By
David M. Drucker, Joshua Miller
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Fresh off the national campaign trail, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is testing the influence of his unique political brand with a series of Congressional endorsements.
By
Shira Toeplitz
A flood of outside spending has quietly moved the Ohio Senate race from a second-tier contest to a single-digit competition.
By
Joshua Miller
Voters go to the polls today in Arkansas and Kentucky to select their party’s nominees for Congress.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Hogan Gidley, who served as communications director on former Sen. Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign, has a new gig.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
Super PACs have jumped feet first into Congressional races in recent weeks, the latest public disclosures show, with the conservative groups Club for Growth Action and FreedomWorks for America leading the way.
By
Steven T. Dennis
President Barack Obama doubled down on attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital at a press conference at the NATO summit in Chicago today.
By
Amanda Becker, Shira Toeplitz
The campaigns of Rep. Jim Renacci and state Treasurer Josh Mandel, the GOP nominee for Senate, confirmed today that they are aware the government is investigating contributions they accepted from employees at a direct marketing firm.
By
Humberto Sanchez
Democrats run the risk of hurting their election prospects and discouraging Latino voter turnout in November unless the White House can better implement its policy to deport only illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, some Democrats and pro-immigration groups believe.
By
Abby Livingston
Two members of House Democratic leadership have donated to Rep. Bill Pascrell in his Member-vs.-Member fight against fellow New Jersey Rep. Steven Rothman.
By
Abby Livingston
Maine Treasurer Bruce Poliquin (R) today picked up an endorsement from the conservative group, FreedomWorks PAC.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) today launched the seventh television ad of his re-election campaign.
By
Meredith Shiner
Lawmakers, particularly Republicans, brag about eliminating earmarks as a key victory in the national anti-government spending movement. But now that election season is in full swing, the dearth of parochial projects raises questions about how Beltway big shots can show voters at home they’re still attentive to local needs.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
With the stroke of a pen, a federal appeals court ruling has drastically altered the calculus for nonprofits and trade groups poised to spend millions of dollars in this election, from well-funded partisan players to grass-roots groups on the left and right.
By Abby Livingston
The National Republican Congressional Committee has released a new negative television ad against Democrat Ron Barber in the special election in Arizona's 8th Congressional district to replace former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D).
By David M. Drucker
In a study that could annoy Democrats and perturb proponents of the “base election” theory, a centrist Democratic think tank is arguing that its party’s hold on the Senate hinges on political “moderates.”
By
Shira Toeplitz
If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, J.T. Jezierski will be the most connected man in the 16 blocks between the White House and Capitol Hill.
By Shira Toeplitz
Local Republicans selected Rodney Davis, a top aide to Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), to be their nominee for the newly open House seat in downstate Illinois.
By
Eliza Newlin Carney
A stream of amicus briefs to the Supreme Court on a closely watched political spending case turned to a flood by the end this week, as Members of Congress, attorneys general and advocacy groups weighed in.
