Ian Prior
Regional Press Secretary
Ian is in his first cycle as a Regional Press Secretary for the NRCC after working as Campaign Manager for Brendan Doherty for Congress in Rhode Island. Prior to getting involved in politics, Ian was a successful trial attorney in Providence, Rhode Island and Boston Massachusetts.
So apparently Carol Shea-Porter has become paranoid about who is following her on Twitter. We’re not kidding. All we can say Carol is that you’re not alone in your paranoia. Here’s a blast from the past to help get you through the weekend.
According to the Syracuse Post-Standard, Dan Maffei is in the market for a new home. If he feels that Pentagon City just isn’t cutting it for him anymore, here are a few other neighborhoods that may interest him. 1. Tatooine Median property value: $106,000 Recommended Realtor: Greedo Pros: Sunshine, diverse population, great cantinas and music. Cons: High crime rate, giant
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This is starting to get ridiculous. In January, Carol Shea-Porter voted against the “No Budget, No Pay Act,” which would prevent Members of Congress from getting paid until they passed a budget. That bill received overwhelming bi-partisan support in the House and Senate, and the President eventually signed it into law. Carol Shea-Porter? She voted
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In case you missed it, New York Democratic Congressman Dan Maffei will host a “Galactic Trivia Battle” May 22 in Washington, D.C., with ticket prices ranging from $100 per person to $1,000 for teams or political action committees. This certainly piqued our interest in what some of the more well-known characters in the Star Wars
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Does Elizabeth Esty even care what her constituents think about her integrity? It sure doesn’t look like it. Remember that victory speech from Elizabeth Esty talking about how she fended off the big special interests? Take a look here. Of course, shortly after claiming a victory against the special interests, Esty starred in a commercial thanking a
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West Virginia’s Congressman Nick Rahall, who has been in Congress since Fantasy Island was on the air, is getting set to announce that he is seeking re-election. Unfortunately for his constituents, Nick Rahall may be better suited to be Congressman of Fantasy Island than West Virginia. Here’s just one example of how out-of-touch Rahall has
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Did you see what happened when Carol Shea-Pelosi . . . err, Carol Shea-Porter went to a New Hampshire manufacturer on a learning tour? She finally learned that Obamacare is at the “top of the list” of concerns for New Hampshire’s small businesses. And when pressed on the devastating effects of the medical device tax,
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It sure didn’t take long for rumored Congressional candidate Sean Eldridge to show his fascination with the D.C. good life. While Congressman Chris Gibson was back in his district attending the Schoharie Maplefest, participating in the Hudson Valley Autism Walk, and joining the Fleischmanns Fire Department for its annual dinner, Sean Eldridge was in Washington
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Two years ago Elizabeth Esty was called out for accepting campaign contributions from Northeast Utilities, a company regulated by her husband. Esty kept the money. Today the NRCC blasted Esty for those contributions in light of a slew of bad press reporting that her husband had given out non-public information to benefit Northeast Utilities. Apparently,
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In today’s memo to fellow Democrats, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel says, “We are successfully recruiting problem-solving Democrats who fit their districts and can win next year.” It’s too bad that local Democrats in that district didn’t get the memo of who exactly “fits their district.” Take Pennsylvania’s 8th District, where DCCC candidate Kevin Strouse has
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