Welcome to Thursday’s Washington Secrets, coming to you from Day 2 of the midterm convention in Dallas. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. First, we meet the head of the House Republican campaign arm, who is not as gloomy as you might think. Then we hear about a squabble over seats and a reminder that you never want to inconvenience an attorney general.

DALLAS — Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) is the man in charge of holding the House for Republicans.