Kyle Trygstad
Bio:
Kyle Trygstad, a D.C. native, covers House and Senate campaigns for Roll Call. Kyle came to the newspaper in 2010 after nearly three years at Real Clear Politics, where he covered the 2008 presidential and Congressional campaigns, as well as Capitol Hill. He began his journalism career at National Journal, first as a writer for the Hotline and later as a researcher for the Almanac of American Politics. Kyle also covered the Virginia Legislature as a stringer for newspapers around the state while attending college in Richmond.
Stories by Kyle Trygstad:
May 18, 2012
President Barack Obama today endorsed California Rep. Pete Stark, who is facing a stiff challenge from a fellow Democrat in California’s June 5 all-party primary.
May 18, 2012
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee slightly outraised its Republican counterpart in April, bringing in $4.5 million.
May 16, 2012
In a race to watch, former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado (R) launched his first TV ad in the 24th district.
May 16, 2012
A liberal veterans group is going on the air in Hawaii to support Honolulu City Councilwoman Tulsi Gabbard in the open 2nd district.
May 16, 2012
President Barack Obama landed in Reno, Nev., last Friday, just 12 hours after leaving a glitzy fundraiser hosted by actor George Clooney in Los Angeles.
May 15, 2012
President Bill Clinton is making his presence felt in yet another Democratic House primary.
May 15, 2012
Freshman Rep. Joe Heck (R) and Assembly Speaker John Oceguera (D) have reserved more than $1.4 million combined in fall television airtime in Las Vegas, according to a chart provided by a Democratic source.
May 14, 2012
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) is headlining two May 22 fundraisers in California for Kim Vann.
May 14, 2012
The National Republican Congressional Committee recently made two additions to its 2012 team.
May 14, 2012
Montana Sen. Jon Tester continued his aggressive media strategy this week by launching yet another in a string of positive TV ads.
May 14, 2012
Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock received a congratulatory call from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Thursday, two days after Mourdock’s 20-point defeat of Sen. Dick Lugar in the Indiana Republican primary.
May 13, 2012
With just less than six months left before Election Day, the parties debated on each of the Sunday talk shows the political ramifications of President Barack Obama’s announcement on Wednesday that he believes same-sex couples should be able to marry.
May 11, 2012
Neither President Barack Obama nor former President Bill Clinton have officially picked sides in the clash of Democratic Congressmen from California’s San Fernando Valley. But Obama and Clinton have dropped strong hints regarding where they stand.
May 9, 2012
Blong Xiong would make history as the first Hmong American in Congress, if elected this November.
May 9, 2012
Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg today launched his first TV ad in his challenge to Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.
May 9, 2012
There may be no Democratic candidate in America more valuable to the party’s efforts to take back the House than former Rep. Dina Titus.
May 8, 2012
Tim Kaine thinks the Senate and presidential races in Virginia are as close as most recent polls have shown and conceded his political fate is closely tied to the performance of his good friend in the White House.
May 8, 2012
In its first television advertising reservation for the fall, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee reserved $14.1 million in Missouri, Montana and Virginia — three states Democrats are looking to hold as they seek to preserve their four-seat Senate majority.
May 7, 2012
Former Rep. Rick Nolan was overwhelmingly endorsed by the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party over the weekend in the 8th district, the party’s best chance to pick up a seat this year.
May 7, 2012
The Republican National Committee has so far announced coordinated “victory directors” in seven battleground states, with more expected this week.
May 7, 2012
Sen. Jon Tester (D) today launched his fifth television ad of the campaign — a positive spot that highlights his ethics record.
May 4, 2012
The airwaves are heating up in what could be among the nation’s biggest 2012 battlegrounds.
May 4, 2012
House Majority PAC, a super PAC supporting Democratic House candidates, hit the airwaves today in support of Assemblywoman Julia Brownley in California’s 26th district.
May 3, 2012
Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley began her on-air introduction to Washoe County voters today with her first TV ad of the Senate campaign.
