They say everything’s bigger in Texas -- including the field of candidates in new and open seat races this cycle.
Redistricting -- after several iterations of maps after court challenges -- created four new seats in the Lone Star State. None of these new districts is expected to be…
With terrible job approval ratings, redistricting, and outside spending, congressional incumbents are under the microscope. And after reading the headlines and seeing the anti-incumbent narrative reach a fever pitch on cable news channels, some Members of the Texas delegation are taking their…
If national Democratic strategists chose Charlotte, N.C., for the party’s national convention because they liked the facilities, the hotel accommodations or the weather in early September, then I guess I can’t yet quibble with the choice.
But if David Axelrod and the president’s other political…
Over the past few months, I’ve written a couple of columns about presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s potential running mates Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Start with some biography, an anecdote or tidbit, add a dash of analysis and a blind quote and you’ve got an…
The national parties are officially wading into the special election to succeed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona’s 8th District.
On Thursday morning, the National Republican Congressional Committee purchased $150,000 of broadcast television in Tucson, beginning tomorrow through May 10,…
Two moderate Democrats from Pennsylvania won’t be returning to Congress next year after Tuesday’s primaries in the Keystone State -- but only one can blame the new make-up of his district for his loss.
In western Pennsylvania’s 12th District, Rep. Mark Critz pulled off an upset in his member…
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) is on quite a roller coaster ride. The senior senator went from the brink of electoral extinction to coming oh-so-close to securing the GOP nomination without even having to hassle with a primary. Now he’s back in a competitive race for reelection.
After seeing his…
It’s really amazing how some people with years of political experience change their opinions about the political landscape to match the latest poll.
It’s not that poll results shouldn’t affect our understanding of politics or inform us about what people are thinking. It’s that too often people…
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