Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold
Sonny Bono was elected as a Republican in 1994 from a Southern California seat.
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14 results for "1994 midterm elections"
Living under the laws they make: How a workplace push changed Congress
Released before the 1994 midterm elections, the Contract with America promised voters that Republicans would enact a series of commonsense, popular proposals if they took control, starting with ensuring
The smallest initial Senate battleground ever?
Five seats represents the smallest initial Senate battleground going back to 1994, when The Rothenberg Political Report (Inside Elections’ predecessor) first started rating races.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: The truth about trifectas
Historically, the party that controls the White House loses seats in the first midterm election after its victory.
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
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
Time for Republicans to move on from term limits
Plank in 1994 ‘contract’ Republicans keep coming back to term limits, in part, because it was a plank in their Contract with America in 1994, when the GOP won the House majority for the first time
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Excuse me, but is that a partisan wave building?
Most partisan waves take place during midterm elections (e.g., 1958, 1966, 1974, 1994, 2006, 2010 and 2018).
Politics · 115th Congress
Iowa and Kansas and Pennsylvania, Oh My — Split Midterm Decision Likely I Spy
The contest looks close, but I still find it difficult to believe Menendez will lose during a midterm election about Trump.
Politics · 115th Congress
House Midterm Outlook: Look for a Democratic Flip
During the 17 midterm elections that have occurred since 1950, five have produced single-digit changes, while another four have been in the teens and low double digits.
Politics · 115th Congress
A Back-of-the-Envelope Look at How the House Could Flip
Given the current political polarization, the normal midterm dynamic (which punishes the president’s party) and the added risk of losing open seats, it’s likely that most of those 25 GOP districts will
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Time’s Up for DiFi? Not If Democrats Are Smart
way, the instinct to heckle Feinstein, instead of throw the woman a parade, should be a red flag for all Democrats as the party tries to figure out a way to win back the House and Senate in the first midterm
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.
When Congressional Spouses (Allegedly) Misbehave
Tierney’s wife pleaded guilty to “aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns” in relation to her brothers’ illegal gambling operation about a month before the 2010 elections.