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In a historic election that saw AmericaÂ’s first African-American president and expanded Democratic majorities in Congress, K Street was cheering for something else as well: a cornucopia of potential new
Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) just before 8 a.m. was declared the winner over comedian Al Franken, although a recount is required by law because his margin of victory was less than 1 percent.
“I’ll think about that tomorrow; let me get through tonight,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said when asked if he was considering another term in the
Most people donÂ’t think of a year on the Hill as the logical career step after finishing veterinary school. But for Whitney Miller, it made perfect sense.
Don’t blame it on drugs or Yoko Ono — it was the vagaries of electoral politics that doomed Congress’ favorite rock outfit.
Don Young (R-Alaska) also won Tuesday, hanging on to the seat that he has held since 1973.
Not everybody was sold on the gloom and doom of recession talk.
The committee spent more than $2 million in 12 of those contests and was victorious in eight.
The ads clearly did not help Dole much; the race was considered a dead heat in early October, but Hagan ultimately won 53 percent to 44 percent.
“I don’t know how long exactly it will take and all of the challenges and the legal parts of it,” Ritchie said.
“Republicans can’t say we don’t have opportunities,” GOP pollster Glen Bolger said on Wednesday.
Rod Blagojevich (D) said on Wednesday that he was forming a panel to vet potential Senate replacements for President-elect Obama.
Although Ensign was not ready to call for a break from socially conservative ideologies, he said issues such as abortion or gay rights should not be at the partyÂ’s core.
It carried shades of two years ago when House Democratic elation at recapturing the majority was immediately doused by the bruising fight between Reps.
Don CazayouxÂ’s (D-La.) term as a Member of Congress was short-lived.
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.) in the Cannon House Office Building, and a call to her Washington, D.C., office this morning was answered by a helpful fellow in Sioux Falls.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Ensign (Nev.) on Tuesday conceded his party would suffer significant losses in the Senate this election, but said there was little he or national
News that he did not think Senate Democrats would hit the filibuster-proof 60-seat mark in TuesdayÂ’s elections, but predicted that Democrats would be able to move the country to the left even if they don
The juror who was dismissed from the criminal trial of Sen.
Despite the help, the 2004 election, too, was plagued by long delays, machine breakdowns and charges of voter disenfranchisement. This election is going to put monumental stress on the system.