GOP Still Struggles for Congressional Diversity, Even With Recent Progress
Nikki Haley and Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz. Former Alabama Rep. Artur Davis, who switched parties to join the GOP, is also speaking.
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Nikki Haley and Texas Senate nominee Ted Cruz. Former Alabama Rep. Artur Davis, who switched parties to join the GOP, is also speaking.
191 electoral votes at the moment — meaning he’s got to win at least 79 of the 146 electoral votes from the 11 states that are still being contested by both the Romney-Ryan forces and the Obama-Biden re-election
191 electoral votes at the moment — meaning he’s got to win at least 79 of the 146 electoral votes from the 11 states that are still being contested by both the Romney-Ryan forces and the Obama-Biden re-election
Crist penned a Sunday op-ed column in that paper endorsing Barack Obama for re-election.
EVERYTHING BUT THE SECRET HANDSHAKE: Eight years ago the Republicans and their challenged-for-re-election president got a full-throated, passionate (and fact-challenged) rhetorical boost from Zell
Allen West, who currently represents the district, decided to seek re-election in a seat to the north of here with a more even partisan split.
Durbin first introduced the DREAM Act more than 11 years ago, a point which he highlights during his regular appearances on the Senate floor. Sen.
Senate.” Brown, for his part, called on Akin to drop out of the Senate race Monday morning, well ahead of the rest of the GOP establishment.
Espinoza served as the Democratic National Committee western states director during the 2010 cycle, when he ran the Latino get-out-the-vote program for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.
Fantasy Politics) Virtual lawmakers must answer daily polls about topical issues, address Congressional meetings and floor debates via action-enabling “power” cards (a la Magic: The Gathering) and tend to re-election
“Senator McCaskill knows that the only way she wins re-election is if Todd Akin is her opponent in November,” NRSC Communications Director Brian Walsh said in a statement.
The incident has breathed new life into her campaign for re-election. Instead, it is Republicans in tough fall races who are piling on: Sen.
of using the blunt instrument of a simple majority to tweak Senate rules.
“I strongly recommend that he be re-elected,” McCain said at a Wednesday news conference. The Quayle campaign posted the full video online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
“You’ve got your Ted Cruz story of Florida,” one Florida Republican operative said, referring to the Texas Senate GOP primary victor who upset the establishment pick.
Clinton, who has made re-electing the president a top priority, is scheduled to deliver a prime-time speech on the second night of the Democratic National Convention and is expected to appear on Obama’
But by Tuesday, the Badger State could be defined as much by a too-close-to-call Senate primary as by its newly elevated native son.
Paul Ryan embarks on a national campaign, he will still have to run for re-election for his House seat.
Mark Neumann ran for the Senate in 1998, Ryan sought the open seat. His opponent in November was Democrat Lydia Spottswood, a former Kenosha City Council president who nearly beat Neumann in 1996.
But the legislation proved to be a nonstarter with Senate Democrats – except as kindling on the campaign trail.