Dole to NRSC, By a Nose
No announcements have been made about filling out the NRSC’s staff roster, but Dole’s top political aide has been Mark Stephens, who managed her 2002 campaign and continues as senior adviser to her re-election
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No announcements have been made about filling out the NRSC’s staff roster, but Dole’s top political aide has been Mark Stephens, who managed her 2002 campaign and continues as senior adviser to her re-election
forward who may not be in line for seniority, to have the opportunity to serve on a committee that they [would] not otherwise because they can either add to the Conference — and the Conference needs,” said Senate
Thune acknowledges, however, that not everyone in the Senate has greeted him with open arms.
The Nevadan will replace Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), who lost his re-election bid earlier this month to former Rep. John Thune (R-S.D.).
Long before the 2004 election ended, the political jockeying to fill Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s (R-Tenn.) seat began.
President Bush won Nebraska by 35 points on Nov. 2, his largest margin in any state with a Democratic Senator up for re-election in 2006.
In 2006, there will be 17 Democratic Senators up for re-election, a total that includes eight freshmen and six Senators who will be older than 70 on Election Day.
In Coleman’s corner is one of the best vote-counters in the Senate, Trent Lott (R-Miss.), a former Whip in the House and Senate.
Chafee considered switching parties and has been wooed by Democrats for years but backed away from his flirtation last week after prominent Republicans and Senate leaders asked him not to bolt.
Berendt is expected to seek re-election when the state Democratic committee meets at the end of January.
part of America now known as the “red states” as if they were countries, sending out foreign correspondents to explain the obviously inscrutable “natives” who bucked the political and media elite and re-elected
Congress will pause this week during its first session after President Bush’s re-election so that Members can honor his predecessor.
On the Senate side, Democrats must defend 17 of their incumbents, while Republicans have 15 seats up for re-election.
Coburn branded himself a “citizen legislator” and did not run for re-election in 2000 because he had pledged to serve no more than three terms.
But a Rossi political consultant said no one should print up Rossi for Senate banners just yet.
There have been no Hispanics in the Senate since 1976.
One week after suffering devastating losses in the House and Senate, Democratic campaign committees in both chambers find themselves mired in debt.
Stunned by the loss of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (S.D.) and five open seats in the South, Democratic Senators return to Capitol Hill next week to make sense of the 2004 elections and chart a new
On a personal level, several current and former aides said, the defeats can be a “blessing in disguise,” allowing the chance to “take stock” and re-evaluate career options and future goals.
The prospect of an imminent Supreme Court vacancy has dramatically raised the stakes in selecting the next Senate Judiciary chairman and added new fuel to the battle over changing Senate floor procedures