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One of the most crushing blows that led to the defeat of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 was a commercial accusing him of having gone native in the wilds of Washington.
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One of the most crushing blows that led to the defeat of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 was a commercial accusing him of having gone native in the wilds of Washington.
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus provided Majority Leader Harry Reid with crucial assistance down the stretch of his tight re-election battle — and more than just money, Baucus sent people.
Members would rather have a safer district than having a more competitive seat that requires that they have to constantly endure competitive re-election races.
The 2010 cycle will go down in history for sweeping Republican gains of at least 60 net seats in the House of Representatives and at least 6 seats in the Senate.
After all, if President Obama runs for re-election in 2012, he is likely to be a drag in most of the districts Republicans won last week, since he didn’t carry those areas in 2008.
Thompson said defense companies, which rely heavily on federal contracts, had come to depend on influential Democrats who lost their re-election bids, including three senior members
Patty Murray on Thursday evening in the hotly contested Washington Senate race. He called the three-term Democrat and offered his congratulations, according to a statement from his campaign.
Nelson, a moderate, is up for re-election in 2012, but said Tuesday’s results have not made him squeamish about running again.
Rangel, who won re-election Tuesday, has not publicly discussed the looming trial in recent weeks, nor has he discussed his split from Zuckerman Spaeder attorney Leslie Kiernan in October, as reported
The other six members of the Missouri House delegation were re-elected. Earlier tonight, Blunt was elected to the Senate to replace retiring Sen. Kit Bond (R).
Also as expected, Republican Rob Portman cruised to victory against Democrat Lee Fisher in the Ohio Senate race to fill the seat vacated by the retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R).
Mark Kirk will hold the Illinois Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama. He defeated state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a personal friend of Obama’s.
Mark Kirk (R) won President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat against state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D).
Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) wasted no time aligning himself with tea party candidates who won Senate seats on Tuesday — and took a shot at Republican leaders for not supporting their new conservative colleagues
colleagues to Reid’s re-election efforts.
But the real stakes for the president have to do with his own re-election campaign in 2012.
On the Senate side, a third-party candidate complicates the math for Illinois contenders Alexi Giannoulias (D) and Rep. Mark Kirk (R). Sen.
The chamber has spent the most in hotly contested Senate races in Illinois, California, Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Kentucky and Wisconsin.
. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s vaunted voter turnout operation was in full swing Sunday, as grass-roots supporters and campaign operatives hit Nevada neighborhoods rich in registered Democrats
night with a remarkable 100-plus House races in play, Candidate Obama ought to keep checking his BlackBerry for updates on nine Democratic incumbents, whose races have a great deal of bearing on his own re-election