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Record number of candidates file for Congress in 2017 surge
A flood of would be lawmakers crosses the filing line as the Democratic push to reclaim the House drives a record setting candidate pool. By year end 2017 over 2100 had filed to run for the House or Senate, with Democrats fielding 1133 for House seats and total Democratic fundraising topping 311 million.
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Congress
Donald Trump
Capitol
House of Senate
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Rep
Denny Heck
Washington
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Senate
DCCC
Texas
Laura Moser
Houston
Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders
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Moser
Matt Gorman
National Republican Congressional Committee
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Heck
Lisa Brown
Washington State University
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Tom Foley
Brown
Mallory Hagan
Mike Rogers
R-Ala
Hagan
Pennsylvania
Conor Lamb
Wells Fargo
Federal Reserve
Rod Bium
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Dave Loebsack
David Young
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Steve King