Why Do We Suddenly Care About Races for Lt. Governor?
Just 1 percent of the current Senate was elected from the lieutenant governor position: Idaho Republican Jim Risch, and he served briefly as a caretaker governor.
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Will the Kentucky Senate Race Be the Most Expensive Ever? Yep.
And Grimes, who faced only nominal opposition, was able to hold on to most of her war chest ($5 million in cash on hand on May 1) even while drawing about 95,000 more primary votes than McConnell.
Warning: Senate Races Aren’t as Close as They Appear
Unfortunately for Tennant, she had about $1 million on hand at the end of March, about one-fourth of the almost $4.2 million that Capito had in the bank.
Democratic Senate Prospects and the New Black Voter
Those states include Alaska (3 percent), Colorado (4 percent), Iowa (3 percent), New Hampshire (1 percent), West Virginia (3 percent), South Dakota (1 percent) and Montana (less than 1 percent).
Bill Clinton’s Real Impact on the Kentucky Senate Race
Hillary Rodham Clinton did carry the state by better than 2-to-1 in the 2008 Democratic primary against Barack Obama, but that was in a closed primary, so it demonstrated her popularity only with
Senate Finance’s New Chairman, Most Liberal Ever, Looks to Start Slow
So do his party unity scores, meaning he went against the grain (and, as often as not, his leadership) on 1 out of every 5 votes.
2 Seats, 1 State, Zero Opportunities
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The Other Reed Begins to See His Senate Spotlight Brighten
Just out of view, he’s among the handful of senior appropriators (he chairs the Interior-Environment subpanel) working to shrink the roster of policy disputes so $1 trillion in spending decisions might
Is Arkansas Really the Land of Opportunity for Democrats?
State House Majority Leader Bruce Westerman has already entered the GOP race, but the state’s filing deadline is not until March 1.
6 Questions to Ponder About the Senate’s Nuclear Winter
1. Why is it called the “nuclear option”? The allusion to an atomic blast is as much about how the Senate rules were changed as about the way in which the rules were changed.
5 Things Winning Candidates Say
1. “I like to ask people for money on the phone six hours a day.” Everyone wants to give a stump speech.
3 Key Factors Each Party Is Banking On for a Senate Majority
Democrats are counting on three trends to boost their effort next year: 1. History will repeat itself in GOP primaries.
A Bipartisan Opportunity for Jobs | Commentary
More than 1 in 3 jobs in Washington state is dependent on international trade. And in Ohio, more than one-quarter of manufacturing jobs are dependent on exports.
Are Republicans Completely on Board With Gabriel Gomez?
Of course, Republican skepticism about Gomez’s prospects becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy if he can’t raise enough money to compete with the better funded Markey, who has had about a 3-to-1 spending
The Importance of Family Immigration | Commentary
AAPIs are twice as likely to hold jobs in these fields as any other immigrant group, with as many as 1 in 5 workers employed in the engineering and technology sector.
Alaska Senate Poll: Far, Far Less Than Meets the Eye
Her ratio is about 2-to-1, while his is close to 3.5-to-1. Treadwell’s unfavorable rating is half of Palin’s.
Steve King’s Cash Raises Eyebrows, Doubts About Senate Bid
His Federal Election Commission report showed more than $856,000 raised during the quarter, ending March with just more than $1 million in the bank after transferring funds from his House committee.
Scott Brown’s Potentially Silly Adventure
ruled it out” isn’t much of a commitment, and one veteran New Hampshire Republican I talked with reflected the general sentiment when he put the chances of Brown being the GOP nominee in 2014 at “about 1
Boustany: Recess Appointment Circumvents Public Vetting
[IMGCAP(1)]Rationing care involves denying or limiting treatment options based solely on cost.
Miller & Petri: Congress Can End Corporate Welfare on Student Loans
[IMGCAP(1)]As the Senate prepares to consider President Barack Obama’s proposal to fix our federal student loan programs, banks are spearheading a last-ditch effort to kill it — with a wink and a