Donna Edwards Replacements Start Lining Up (Updated)
State senators, delegates and council members have a free pass to run for Edwards’ House seat because they are not up for re-election until 2018.
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State senators, delegates and council members have a free pass to run for Edwards’ House seat because they are not up for re-election until 2018.
Republicans may not realistically smell another Senate seat about to become available, but they’re moving quickly on the very real scent of political blood.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also is working to highlight the connection.
Accusations about DesJarlais having affairs with patients and encouraging a now ex-wife to have an abortion surfaced prior to his 2012 re-election, which he won with 56 percent.
Van Hollen’s Senate bid will have serious ramifications for House Democrats. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Updated 10:20 a.m.
But with the Maryland Democrat, Budget Committee ranking member and former two-term Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman now saying he’ll run for Senate, the field has changed.
I will not seek re-election,” Miller announced in a video posted to Facebook . First elected to Congress in 2002, Miller is one of 22 women in the House GOP conference.
What’s more, members of the State Senate, House of Delegates and Montgomery City Council have little to risk by running because they are not standing for re-election until 2018.
What’s more, members of the State Senate, House of Delegates and Montgomery City Council have little to risk by running because they are not standing for re-election until 2018.
Fresh off a bruising re-election campaign in a cycle that saw many of her colleagues swept from office, she was back on the trail, whether holding a conference call or visiting a firehouse or Coast Guard
Fresh off a bruising re-election campaign in a cycle that saw many of her colleagues swept from office, she was back on the trail, whether holding a conference call or visiting a firehouse or Coast Guard
One of these members doesn’t hope to belong — in the Senate.
One of these members doesn’t hope to belong — in the Senate.
McDaniel ran surprisingly strong in the region in his low-turnout GOP Senate primary against Sen. Thad Cochran which forced a runoff election.
Looking to net five seats to ensure control of the Senate, Democrats will heavily target Toomey in 2016.
Branstad won re-election with 59 percent of the vote. But her name became better known among Iowa Democrats. Vernon’s Democratic opponents hope that is all her candidacy has in its favor.
Branstad won re-election with 59 percent of the vote. But her name became better known among Iowa Democrats. Vernon’s Democratic opponents hope that is all her candidacy has in its favor.
Both Lee and Rubio have Senate seats that are up for re-election in 2016, and Rubio appears to be laying the groundwork for a White House bid.
Toomey’s re-election prospects in Pennsylvania next year depend to a large extent on the state’s political environment when voters go to the polls. If it is like 2010 or 2014, he is likely to win.
In the Senate, Democrats have a somewhat easier lift.