Scratching the 6-Year Itch
“We have had two midterm elections where what was predicted in terms of the historical norm didn’t happen,” said Terry Nelson, field director at the National Republican Congressional Committee during
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“We have had two midterm elections where what was predicted in terms of the historical norm didn’t happen,” said Terry Nelson, field director at the National Republican Congressional Committee during
That is because many Democrats believe a Bush win will further energize the party to fight back and stick it out for the 2006 mid-term elections, where the opposition party traditionally makes gains
The election of Bill Clinton and the subsequent Republican landslide in the 1994 midterm elections that led to Newt Gingrich of Georgia’s emergence as Speaker of the House accelerated the conflict
The short session also produced a rather peculiar circumstance for special elections.
The party picked up six seats in 2002 — a surprising amount given that it came in the midterm election of President Bush’s first term.
He explained that the party got off to a slow start in recruiting due to the lingering sting of the 2002 elections (when the president’s party gained House seats in the first midterm election of
Not only did they fall at the polls in November’s midterm elections, but they also lost another baseball series to the Republicans.
After the abysmal 1994 midterm elections, Clinton appointed Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) as Democratic National Committee chairman, although he kept his Senate seat.
But this time, it is the Republicans who are most vulnerable if a wave breaks over the 2004 Congressional elections.
Despite the lull of summer, the depressed economy, the hard-fought midterm elections, five weeks of year-end holidays and America’s preoccupation with war, Schumer was able to raise $13,587 a day
With 20 Senate seats to defend (compared to the Democrat’s 14) there was little expectation that Republicans would be able to regain the majority in the midterm.