earned a spot on the DCCC’s highly competitive Red to Blue program. Sean Casten has worked hard in his suburban Chicago district to earn a spot on Red to Blue by surpassing aggressive goals for grassroots engagement, local support, campaign organization and fundraising. Beyond his demonstrated abilities to build a winning campaign infrastructure, Casten has a record as a job creator and deep ties to the community he aims to represent. “With a principled and commonsense approach, Sean Casten will put economic opportunity and affordable healthcare for families ahead of special interests, which has clearly resonated in this district,” said DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján. “Sean is a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur whose experience creating jobs and solving problems is something we need more of in Congress. With a strong grassroots campaign at his back, Sean Casten is ready to flip this district in November.” Red to Blue is a highly competitive and battle-tested program at the DCCC that arms top-tier candidates with organizational and fundraising support to help them continue to run strong campaigns. Additionally, the DCCC provides strategic guidance, staff resources, candidate trainings, and more. In 2018, the DCCC will make more targeted and frequent additions to the Red to Blue program than in previous election cycles. - Posted by Rich Miller

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