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Hollingsworth Won‘t Face Primary — Accused of Buying 2016 Seat
Two years later, running for re-election in what’s still a safe Republican seat, he doesn’t even face a primary.
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Two years later, running for re-election in what’s still a safe Republican seat, he doesn’t even face a primary.
Meehan resigned last week after saying earlier that he would not run for re-election.
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William Hoagland, who was an aide to former GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, said “no other president comes to my mind in the last 40 years that publicly asked for a member of Congress to step down
The result four years ago, in other words, is probably more a reassurance than a cautionary tale, at least for today’s lawmakers worried about their next re-election prospects.
Painter, who had previously formed an exploratory committee for a Senate run, will announce his candidacy in a news conference on Monday, his campaign announced.
Tester faces a tough re-election fight in November’s midterm elections, with Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzales/Roll Call ratings putting the Senate race there as Tilt Democratic.
Meehan had previously announced he would not run for re-election. He cited sparing his staff from an Ethics investigation as the cause for the early exit.
On Thursday, Trump highlighted the tough re-election race expected for Tester, noting in a television interview that he won the state easily in the 2016 general election.
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Bush was in office and is a rear admiral in the Navy, withdrew his name from consideration for the VA post amid allegations compiled by Democrats on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that he had been
Heitkamp is one of the most vulnerable Senate Democrats up for re-election this year, running in a state President Donald Trump carried by 36 points in 2016. Watch: Will the Chambers Flip?
Marco Rubio in the 2016 Senate race. He was a Republican until 2011, when he resigned from the party.
But campaigns for both parties in the state’s Senate and other House races will be watching the results, particularly how independents vote.
That news came the same day Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Michael C. Stenger would be the new Senate sergeant-at-arms, replacing Frank J. Larkin.
Franks didn’t have a Democratic challenger his last two re-elections. Republicans make up 41 percent of active registered voters in the district, while 24 percent are Democrats.
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Perhaps Ryan’s emotional announcement on April 11 that he will not seek re-election in 2018 is the prelude to a 2020 primary challenge.
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign said Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita’s campaign signs give the false impression that Trump endorsed his Senate candidacy.
Patty Murray’s re-election campaign. The following cycle, Bezos — the world’s richest man, according to Forbes — forked over $5,400 to Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah.