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New Jersey Sen. George Helmy, seen with Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin at the Capitol in September, says he will resign on Sunday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Helmy to resign on Dec. 8, allowing Andy Kim to take Senate seat early

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 3, 2024 at 4:52pm
Members of the Senate Democratic leadership team — from left, Mark Warner of Virginia, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Charles E. Schumer of New York and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin — are seen at the Capitol on Tuesday after leadership elections. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats approve leadership team for new Congress

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 3, 2024 at 11:30am, Updated at 5:17pm
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, here at the Capitol in September, is set to succeed Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow as the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate.

Klobuchar poised to become No. 3 Senate Democrat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 2, 2024 at 6:52pm
Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, seen here at the Republican convention in Milwaukee in July, says he will not return to Congres next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Matt Gaetz says he won’t return to Congress next year

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 22, 2024 at 5:09pm

At the Races: DNC, or the Democrats’ Next Campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 21, 2024 at 4:00pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, at podium, conducts a news conference with House Democratic Caucus leaders in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, Joe Neguse of Colorado, Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, Pete Aguilar of California, Ted Lieu of California, Lauren Underwood of Illinois and Robert Garcia of California.

House Democrats hold low-fuss leadership elections

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Jacob Fulton and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2024 at 11:55am, Updated at 4:50pm
Rep. Mikie Sherrill became the latest New Jersey Democrat to announce her campaign for governor.

New Jersey’s ‘epic’ gubernatorial race shuffles into focus

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 18, 2024 at 5:52pm
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on July 9.

Gottheimer announces bid for New Jersey governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 15, 2024 at 1:41pm

At the Races: The Leftovers

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 14, 2024 at 3:30pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., walk down the House steps for the House Republican leadership post-election news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

House will remain Republican in 2025, narrowly

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 6:57pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise are pictured during the House Republican leadership post-election news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday. House Republicans again nominated Johnson as speaker on Wednesday, and Scalise sailed to reelection as majority leader.

House GOP nominates Johnson for speaker, taps McClain for conference chair

By Jacob Fulton, Daniela Altimari, John T. Bennett and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 6:25pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republicans leadership election in the Capitol on Wednesday. Thune beat Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott to become the next Senate majority leader.

Thune elected to replace McConnell as next Senate GOP leader

By John T. Bennett, Jacob Fulton and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 1:00pm, Updated at 4:58pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is among the candidates for majority leader.

Senate, House Republicans gear up for internal elections this week

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2024 at 7:58am, Updated at 4:27pm

At the Races: The big sort

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 7, 2024 at 2:35pm

At the Races Special Edition: Known knowns, and known unknowns

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 6, 2024 at 11:29am
The AP predicts that Bernie Moreno, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, will defeat Democrat Sherrod Brown, putting the GOP in a prime position to claim the majority in the next Congress.

Republicans claim Senate majority outright

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 5, 2024 at 11:47pm, Updated November 6, 2024 at 12:20am
From left, Jessica Mackler, president of EMILY's List; Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Michigan; Mini Timmaraju, president of Reproductive Freedom for All; and Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, talk with the media during an event to discuss threats to women’s reproductive rights in Rochester, Mich., on Oct. 27. Slotkin is running against former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.

In Michigan: Will ‘secret women’s vote’ or ‘Crazy Uncle Earl’ be decisive?

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 4, 2024 at 10:12pm

At the Races: Closing time

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 31, 2024 at 3:45pm
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, seen here at a campaign rally at the Communications Workers of America Local 4370 in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2024. Brown is among the most vulnerable senators running for reelection.

The last Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists of the 2024 cycle

By Jason Dick, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 31, 2024 at 11:51am
Tom Barrett, center, Republican candidate for Michigan's 7th District, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., take a tour of the Southeast Michigan Construction Academy in Madison Heights, Mich., on Tuesday.

Central Michigan gets central role in elections

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 30, 2024 at 7:33pm
Sens. Jon Tester, left, and Sherrod Brown are at the top of the Roll Call Most Vulnerable Incumbent Senators list.

Late shifts in dynamics, but GOP still holds Senate advantage

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 29, 2024 at 5:30am
Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., right, and Mike Garcia, R-Calif., represent two of the slots on Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbents list.

Tight House races make for crowded Most Vulnerable Incumbent list

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 29, 2024 at 5:00am
Laura Gillen, Democratic candidate for New York's 4th District, greets a guest during a campaign rally with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 17. Gillen is challenging Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., and has made reproductive rights a part of her campaign.

Abortion rights at forefront of Democrats’ closing arguments

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Sandhya Raman
Posted October 25, 2024 at 3:26pm

At the Races: And then there were two

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 24, 2024 at 3:45pm
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., gets beer and hot dog from Kevin Clark, a retired police officer, during a “Back the Blue,” campaign rally in Congers, N.Y., on Friday.

Not shying from the red label in a blue district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 23, 2024 at 5:12pm

At the Races: Money comin’, money goin’

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 17, 2024 at 4:00pm
Republicans like congressional candidate Derrick Anderson, seen here on the first day of early voting in Virginia, hope to appeal to Hispanic voters.

Republican operatives sense opening with key Democratic bloc

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 16, 2024 at 6:30am

At the Races: Weary of the storm

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 10, 2024 at 4:00pm
The Federal Election Commission is considering a question about how much a joint fundraising committee can finance a political ad.

FEC to consider clarifying what joint fundraising committees can pay for in political ads

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 9, 2024 at 2:40pm

At the Races: Please bet responsibly

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 3, 2024 at 3:00pm
Voters stand in line to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Virginia at the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas, Va., on Sept. 20. The 7th District is a priority for both Democrats and the GOP.

Swinging for the fences in Virginia swing seat race

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:00am

At the Races: Expanding states of play

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 26, 2024 at 3:00pm

At the Races: Making an Empire statement

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:30pm

At the Races: Recapping the season

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 12, 2024 at 3:00pm
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and his wife, Terese, celebrate on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 22.

Senate’s most vulnerable list still dominated by Democrats

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:01am
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10.

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:00am
Democratic congressional candidates Maggie Goodlander, left, and Colin Van Ostern shake hands after the Live Free or Die Debates at the Rosamond Page Putnam Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of New England College in Henniker, N.H. on Sept. 4. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP)

Key primary results from Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 10, 2024 at 9:22pm, Updated September 11, 2024 at 7:33am
Sarah McBride, a Democrat running for Delaware’s congressional seat, speaks at the Wilmington Democratic Committee annual fish fry in Wilmington, Del., on July 27. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congressional primaries to wrap up in three Northeastern states

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 6, 2024 at 3:29pm

At the Races: Number crunch

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 5, 2024 at 2:30pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is up for reelection this year.

Elizabeth Warren draws crypto-backed GOP challenger

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 3, 2024 at 9:25pm, Updated September 4, 2024 at 4:47am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Three Republicans are squaring off Tuesday for the chance to face Warren in November.

Few GOP challengers in solidly blue Massachusetts

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 30, 2024 at 7:00am
New Jersey Democrats on Thursday chose longtime state legislator Nellie Pou to replace Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., on the ballot in November. Pascrell, pictured here, died last week.

NJ Democrats pick longtime legislator to replace Pascrell on November ballot

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 29, 2024 at 8:25pm
Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., participates in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on June 27.

Deluzio’s first ad focuses on East Palestine response work

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 29, 2024 at 6:00am
Lateefah Simon, candidate for Congress from California, speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Faces from the DNC that you may see again

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 23, 2024 at 10:41am
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff celebrate on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday.

Harris makes ‘freedom’ the rallying cry as DNC wraps

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:33am

At the Races: Can ‘joy’ give Democrats the House gavel?

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats argue majority is still in their reach in November

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:35pm
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

Via Chicago: Obamas look to deliver for Harris

By Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:25am
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Crockett takes turn in spotlight, but is apprehensive about it

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 20, 2024 at 12:49pm

At the Races: Crypto campaigning

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 15, 2024 at 2:30pm
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., won the nomination to another term Tuesday, unlike colleague Jamaal Bowman, a fellow progressive who lost his primary in New York in June.

Easy wins by Omar, Hovde top primary races in four states

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 13, 2024 at 11:50pm
Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, left and Republican challenger Eric Hovde have been battling each other for months, making Tuesday’s primaries more of a formality.

Highlights of four states’ primaries Tuesday

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 9, 2024 at 4:51pm

At the Races: Don’t forget the Motor City (counts votes slowly)

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 8, 2024 at 2:30pm
Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., walks down the House steps after a vote on Sept. 29, 2023.

Michigan sets matchups in Senate race, House battlegrounds

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 7, 2024 at 12:33am, Updated at 1:58am
Then-Rep. Tim Walz speaks about deportation of veterans at a news conference on Nov. 16, 2017.

How selection of Gov. Tim Walz as Harris’ running mate is playing

By John Bennett, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 6, 2024 at 2:00pm
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on July 9.

Primaries to watch in Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Washington

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 2, 2024 at 3:42pm, Updated August 5, 2024 at 10:45am
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Louisa, Va., on June 14.

Recount confirms Freedom Caucus chair Good’s loss in primary

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 1, 2024 at 10:23pm, Updated August 2, 2024 at 9:07am
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks during a news conference on border security and funding on Jan. 10.

Ogles holds off challenger in Tennessee primary

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 1, 2024 at 9:36pm

At the Races: Meanwhile, on the House battlefield

By Herb Jackson, Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 1, 2024 at 2:30pm

At the Races: High-profile races aside, women candidates decline

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 25, 2024 at 2:30pm, Updated at 3:07pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a news conference at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday.

Schumer, Jeffries back Harris, predict Democratic sweep

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 23, 2024 at 3:08pm
A memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to candidates pokes fun of Vice President Kamala Harris' "habit of laughing at inappropriate moments."

Hill Democrats relieved, but GOP preps Harris-focused attack lines

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 23, 2024 at 5:00am
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the South Lawn of the White House on July 11, 2022.

Biden’s out, endorses Harris. Now what happens?

By John T. Bennett, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 21, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated at 7:50pm
New Mexico's Martin Heinrich became the third Democratic senator to call on President Joe Biden to end his campaign for another term.

More Hill Democrats call on Biden to quit race

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 19, 2024 at 2:19pm, Updated at 7:17pm

At the Races: New guy on the ticket

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 18, 2024 at 2:30pm, Updated at 3:07pm
Newark, N.J., city council President LaMonica McIver, seen in a 2019 photo, won a special primary on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to serve the remainder of the late Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr.'s term.

McIver wins Democrats’ backing to serve out Payne’s term

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2024 at 8:32pm
Montana Sen. Jon Tester, one of the most vulnerable Democrats on the ballot, raised $10.6 million in the second quarter.

FEC reports show Democrats with tough races ahead building cash

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted July 16, 2024 at 6:43pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., exits Manhattan federal court Tuesday in New York City after a jury found him guilty on all 16 counts in a sweeping corruption case.

Menendez faces calls to resign after bribery conviction

By Ryan Tarinelli and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2024 at 2:36pm, Updated at 4:10pm
President Joe Biden greets Colorado Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen after the State of the Union address in the House chamber on Feb. 7.

These Democrats have called on Biden to quit the race

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 12, 2024 at 5:04pm, Updated July 21, 2024 at 2:13pm

At the Races: Drip, drip, drip

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 11, 2024 at 2:30pm

At the Races: Commonwealth conundrum

By John T. Bennett, Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 27, 2024 at 2:30pm
Westchester County Executive George Latimer speaks to supporters in White Plains, N.Y., after winning the Democratic primary in New York's 16th District on Tuesday.

Election takeaways: Trump support, big money can only go so far

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 26, 2024 at 3:15pm
Rep. John Curtis, seen outside the Capitol June 14, has won the GOP primary for Senate in Utah.

Key results from Colorado, New York, South Carolina and Utah races

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 25, 2024 at 10:39pm, Updated June 26, 2024 at 4:04pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th District on Tuesday.

Bowman ousted in New York primary that drew millions in spending

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 25, 2024 at 9:48pm, Updated June 26, 2024 at 3:50pm
Democrats in New York’s 1st District will pick a challenger to GOP Rep. Nick LaLota.

Battleground House matchups to be set in New York, Colorado

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 24, 2024 at 5:01am
Rep. Jamaal Bowman faces a well-funded challenger in New York’s 16th District Democratic primary Tuesday.

Bowman fights for survival as Maloy, Tenney also face primaries

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 24, 2024 at 5:00am

At the Races: Trumping incumbency

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 20, 2024 at 2:30pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., won his primary Tuesday against a millionaire who voted earlier this year in Texas.

Key results from Georgia runoff, Virginia and Oklahoma primaries

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 18, 2024 at 10:24pm
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., talks with reporters outside the Capitol after the House reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on April 12.

Five races to watch Tuesday in Georgia, Oklahoma and Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 14, 2024 at 6:00am, Updated at 3:30pm

At the Races: Split takes

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 13, 2024 at 2:30pm
South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace speaks with reporters after a meeting on the debt limit plan with Speaker Kevin McCarthy on April 26, 2023.

Election roundup: Mace wins early, Golden to face ex-NASCAR driver

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 11, 2024 at 10:18pm, Updated June 12, 2024 at 3:59pm
President Joe Biden speaks about gun safety at Everytown's Gun Sense University at the Washington Hilton on Tuesday.

Police group to push for new gun laws as crime hangs over campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 11, 2024 at 6:45pm
Reps. William R. Timmons IV and Nancy Mace face competitive challengers in Tuesday's Republican primaries in South Carolina.

Ohio vacancy, challenges to Timmons and Mace top Tuesday’s races

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Herb Jackson
Posted June 7, 2024 at 3:21pm, Updated June 10, 2024 at 10:55am

At the Races: Border (debate) not closed

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 6, 2024 at 2:30pm
Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez, right, faced a competitive primary challenge in New Jersey's 8th District triggered by the criminal indictment of his father, Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, left.

Menendezes and rematches: Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 5, 2024 at 5:36am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has filed to run for reelection as an independent while he battles a criminal indictment on federal charges including bribery.

Menendez files to run again for Senate as an independent

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 3, 2024 at 5:41pm
Rep. Rob Menendez, D-N.J., right, joins his father, Sen. Bob Menendez, also D-N.J., at a news conference with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Dec. 13, 2023.

10 House races to watch in Tuesday’s primaries

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 31, 2024 at 5:32pm
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and his son arrive at the Capitol before votes on Nov. 9, 2023.

Battleground seat, familiar family name highlight Senate races

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 31, 2024 at 4:27pm
New York Republican Reps. Nick LaLota, center, and Marc Molinaro, right, both defended Trump after his guilty verdict with statements calling it a "political prosecution" and "a perversion of our justice system."

Republicans whose races will decide control of Congress rally to Trump

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 30, 2024 at 7:44pm, Updated June 1, 2024 at 1:00pm

At the Races: Calling the cops

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 30, 2024 at 2:30pm
Democrat Ashley Ehasz, who is making her second run in Pennsylviania's 1st District, attends a campaign rally on Nov. 6, 2022.

Democrats add five candidates to Red to Blue program

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 29, 2024 at 6:00am

At the Races: Don’t call him the next Mitch

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 23, 2024 at 2:31pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., conducts a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on government funding outside the Capitol on Sept. 12, 2023.

Florida’s Rick Scott enters race to be next Senate GOP leader

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 22, 2024 at 6:30pm
President Joe Biden meets with attendees following remarks about the PACT Act, a law that expanded health care access for veterans with injuries from toxic exposure, at the Westwood Park YMCA in Nashua, N.H., on Tuesday.

Biden touts veterans care in state he can’t afford to lose

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 21, 2024 at 4:47pm, Updated at 5:51pm

At the Races: And the winner is … the target of this attack

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted May 16, 2024 at 2:30pm
Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks and Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., film a video message at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Md., on Tuesday.

Democrats confident about Maryland after Alsobrooks beats Trone

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 15, 2024 at 6:23pm
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn speaks to supporters after conceding his loss in the Democratic primary in Maryland’s 3rd District in Ellicott City, Md., on Tuesday.

Primary takeaways: Family ties, Capitol conflict and rhyme time

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 15, 2024 at 2:26pm
A voter fills out a ballot on primary day at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Md., on Tuesday.

Maryland voters set matchups for open House seats

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 14, 2024 at 10:58pm
Maryland Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks bumps fists with Gov. Wes Moore while greeting voters at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Md., on Tuesday.

Alsobrooks beats Trone, will take on Hogan for Maryland Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 14, 2024 at 10:14pm
Angela Alsobrooks, Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Maryland, claps with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., as local officials speak during her “All in for Angela” campaign event at McGinty’s Public House restaurant in Silver Spring on April 24, 2024.

Colleagues’ support for Alsobrooks comes with checks

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 13, 2024 at 6:28pm, Updated at 8:52pm