| | | | | | | Presented By Southern Company | | | | Axios Sneak Peek | | By the Axios Politics team · Apr 13, 2022 | | Welcome back to Sneak. ⚡Situational awareness: "How genocide is defined and what it could mean for Russia and Ukraine," an explainer by Axios' Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath. 📅 Join Axios' Brady Dale and Lucinda Shen tomorrow at 12:30pm ET for a virtual event exploring the most consequential trends in cryptocurrency. Guests include Coin Center executive director Jerry Brito and George Mason University associate professor of law J.W. Verret. Register here. Smart Brevity™ count: 1,138 words ... 4.5 minutes. Edited by Glen Johnson. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Pelosi PAC's meddling |  | | | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images | | | | The political action committee linked to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is being criticized for pouring nearly $1 million into a TV ad campaign for a little-known, first-time candidate in a nine-way Democratic House primary still forming, Axios' Alexi McCammond and Alayna Treene report. Why it matters: Unlike several others running for Oregon's 6th District seat, that candidate, Carrick Flynn, has never held political office. And his nascent political career has been bankrolled by a cryptocurrency billionaire who's given him a huge advantage by pumping roughly $6 million into his campaign, so far. - Numerous Democrats were prompted to run after Oregon's redistricting process created a new district viewed as a sure win for the Democratic Party.
- The endorsement of a white male has also angered Latino and other minority groups who took heart from the PAC's pledge to support diverse candidate fields.
- Flynn's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Driving the news: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) tweeted Tuesday: "I haven't endorsed in this race, but it's flat-out wrong for House Majority PAC to be weighing in when we have multiple strong candidates vying for the nomination." - In a statement, House Majority PAC communications director C.J. Warnke said the group believes "supporting Carrick Flynn is a step toward" securing the House in November.
What we're hearing: Some in Oregon politics — like Robin Logsdon, campaign manager for one of the other candidates in this race — have suggested there was a backdoor deal between the House Majority PAC and the crypto billionaire, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. - "Do I know exactly what was exchanged by his people and [House Majority PAC's] people?" Logsdon said to Oregon Public Broadcasting. "No, but I can speculate, as can everyone, that promises have been made."
- Bankman-Fried agreed to a request for an Axios reporter to contact him but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Keep reading. |     | | | | | | 2. Member-vs.-member primaries preview 2024 |  | | | Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios | | | | Voters in four states are getting a window into the future of their parties: new congressional districts drawn after the latest census have set up rare member-vs.-member primary showdowns this year, Axios' Sophia Cai writes. Why it matters: The common denominator in five contests across the country is a battle between the more moderate and extreme wings of the Republican and Democratic parties. The results will give a preview of potential dynamics at play in the 2024 presidential race. - The first of these tests will play out May 10 in West Virginia's primary. The other contests are in Georgia, Michigan and two districts in Illinois.
On the Republican side, races in Illinois and West Virginia will test former President Trump's influence.Voters will be picking between a Trump-backed candidate and a more moderate one. - In Illinois' 15th Congressional District, Trump-endorsed Rep. Mary Miller will face off against fellow Republican Rep. Rodney Davis. He voted to certify the 2020 election and create a Jan 6. commission.
- In northern West Virginia's new 2nd Congressional District, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill has become a wedge issue.
- Rep. Alex Mooney is touting his help passing the bill, while Trump-backed Rep. David McKinley is condemning that support.
For Democrats, three unique races are pitting moderate, progressive and Congressional Black Caucus segments of the party against one other, to the degree they've chosen to weigh in. - In Georgia, Democratic Reps. Lucy McBath and Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, two rising stars who both flipped GOP-held seats in 2018 and 2020, respectively, will face-off for a new seat in the 7th Congressional District in the Atlanta suburbs.
- In Michigan's new 11th Congressional District, Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Haley Stevens are on track for a bitter clash that's already caught the attention of many of their congressional colleagues.
- In Illinois, Reps. Sean Casten and Marie Newman have been engaged in a contest for the Democratic nomination in the 6th Congressional District. To date, the contest has been focused more and more on scandal than ideology.
Keep reading. | | | | | | | | 3. Charted: Party women |  There are roughly 65 women running for governor across the country this cycle, with more Republicans than Democrats making the bid, according to data from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) also reviewed by Lexi. Why it matters: More women than ever before are running for statewide offices, including governor, secretary of state and U.S. Senate. The 2018 midterm cycle was defined, in part, by a record number of women running for the House. Between the lines: The current numbers reflect the incumbents seeking re-election this cycle too. They include Democratic Govs. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Janet Mills of Maine, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem in South Dakota and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. - The data also captures some of the more high-profile female statewide candidates this cycle.
- They include Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who's running for Arkansas governor, and Stacey Abrams, candidate for governor in Georgia.
- While women from both parties are running in equal or near-equal numbers for the statewide offices, there's still a stark partisan divide in the representation in Congress.
By the numbers: Of the 145 women currently in the House and Senate, only 39 are Republicans, the CAWP data shows. Keep reading. | | | | | | | | A message from Southern Company | | Building the future of energy | | |  | | | | Southern Company leads the way in offering clean and resilient energy solutions for our customers and communities. We achieved our interim net zero energy goal ten years early. Today, we continue our work toward a net zero future. Learn more. | | | | | | 4. Worthy of your time |  | | | White House press secretary Jen Psaki detailed $800 million in new security assistance for Ukraine. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images | | | | 🗣️ President Biden is planning to pressure Congress to pass an innovation and competition bill that would boost the semiconductor industry, among others, when he travels to Greensboro, North Carolina, tomorrow, Axios' Sarah Mucha reported first this afternoon. 📄 The National Archives today said in a letter to former President Trump that another set of his White House documents will be handed over to the Jan. 6 committee on April 28, after the current president waived executive privilege. 🗳️ Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff under investigation by the state of North Carolina for alleged voter fraud, was removed from that state's voter rolls after voting in Virginia in 2021, a Board of Elections spokesperson told the Washington Post. 👍 The Congressional Progressive Caucus announced a slate of new House endorsements, including Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) — who faces a primary challenge from Bernie Sanders-aligned former state Sen. Nina Turner — and Pennsylvania State Rep. Summer Lee and former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.). 💰 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), one of the most endangered House Democrats, brought in $1.3 million to her re-election campaign during the first three months of the year — far outpacing her strongest GOP competitor, state Sen. Tom Barrett. He raised $458,000, according to the Washington Examiner. | | | | | | | | 5. Pic du jour |  | | | Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images | | | | Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Atlantic Council today. | | | | | | | | A message from Southern Company | | Make caring for the planet your job with help from Mother Earth | | |  | | | | Follow Mother Earth and find opportunities to make a difference. Take on the job of caring for our planet together. Because the responsibility to protect our planet does not belong to any one person — it belongs to us all. It's not too late if we work together. | | | | 🐫 We did it again! It's all downhill to the weekend, Easter, Passover or however you celebrate. Please tell your family, friends and colleagues they can subscribe to Sneak or any of Axios' other free local and national newsletters through this link. |  | It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 200 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here.
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