Tom Carper as his operating-mate during his profitable marketing campaign for governor and served as lieutenant governor for eight years. Tom Winter, who'd reportedly been contemplating a bid, mentioned this week that he'll run for Montana's new 2nd Congressional District. ● Atlanta, GA Mayor: Former Mayor Kasim Reed conceded in his comeback bid to once again run Atlanta on Thursday, falling simply in need of the second slot for the Nov. 30 runoff. ● MT-02: Former state Rep. The 35th is open because Democratic Rep. She later rose to the state Senate, then in 1992 was tapped by Rep. So far, the one person operating for this safely blue seat in Austin is Democratic Rep. Democrats at present control each the state House and Senate and will virtually certainly remain in cost on this solidly blue state that voted for native son Joe Biden 59-40 last year. ● NH Redistricting: New Hampshire Republicans have released a draft congressional map that, as they've been promising since they re-took control of state authorities final year, gerrymanders the state's two House seats to make the 1st District considerably redder. Despite the loss, many Democrats-and progressive activists in particular-can be joyful to see Sweeney gone, notably since the get together retained control of each chambers of the legislature in Tuesday's elections.