Legislative Duties Weigh Heavily on GOP House Hopefuls
Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.) that he will not seek re-election sets up another GOP primary that puts a legislative leader in the hot seat.
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Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.) that he will not seek re-election sets up another GOP primary that puts a legislative leader in the hot seat.
On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Democratic leaders contributed about $1 of every $5 raised. Republican leaders in the Senate gave away $1 for every $6.65 raised.
As detailed in the April 1 Roll Call article “Circular Firing Squad,” state Republicans have been riven by years of internal disputes, leading some GOPers to fear that Bush’s re-election prospects
Bob Schaffer (R) in Colorado’s open-seat Senate race, Gov. Bill Owens (R) seemingly reversed course Wednesday with his revelation that brewing company mogul Pete Coors would enter the race.
Cooksey held the northern Louisiana seat from 1996 until 2002, when he embarked on an ill-fated Senate bid. Cooksey received 14 percent in that contest.
Edwards’ willingness to campaign on behalf of fellow Senators as well as Senate candidates is being cast as a major boon by national Democrats.
With less than seven months remaining before Election Day, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and former Rep.
So when all three entered the White House in January 2001, it was reasonably clear they would find a series of cases in which to draw different lines in the sand to try to re-establish executive authority
So far this cycle Steinbrenner has given $11,000, with a $2,000 donation to both President Bush’s re-election campaign and Sen. Bob Graham’s (D-Fla.) ill-fated presidential campaign. Rep.
exploratory committee and huddling with Republican leaders in Washington, D.C., real estate magnate Dave Liniger disappointed many GOP officials by announcing Monday that he would not run for the open Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), who will stand for re-election in 2006. Hutchison has refused to rule out a primary challenge to Gov.
Rick Lazio (R) in the 2000 Senate race. But it gave Al Gore an 8-point victory over George W. Bush in 2000, and former President Bill Clinton also won there.
Staking out right field at the Saturday night affair at Will’s Chevy Chase home were Lynne Cheney and Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), while left field was covered by Orioles owner
David Vitter (R) on Monday as an independent poll showed the GOP Congressman with a solid lead over his two main Democratic opponents in the open-seat Senate race.
The United State Senate Federal Credit Union announced last Wednesday that board Chairman Denis O’Donovan had retained his position in this year’s Board of Director’s election.
It’s no surprise that K Street lobbyists and other insiders have been strong financial supporters of President Bush’s re-election campaign.
The executive committee had been scheduled to meet Tuesday to vote on whether Gorham would be allowed to stay on as chairwoman while retaining her seat in the state Senate.
Heading into the final weeks of his re-election primary battle, Sen.
After Bradley dropped out, Farrauto worked for unsuccessful Senate candidate Jan Backus (D) in Vermont and a state Supreme Court candidate in Ohio.
like kid’s play,” he added, referring to the controversial discovery of a previously uncounted group of ballots that gave Lyndon Johnson a narrow victory over Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Texas Democratic Senate