The Return of Nevada’s Sharron Angle
The 2010 Senate nominee ran for Senate again last year, losing to former Rep. Joe Heck in the GOP primary, 65 to 23 percent.
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The 2010 Senate nominee ran for Senate again last year, losing to former Rep. Joe Heck in the GOP primary, 65 to 23 percent.
But when it comes to his career, the 49-year-old nominee told the Senate Judiciary Committee that judges are not "politicians in robes."
February saw some contentious confirmation battles in the Senate, with Democrats waging all-night talk-a-thons on the floor in opposition to some of President Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.
Betty Sutton in a member-on-member race, Renacci has comfortably won re-election. He won by more than 30 points last fall.
Inhofe, the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee at the time, threw a snowball on the Senate floor to disprove climate change.
Warren, who in her first term as a senator has been a favorite of the liberal base and a persistent voice against President Donald Trump, faces re-election in Massachusetts in 2018.
The quick pace of the GOP health care plan was why Manchin decided to hold a handful of town halls during the brief Senate recess this week, the senator told reporters after the meeting.
Campaign consultants in both parties have long identified prosecutors — especially those confirmed by the Senate to act as the chief federal law enforcement officers in the nation's 93 judicial districts
Senate GOP leaders blocked President Barack Obama's nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, during the heated 2016 campaign.
Senate Republicans seeking to replace the fired attorneys could face determined resistance from Democrats who may try hard to slow down the process.
Hatch said Thursday he's continuing to edge toward seeking an eighth Senate term in 2018.
Democrats plan to hold Senate Republicans — and House Republicans who may run for the Senate — accountable for the health care plan proposed by House GOP leadership this week.
These events are normally sleepy affairs in liberal Rhode Island, and Whitehouse, who faces re-election for a third Senate term representing the Ocean State next year, is a loyal Democrat.
There were a total of just 18 civilian nominations formally sent to the Senate and awaiting committee action as of Tuesday, according to Senate records.
And with Trump overwhelmingly popular in West Virginia — where Manchin is up for re-election in 2018 — Manchin may need to work with the president in order to survive politically.
Committee member Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat up for re-election in 2018 in a state Trump won last fall, has also said she will vote for Perdue.
A presidential contest typically attracts more political donors, but the 2016 cycle also featured several competitive Senate races with majority control on the line.
Back when the old independent counsel law was still in effect, Republican senators called for just such an appointment to probe alleged efforts by the Chinese to influence President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election
Hurd faced one of the most competitive re-elections in the nation last fall, winning by 1 point in a district Hillary Clinton carried by 3. And he will likely face another close race next year.
BENNETT, CQ ROLL CALL President Donald Trump took to Twitter to once again criticize Senate Minority Leader Charles E.