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What do you get when you pair a tea party champion with one of Congress’ most progressive lawmakers in the Senate? The people of Wisconsin are about to find out.
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What do you get when you pair a tea party champion with one of Congress’ most progressive lawmakers in the Senate? The people of Wisconsin are about to find out.
After considering other posts within the Senate Republican leadership, Sen. John Thune (S.D.) today said he would run for re-election as Republican Conference chairman.
It’s cutting government spending … and the House was re-elected.
Berg conceded Wednesday afternoon, bringing a swift and unexpected end to the last undecided Senate race.
Spencer Bachus has won re-election, as expected.
Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) — all of whom just won re-election.
Senate Republicans set out Wednesday to pin the blame for their stunning two-seat net loss in Tuesday’s elections.
All three Southwestern Senate races this election cycle were for open seats. When all was said and done, the parties held their own seats in all three contests.
Jon Tester (D) led by 4 points in his bid for re-election with two-thirds of precincts fully reporting early Wednesday morning, but enough votes remained outstanding that the race was too close to call
“It is time for conservatives to withhold any further support, financial or otherwise, to the Republican Party unless and until the GOP re-earns our trust,” said Brent Bozell, president of the Media
The speculation comes as Senate Republicans wallow in the apparent loss of two seats last night.
Jon Tester (D) the winner of his re-election race against Rep. Denny Rehberg (R).
This larger, more diverse Caucus will play a greater role in support of President [Barack] Obama and our colleagues in the Senate,” Pelosi said in the release.
The president was re-elected at the same time Democrats retained the Senate and Republicans continued to hold the House, but the elections seem to raise more questions about the future for the GOP
Despite a pair of competitive House races in Colorado and a tossup Senate contest in Montana, voters in the mountain region stuck with their incumbents on Election Day.
Scott Brown (R) was the only Senate incumbent to lose on Tuesday.
Democrats picked up a Republican Senate seat in the Hoosier State, while Senate Democrats in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio all won re-election.
The 2012 elections will go down as a victory for Democrats, who held the White House and control of the Senate, even as the party appeared likely to pick up only a handful of seats in the House.
The West Coast kept things interesting this Election Day without causing too much drama for re-elected President Barack Obama.
Boehner rejected any notion that the newly re-elected president and Reid — whose party increased its advantage in the Senate on Tuesday — can claim a mandate from voters to allow expiration of the