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Murray also ran the DSCC during the 2002 cycle. While Senators publicly rejected the notion that Durbin’s star has fallen, some privately acknowledged that he has been downbeat in recent weeks.
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Murray also ran the DSCC during the 2002 cycle. While Senators publicly rejected the notion that Durbin’s star has fallen, some privately acknowledged that he has been downbeat in recent weeks.
She also led the DSCC in 2002. Murray will replace outgoing DSCC Chairman Bob Menendez (N.J.) as 23 incumbents face re-election in 2012 in a host of battleground states.
Murray previously proved her fundraising skill atop the campaign arm in the 2002 cycle.
Murray ran the DSCC in 2002, and if she accepts Reid’s offer, she will be in charge of the campaign arm going into another tough cycle when 23 incumbents are up for re-election.
Democrats also controlled the state Legislature during redistricting following the 2000 census, but the advantage didn’t cut into the GOP Congressional delegation’s numbers in the 2002 elections.
is accused under a 2005 indictment of illegally funneling to state candidates $190,000 in corporate money collected by his state political action committee through the Republican National Committee in 2002
to the campaign reform law was the provision most assaulted by the Citizens United case, who stood up to immense pressure from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Republican leaders in 2002
Murray, who already serves in Democratic leadership as Conference secretary, has been reluctant to return to a role she held for the 2002 cycle, when the post-Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack atmosphere
But he noted in his statement Friday that he played a leading role in crafting the 2002 and 2008 farm bills, and will likely do the same during the next reauthorization.
The elder Murkowski was elected governor in 2002 and appointed his daughter, then a state Representative, to fill his Senate seat.
He took a break from politics but returned to the House after the 2002 elections. For more from our At the Races politics blog, click here.
Rob Walker, an attorney with Wiley Rein who served as a top aide to the House ethics panel when the committee last held a sanction hearing in 2002, noted that the committee will turn to its previous
DeLay is fighting the charges, which include “using his political action committee to illegally funnel $190,000 in corporate funds into Texas legislative races in 2002,” according to the Associated Press
It was the NRSC’s best month since the 2002 enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
.) — highlights Pelosi’s efforts to empower women since becoming Speaker in 2007, as well as during her first stint as Minority Leader, from 2002 to 2007.
The ethics subcommittee has not indicated how much time each side will be allowed, although it is expected to follow a format similar to the panel’s last adjudicatory hearing in 2002, when then-Rep
It was the NRSC’s best month since the 2002 enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
Warner, Virginia governor from 2002 to 2005 and briefly a 2008 presidential candidate, has strong fundraising connections, political instincts and a well-known workhorse demeanor, making
Before coming to Hatch’s staff in 2002, Johnson had worked for the Corvis Corp. Kennedy could not immediately be reached for comment Friday.
A former state senator, Bruning was first elected attorney general in 2002 and was unopposed in 2006 and 2010. He was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General in 2009.