In the heat of the campaign, it can be easy to disqualify or dismiss candidates based on unsettling, or sometimes unseemly, revelations. But all you have to do is look at the current lineup of senators to realize that imperfect people win elections.
Connecticut is a great place to start.
In…
The bottom line looks about the same in the fight for control of the Senate in November — but some of the pieces of the puzzle have moved around dramatically over the past few months.
Republicans need a 6-seat gain to take over the Senate next year. Three Democratic-held Senate seats continue…
We are moving the Minnesota Senate race from Safe Democrat to Democrat Favored, but readers should not make too much of the changed rating.
The change reflects the broad national environment and Minnesota’s generally competitive nature. A national anti-President Barack Obama wave certainly…
Last week’s news that the U.S. economy gained 288,000 jobs in June seems to confirm the upbeat economic assessments coming from many of the nation’s economists and Wall Street analysts.
The question is whether the data and increased optimism one might hear on CNBC will have an effect on the…
Democrats haven’t had a lot of success getting Members elected to Congress from New Jersey’s 3rd District in recent history. But they got a taste of it for one term and believe they can take the open seat back this year.
From Bill Cahill to Edwin Forsythe to Jim Saxton, the South Jersey area…
Over 85 percent of all House seats are either safely Republican or Democratic, so primaries are of utmost importance in those because because they will choose the next Member of Congress. Democrat Ed Pastor is retiring from Arizona’s 7th District, leaving behind a safely Democratic seat that…
Colorado’s 4th District. After falling short in one of the most famous Senate losses in recent political history, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck is primed to become a member of the House of Representatives next year.
In 2010, Buck lost to appointed-Sen. Michael Bennet, 48 percent to 46…
Colorado Governor. Republicans appear to have avoided their worst-case scenario. Some strategists feared that former Rep. Tom Tancredo would win the GOP nomination and his polarizing views on immigration would hurt the party’s chances of defeating Sen. Mark Udall (D) and Rep. Mike Coffman’s (R)…
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