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Within two weeks of Election Day, API had launched a multistate TV ad campaign targeting some half-dozen Senate Democrats, all up for re-election in 2014, with ads urging them to steer clear of “job-killing
Mike Coffman, who won re-election by a slim 2-point margin in 2012.
John McCain’s focus on Iraq in rough questioning in a Senate hearing Thursday.
Melgen’s company also donated $700,000 in the months leading up to the November elections to a super PAC that dumped $582,500 into Menendez’s re-election bid.
Grassley, R-Iowa, said vulnerable Senate Democratic incumbents could be the key to preventing an assault weapons ban from passing this year.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced six weeks ago that he was “exploring” a Senate run.
Television personality Geraldo Rivera said on his radio program Thursday that he is “truly contemplating” a run as a Republican candidate for Senate in 2014, per The Hill.
“Both became the first Democratic women to represent their state in the Senate with the help of the EMILY’s List Community, Shaheen enters the cycle in much better re-election shape than Hagan.
Jack Markell’s re-election campaign. He also was communications director for former Reps. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., and Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind. He also worked for former Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind.
Marco Rubio, R-Fla., an otherwise staunch conservative who has walked out on a limb in joining the Senate group, is a major factor.
This is a group that truly spans the ideological spectrum with a plan that includes a series of exquisitely balanced compromises and offers serious hope of movement in the Senate, at least, within a matter
Richard Codey, who served for a time as acting governor and later as the governor, and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, were mentioned as potential challengers to the governor.
The proposals were so out of touch that in 2011 the Democrat-controlled Senate defeated the president’s budget plan 97-0; in 2012 the vote was 99-0.
An immigration policy rewrite may be President Barack Obama’s top priority, but Senate Republicans are warning that if he tries to influence Congress too much, the delicate talks could run aground.
Menendez presided over that vote, and the Senate approved him as Kerry’s successor (S Res 20) by unanimous consent Tuesday evening.
. | The founder and director of a grass-roots conservative group said he expects Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, to face a primary challenge. Cornyn is up for re-election in 2014.
Cruz directed a request for comment to his Senate office.
Tom Harkin’s retirement makes the Iowa Senate seat more competitive by virtue of the six-term Democrat’s departure.
Max Baucus, D-Mont., will kick off his re-election bid with $3.6 million in the bank, according to a copy of his fundraising report obtained by CQ Roll Call.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney praised the new bipartisan Senate immigration blueprint Monday but stopped short of embracing its key compromise — tying improved border enforcement to a path to