Battle of GOP Titans in Arizona Likely to Be Avoided
Jeff Flake (R), who is vacating the seat to run for Senate. “That helps put Kirk Adams in the driver’s seat,” Republican strategist Brian Murray said.
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Jeff Flake (R), who is vacating the seat to run for Senate. “That helps put Kirk Adams in the driver’s seat,” Republican strategist Brian Murray said.
Democrats repeated the feat in 2010, when — despite some success on the midterm ballot for the GOP — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid overcame long odds to win re-election.
Republicans control both chambers of the state Legislature, but Jefferson acknowledged that Democrats have a chance at winning back the state Senate majority through the recall effort.
Heinrich’s Senate bid had been expected since longtime Democratic Sen.
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-China working group in the Senate as he had in the House, where he founded and co-chaired a group that has grown to 70 members.
Lugar ran unsuccessfully for the Senate against Birch Bayh in 1974, the horrendous Watergate election year for Republicans, and he won his current Senate seat in 1976, also a tough year for most
double-digit lead over a handful of potential GOP challengers according to polling released Wednesday, but a closer look at the numbers suggests the Florida Democrat’s vulnerability heading into his 2012 re-election
Redistricting is not an issue in the Senate, yet the Senate today is very partisan.
With looming state legislative elections, the General Assembly is first taking up the state House and Senate maps.
We probably will need a grand bargain to re-write President Barack Obama’s health care law, which the Supreme Court may strike down but which, if upheld, will impose enormous costs on the country
Coburn has vowed to push for a vote as part of the small-business bill the Senate is currently debating, and supporters of the Oklahoma Republican’s proposal are casting a vote as a litmus test of
One is to draw clear contrasts and get our message out on issues that are important to the American people because how the Republicans’ approach is perceived in the House will affect its chances in the Senate
Indeed, Democrats may be best served by focusing the Senate race on Brown, a Republican in a state where Democrats hold a 25-point voter registration advantage.
A Tim Kaine-George Allen matchup for the open Virginia Senate seat would pit not only two political heavyweights against each other but also two teams of the top consultants in the state.
Both his Senate announcement video and early campaign advertisements prominently cite the need to end the decade-old conflict in Afghanistan.
John McCain (R-Ariz.) and McCain’s 2010 re-election campaign. Haley served as the deputy national finance director for McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Powerful state Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker (D) wanted to draw the 12th district to elect an African-American Democrat who just happened to be his son.
The message was also discussed at a regular meeting of Senate Democratic press strategists. Sen.
Fritz Hollings (D) was re-elected over then-Rep. Bob Inglis (R). Two years later, Cecil did the same for the coordinated campaign in Missouri when Gov.