Campaign Committees Anxious to Tap Obama’s Popularity
Since Abraham Lincoln, only two newly elected presidents saw their party gain seats in Congress in the first midterm elections.
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Rothenberg Fails to Read Between the Poll Numbers
Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and me that a wave could be building for Republican prospects in the midterm elections suffers from too great a reliance on polls and not enough on an artful reading between the numbers
April Madness: Can GOP Win Back the House in 2010?
But there are no signs of a dramatic rebound for the party, and the chance of Republicans winning control of either chamber in the 2010 midterm elections is zero.
Should Democrats Worry About Obama Disconnect in 2010?
Don’t be surprised if you soon hear Democrats asserting that midterm elections are referendums on incumbent presidents and that as long as President Barack Obama’s numbers remain strong and the GOP brand
Democratic Dominance Could Be Short-Lived
Republican control of the House continued beyond the 1904 elections — when President Theodore Roosevelt (R) was elected to a full term — through President Robert Taft’s (R) first and only midterm
GOP Just One Win From 10th Trophy
The Democrats were hoping that the 2006 midterm elections would break their losing streak, but a catastrophic third inning of five errors and four GOP runs squashed any hope of a win.
Open Season in 2010
Other Democratic districts could become competitive, particularly in a midterm election of a Democratic president, if Members vacate them. Minnesota Rep.
Keeping Order in The House
Right before the 2006 midterm elections, publishers started knocking on Scot Faulkner’s door.
A Shift in Corporate PAC Giving in 2007
For Democrats keeping a close eye on corporate political money, their first year back in power looked a lot like those before the 1994 Republican revolution.
Victims of ’06 Democratic Sweep Adapt
[IMGCAP(1)] That’s the message from many of the Republicans who were swept out of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.
Class of ’94 Set Standard for Freshman Influence
Nowhere is the precedent for the power bid by this year’s freshmen more apparent than in their counterparts from 1994.
Revolutionaries of ’94 Found a Home on K St.
Tom DeLay (R-Texas) after the 1994 elections.
PACs’ New World
For years, corporate PACs roughly split their money between the parties, but as Republicans solidified their grip on power after the 1994 elections, they stepped up pressure on businesses to contribute
News From the Speaker
From 1992 to 1994, she worked as a legislative advocate for Florida Legal Services.
Was ’06 a Starting Point for Democrats or Was It Their High-water Mark?
But demographic changes don’t occur overnight, and abnormal elections can seem to produce dramatic demographic shifts that aren’t really dramatic at all.
Bush, Like Clinton, Presiding Over the Decline of His Party
By 1975 — the year after what would have been his second midterm election, had he not resigned — the number of Republican governors had plummeted to 13.
For Davis, It May Be Up or Out
He also inflamed his colleagues, GOP leaders, and the White House when he and Waxman released a committee report only weeks before the midterm election already tainted by GOP scandals that detailed
Can Republicans Count on a House Snapback?
The 2006 wave occurred in a midterm year, and any snapback, if there is one, would take place in a presidential year.
House GOP Reflects
Those Republicans espousing a more inclusive message say the results of the 2006 midterm elections repudiated the base-only strategy and signaled that if the GOP does not focus on rebuilding a governing
Drive for Cash Accelerates
reports Monday gave both parties’ campaign committees an opportunity to crow about the financial standing of their incumbents and challengers with just a little more than one year to go before the 2006 midterm