Republicans continue to argue about whether the party needs to take steps to prevent the next Christine O’Donnell, Sharron Angle, Todd Akin and Ken Buck, as well as how it might do so.
Those inept and seriously flawed candidates lost races that other Republicans would have won easily.
Now,…
The path to the U.S. Senate doesn’t get much easier than the one Rep. Edward J. Markey is on.
But that smooth path could signal significant potholes ahead.
The Massachusetts Democrat was first elected to Congress more than 30 years ago by winning a multi-candidate primary with just 22 percent…
First-term Republican Sen. Mike Johanns’ surprise retirement sets up Nebraska’s second open seat Senate race in as many cycles. Republicans successfully took over Sen. Ben Nelson’s (D) seat in 2012 and will try to keep Johann’s seat next year.
Last year, Republicans had a competitive contest…
One year ago, Democratic state Sen. Ruben Kihuen declared himself the best candidate to represent a newly-drawn, Hispanic-heavy congressional district in North Las Vegas. Thirteen days later, he dropped out of the race.
Even though a record number of Latinos are serving in the 113th Congress,…
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have already been tabbed as among the front-runners for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. Not surprisingly, the narrative you will hear will present them as adversaries.
But Rubio and Jindal are currently allies in a rather risky…
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R) is telling friends in Georgia that he will be running for Congress next year.
A handful of Republican congressmen are considering running for the seat of Senator Saxby Chambliss (R), who has announced that he will not seek another term, so there could be a number…
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) announced his retirement on Thursday, setting off a potential scramble for his open seat in New Jersey. But the most important action is likely to be on the Democratic side.
One prominent Democrat who has made no secret of his ambition is Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who…
Oh what a difference one word can make. Take away the “West” from “West Virginia,” and you have a once-red state that surely is now purple, a state carried twice by Barack Obama. But add back the “West” and you have the Mountain State, which has been headed down a different path over the past…
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