Polls Bring Mixed News for Smith’s 3rd-Term Bid
A Democratic poll taken in February shows potential trouble on the horizon for the re-election hopes of Sen.
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A Democratic poll taken in February shows potential trouble on the horizon for the re-election hopes of Sen.
A Democratic poll taken in February shows potential trouble on the horizon for the re-election hopes of Sen.
Emboldened by their surprise defeat of GOP efforts to eliminate a tentative withdrawal date from Iraq, Senate Democrats will go on the offensive during next week’s recess, using President Bush’s threats
[IMGCAP(1)] In the previous cycle, Gehrke served as executive director for the Senate Majority Project, which served as an adjunct to the Senate Democrats’ opposition research operation.
That means Republicans are defending more governorships this year, much as they will be defending more Senate seats both in 2008 and 2010.
As he returns home for next week’s Congressional recess, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will find himself targeted in a new television ad that criticizes his support for the Iraq War.
Saxby Chambliss (R) in 2008, becoming the first Democrat to enter the Senate contest.
But Pryor said because of the fact that he is up for re-election in 2008, he probably will stay out of the presidential contest completely.
“Resigning his commission and re-enlisting has gotten him a lot of bipartisan praise,” said one Democratic source.
Saxby Chambliss (R) in 2008, becoming the first Democrat to enter the Senate contest.
Aghazarian, who has twin 5-year-old boys and a third son who turns 1 in April, will instead seek an open state Senate seat.
Kathleen Blanco (D), whose political standing has been crippled since Hurricane Katrina devastated the state in August 2005, announced Tuesday evening that she would not seek re-election this year.
But it may be her focus on those smaller measures that has been frustrating some in the environmental community and even a few Senate Democrats.
The Senate is poised to pass legislation today stripping President Bush’s authority to appoint interim U.S. attorneys, and Democrats already have begun using the scandal over the firing of eight prosecutors
Rick Noriega (D) into the 2008 Senate race against Sen. John Cornyn (R).
Could all three of the state’s House Members jump into the Senate race if there is a vacancy? Could Richardson, who is term-limited in 2010, decide to run for Senate if his White House bid fizzles?
McKeon said she expects the GOP rift to benefit state Democrats generally — and particularly the re-election campaigns of Giffords and Mitchell.
Senate Softball League or the relatively new House Softball League.
Martinez will have to decide whether to jump into what is likely to be a crowded Democratic primary and try her luck as probably the only Latina in the race, or to seek re-election to the state Senate
Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) is expected to have a safe road to re-election in 2008, Senate GOP leaders have included her in a select group of vulnerable Republican incumbents for whom they are soliciting early