Matt Holt
@mattholt33
Reporter, election nerd, Celtics fan among other things. Contributing author, @The_Almanac. Past lives: CNN, The Messenger (RIP), Hotline, MTP, AU.
Republicans clear the field for Mike Rogers, who lost to Elissa Slotkin and got 123,000 less votes than Trump in Michigan last year.
🚨 NEWS: Bill Huizenga passes on U.S. Senate bid for open seat in Michigan #MISen detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via @detroitnews
Well, in their defense, the House GOP does whatever Trump wants them to do?

Time to fire up some Black Sabbath. RIP to a legend
LONDON (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76 just weeks after farewell show.
I think it’s time to believe her over her staff. Lol
88-year-old D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton tells me this AM: “I’m certainly going to run for reelection.” (Her office has repeatedly walked this back already: axios.com/2025/06/25/nor…)
RFK Jr. just hiked Camelback Mountain in July heat wearing jeans. What to know azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
That's truly a horrendous idea
"I've always wanted a stadium in the state of Maryland that the Ravens and the Washington Commanders could share" - Stephen A. Smith
Every day I see the dumbest stuff possible on here. All of this fundraising data is public! Doesn’t stop thousands of people from liking and believing this nonsense.

One year ago today I had to run home from the gym after Joe Biden ended his presidential campaign. We spent the next 24hrs contacting every delegate we could. Our team was the first to determine Harris had enough delegates to clinch the nomination amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/22…
What Tadej Pogacar is doing right now in the #TourdeFrance …. goosebumps
Instead Jared Golden is getting a primary challenge? Weird times
For all the talk of Dem SEN opportunities in NC, TX and even IA, the red lights are really blaring in MAINE, where Morning Consult polling shows Trump underwater by 17 pts. SEN. Collins at -16. And yet NO serious Dem is taking the plunge to challenge her.
DC Draino and Gunther Eagleman hardest hit
Trump says of people calling for more Epstein files transparency: “I don’t want their support anymore!”
.@njhotline just published a searchable databases of every congressional Q2 fundraising report, broken down by @CookPolitical ranking
The NYT really compared a low turnout special congressional election to a mayoral primary. What are we doing here?
"Mamdani momentum withered in the deserts of southern Arizona on Tuesday night." @jackhealyNYT on Adelita Grijalva's convincing win in Tucson against the upstarts who called for a new face and name to succeed Raul Grijalva in the House. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/…
June 9th: 88-year old DC delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton loans her re-elect campaign $40,000 June 10th: Holmes Norton says she is running, staffers walk it back within hours (cycle repeats 2 weeks later)
NEW FEC F3 NORTON, ELEANOR HOLMES (DEM-Inc) #DC00 RCPT $45,510 EXPN $29,012 COH $29,432 docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…