Kerrey Won’t Run for Senate in 2008
Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) announced this morning that he will not be a candidate for Senate in 2008.
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Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) announced this morning that he will not be a candidate for Senate in 2008.
As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plots his political strategy for 2008, he’ll have a familiar hand by his side.
Heather Wilson’s run for the Senate opens up a seat that she has held, though with significant difficulty, since a June 1998 special election. Last year, she was re-elected by 861 votes.
Tom Tancredo (R), who is in the midst of a long-shot presidential bid, will announce the day after the Series ends whether he will run for re-election to his House seat.
Published reports Monday night indicated that Davis is rethinking his long-awaited Senate bid, and Congressional sources said Tuesday that a run for re-election also may be off the table for the
Considering their luck of late, Senate Republicans had to feel relieved on Tuesday when wealthy attorney Mikal Watts (D) made the surprising announcement that he was dropping out of the Texas Senate race
Mary Landrieu’s re-election prospects just got a whole lot dimmer.”
Senate possibility for Republicans.
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The last time a Republican was elected to the Senate from the Garden State was in the early 1970s.
For example, Democrats in New York control the governorship and the state Assembly, but Republicans run the state Senate.
This time, the best the region can offer is the Democrats’ long-shot bid to topple Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) announced Friday that he is running for re-election in 2008 — the clearest sign yet that he continues to improve from a Dec. 13 brain aneurysm that kept him out of the Senate for nine
John Warner (R), gave more than $14,000 in in-kind contributions from his “Tom Davis for Congress” political action committee to the re-election campaign of his wife, state Sen.
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As Senate Democrats continue to dig deep into their own wallets to fuel their majority-building efforts this cycle, the financially stressed GOP minority is hoping to even the score by pushing its Senators
Drucker Pearce Signals He’ll Force Senate GOP Showdown Rep. Steve Pearce (R) is planning to vacate his 2nd district seat to run for Senate, setting up a brawl to replace Sen.
And on the Senate side, decorated Vietnam War hero and former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb defeated incumbent Sen. George Allen (R) in Virginia.
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), who cruised to re-election last year, will not seek another six-year term in 2012 and could resign her seat in 2010 to run for governor, The Associated Press is reporting
Nine of the Republicans who have announced they are leaving at the end of next year and not running for other office in total hold $4.67 million in their re-election accounts — money that they are