LAST 24 HOURS IN A NUTSHELL:
Top House hashtags:
Top Senate hashtags:
Interesting climbers:
- #makegeorgiablue (12th place House): A series of retweets on behalf of Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux in Georgia 07, who would be the first woman to represent the district.
- #kavanaugh (11th place House): While the bulk of these today were generic pro-Dem messages, one interesting tweet comes from a #WVSen campaigner who was ringing doorbells with Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin. In a highly pro-Trump district, Manchin apparently got more questions about Kavanaugh than about anything else, generally urging him to vote for confirmation. He says he won’t decide until after the FBI investigation is finished.
- #flipthe7th (19th place House) Used both by Carolyn Bourdeaux in GA07 and by Abagail Spanberger in VA07, both talking about high-energy constituent meetings.
- #wheelingwv (14th place Senate): Excitement about Trump speaking in Wheeling, WV. Multiple tweets here, but all from a single account.
GENERAL TRENDS:
On the House side, today’s top hashtags are primarily driven by the Blue Wave Crowdsource (@bluewavecs), a Democrat campaign to spotlight and boost particular candidates. Sunday’s focus (#cotd is “candidate of the day”) was on North Carolina 02 candidate Linda Coleman.
On the Senate side, the usual Cruz tags are joined by Republicans in Montana – primarily the party itself, and GOP candidate Matt Rosendale – criticizing Democratic incumbent Jon Tester for opposing votes to end sanctuary cities, and for taking large quantities of lobbyist dollars.