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Kyle Trygstad
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Senate Democrats’ campaign chief urged patience with the party’s recruitment progress as Republicans picked up a top challenger this week in a key race.
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Kyle Trygstad
| 57 minutes ago Two Democratic polls released in the past two days showed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell virtually tied in his re-election race in the Bluegrass State.
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Emily Cahn
On the surface, vulnerable Democrats in conservative districts will likely be aided by Obama's absence from the ballot in 2014. But in some districts, Democrats will miss the president's campaign organization and robust turnout operation.
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Kyle Trygstad
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran has yet to discuss a Senate bid with Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, but he said the Ways and Means chairman would be a “viable candidate” and he plans to reach out to him soon.
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Emily Cahn
Future congressional contests in Maine may seem like déjà vu all over again for voters.
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Abby Livingston
A contentious Democratic primary threatens in Florida’s 2nd District and August is shaping up to be a consequential point in the race.
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Kyle Trygstad
Freshman Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., will announce his candidacy next week to challenge Sen. Mark Pryor, arguably Democrats’ most vulnerable senator of the cycle.
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Stuart Rothenberg
It has been a bad couple of weeks for my people. No, I don’t mean journalists. I mean the Jews.
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Kyle Trygstad
EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock announced Tuesday that she will not run for Montana’s open Senate seat, further dwindling a short list of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination.
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Abby Livingston
Top House Democrats are hosting a duo of fundraisers for vulnerable members in their caucus, stoking speculation about their future ambitions.
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Abby Livingston
Maine Republicans elected Rick Bennett as their new state party chairman last week. The previous chairman, Richard Cebra, abruptly resigned in early July.
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Stuart Rothenberg
The many competitors for the GOP Senate primary in Georgia, including Rep. Paul Brown, above, help fuel optimism for Democrats who hope to take the seat.
Massachusetts Republican Richard Tisei married his longtime partner earlier this month in the aftermath of losing one of the closest congressional races in the country — and probably just a few months before he begins another House campaign.
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Kyle Trygstad
Montana Rep. Steve Daines showed no signs of haste as he trekked from his Cannon office late Wednesday afternoon to the Capitol for a last-minute vote.
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Emily Cahn
Republican state Rep. Mike Bost will announce on Monday that he is challenging freshman Rep. Bill Enyart, D-Ill., in one of the state’s most competitive districts.
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Emily Cahn
As pressure mounts for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign after a string of sexual harassment allegations from former female employees, so does the speculation about who might seek his office in the case of a special or recall election.
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Abby Livingston
Election officials have scheduled the race to replace Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., who will resign from Congress on Aug. 2.
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Matthew Lowe
The 2014 Senate race in Louisiana is shaping up to be one of the most competitive of the cycle and may ultimately determine which party commands that chamber’s majority.
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Abby Livingston
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid portrayed Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s election to the Senate as a foregone conclusion and gushed with encouragement for Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016 in a recent interview.
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Kyle Trygstad
An unknown Baptist, Korean-American businessman from Augusta, Ga., delivered a speech July 19 to a regional conference of the National Federation of Republican Women. Sources say he shelled out $5,000 to serve as a “presenting sponsor” of the Atlanta event for 300 top Republicans, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.
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Abby Livingston
Traditionally, state parties have been the meeting point between the national political organizations and the local ground game. But in recent cycles, many of them have become so dysfunctional that they are now irrelevant — or even worse, detrimental, to the national party’s efforts.
