Reid Looking to Announce DSCC Pick Tuesday
Current Chairman Bob Menendez (N.J.) is up for re-election next cycle, and he has said he doesn’t want to repeat his tour either.
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Current Chairman Bob Menendez (N.J.) is up for re-election next cycle, and he has said he doesn’t want to repeat his tour either.
With her re-election still uncertain, Sen.
Matheson added that he didn’t know how Pelosi would get support from lawmakers who just lost re-election in part because they had to take a number of unnecessary tough votes.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen.-elect Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) are slated to deliver nominating speeches in his favor.
McConnell’s belief that his No. 1 priority is to stop the president from getting re-elected.”
Senate as an Independent. He is neither fish nor fowl, if you will,” Simmons said, noting that Democrats are sure to put up a quality candidate. High on the list of Democrats to watch are Rep.
over the next two years, even as he focuses on re-election.
Immigration reform advocates said Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid owes “a debt” to Hispanics for helping him get re-elected, and they expect payback in the coming weeks with Senate action
With 23 members of the Democratic caucus up for re-election in 2012, including in several battleground states, the Nevadan has had a difficult time finding someone to take on such a challenging role.
A U.S. district judge denied Republican candidate Joe Miller’s request to immediately stop Alaska from counting write-in ballots in his Senate race, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
-elect Joe Manchin in its first attack of the 2012 election cycle, going after the West Virginia governor in part to quash a report that Senate GOP leaders are courting him to switch parties.
Debbie Stabenow has already expressed her interest in chairing Agriculture, and she and Conrad are in talks to discuss who might wield the gavel next year, according to Senate aides.
Sheldon Whitehouse (D), a first-term lawmaker who has suffered from low popularity and may be running for re-election in 2012 in less-than-favorable circumstances.
The high-profile losses include Maggie Hassan, the state Senate Majority Leader rumored to have greater ambitions.
GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller filed suit Tuesday to keep Alaskan election officials from using their discretion in evaluating write-in votes in the race, the Associated Press reported Tuesday night
But any major changes accepted in the Senate would also have to be approved by the House.
McCain, the most vocal Senate critic of a repeal, has threatened to filibuster the bill if it includes the provision.
“I look forward to leading our new majority through the challenges of re-electing nearly 80 freshman Republican Members, navigating congressional re-districting, and maximizing a presidential election
Senate Republicans have been forceful in saying the results of the elections — in which the GOP took over the House and strengthened its Senate minority — indicate that voters want Democrats
Likewise a Senate Democratic aide said Warner remains “the top choice, but he’s been pretty convincing in saying no.”