Former Rep. David Hobson, longtime appropriator, is dead at 87
Though a loyal Republican, Hobson had an independent streak, consistent with fellow Republicans DeWine and George V. Voinovich, another Ohio governor who also served two Senate terms.
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Though a loyal Republican, Hobson had an independent streak, consistent with fellow Republicans DeWine and George V. Voinovich, another Ohio governor who also served two Senate terms.
The New Jersey native, who lived in Springfield, Virginia, had most recently served as a member of the Capitol Police’s First Responders Unit.
Most Republican incumbents in races that Inside Elections rates as competitive have the same formidable campaign war chests.
Blunt, a Missouri Republican, was expressing agreement with the view of another senior senator, Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.