Republican to-do list: Elect Mike Johnson and get to work
Since the Gingrich revolution in 1994, four of the six Republican speakers have been forced out by their own party or simply threw in the towel, tired of the dissension in their ranks.
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15 results for "1994 midterm elections"
Campaigns · 118th Congress
Senate 2024: Democrats face lopsided battlefield
Eight Democrat-held seats are considered vulnerable, according to Inside Elections’ initial ratings.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Midterm jinxes and presidential rebounds
After all, Barack Obama’s and Bill Clinton’s job approvals were in the upper 40s when their first midterms rolled around, and Democrats lost 63 House seats in 2010 and 52 seats in 1994.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Presidential approval, election mandates and the midterm dynamic
Two years later, I covered my first midterm. The 1980 election was a blowout.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
When nothing beats something
While presidential elections inevitably involve a choice between two candidates, two parties, and two agendas, midterm elections are almost always referenda on the sitting president.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
If history’s a guide, Biden ain’t getting any stronger
And even though the 2022 midterm elections are still more than 9 months away, history tells us Biden’s job rating isn’t likely to improve and more likely will deteriorate before Election Day.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Why Rubio remains the favorite for reelection against Demings
The last Democrat elected governor of Florida was Lawton Chiles, in 1990 and 1994.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
GOP shouldn’t count its midterm chickens before they hatch
Democrats lost 63 seats in 2010 and 54 seats in 1994 during Barack Obama’s and Bill Clinton’s first midterms as president.
When it comes to younger voters, watch the margin of victory
Republicans haven’t carried 18-to-29-year-olds in an election cycle since 1994, when exit polling showed them besting Democrats in this age group, 51 percent to 49 percent.Â
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Message for Midterm Poll Jumpers
Or, to be precise, these three elections: 1994:Newt Gingrich led the Republicans to a more than 54-seat pickup and control of the House for the first time in four decades.
Politics · 115th Congress
Shelby Expected to Assume Appropriations Panel at Prime Time
The last time Congress passed each individual appropriations bill before the fiscal year’s end was 1994.
Politics · 115th Congress
First-Term Presidents and State of the Union Big Asks
Eisenhower, came into office with Republican majorities after the 1952 elections.Â
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate Republicans Steamroll Judicial Process
It’s safe to say that Democrats, if they retake control of the Senate in the midterm elections, would boldly reassert the legislative branch’s role — largely by revoking its consent.
House Republicans Shouldn’t Get Too Comfortable in Majority
Inside Elections (formerly The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report) rated 43 House races as competitive in its initial 2018 ratings.
Get Ready, President Trump — It’s All Complicated
Hillary Clinton found out the hard way in 1994. Is it possible that Trump is the only person in America coming to the realization that reforming health care could be so complicated?