Rigell Retirement Shifts Seat Out of Safe for GOP
After two strong re-election victories, there wasn’t much of a Democratic appetite to take on Rigell this year. But the open seat will spark new interest in the seat.
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After two strong re-election victories, there wasn’t much of a Democratic appetite to take on Rigell this year. But the open seat will spark new interest in the seat.
Democrats hoped Edelen would use a re-election victory as a springboard to take on GOP Sen. Rand Paul in 2016.
Democrats hoped Edelen would use a re-election victory as a springboard to take on GOP Sen. Rand Paul in 2016.
When he was up for re-election in 2010, the Democrat was given an A-plus rating by the National Rifle Association, which endorsed him over Republican John Kasich, who got a B.
The unexpected ouster of then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his primary re-election loss a few months later knocked the wind out of the pro-reform efforts.
The unexpected ouster of then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in his primary re-election loss a few months later knocked the wind out of the pro-reform efforts.
“There are not too many politicians who want to say, ‘I love manipulating my district to get re-elected.'” Obama’s comments about redistricting moved Democratic lawmakers to their feet Tuesday night.
The Senate Conservatives Fund endorsed its first three House candidates of the cycle on Tuesday.
After narrowly losing her 2014 re-election, Hagan taught at the Harvard Institute of Politics , and on Monday, she started a new job at the lobbying firm Akin Gump in Washington, D.C.
But the Democrats decided to try something different after their drubbing in Ronald Reagan’s re-election.
But the Democrats decided to try something different after their drubbing in Ronald Reagan’s re-election.
“I just did Snapchat,” Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., exclaimed to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
Keyser resigned from his state House seat and from his job as a corporate lawyer for Hogan Lovells to pursue the Senate contest.
John McCain’s national security credentials in this election year, a political action committee backing his campaign for re-election has launched a large television advertising campaign, Roll Call has
In more than a dozen states, House and Senate primary elections will happen on the same ballot with the presidential race — timing that could pose a challenge for incumbent candidates in intra-party battles
But based on the political realities of this cycle, his comments aren’t likely to dramatically impact Senate races.
But based on the political realities of this cycle, his comments aren’t likely to dramatically impact Senate races.
I spent time in prayer and with my family, and with their blessing, have decided I will no longer seek re-election for Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District,” the Republican said in a statement.
Israel announced Tuesday that he would not seek re-election in November after 16 years in the House.
That’s just one of the 29 programs, studies and departments Coats has pointed out in his weekly speeches on the Senate floor.