By
Stuart Rothenberg
Minutes after Gabriel Gomez was declared the winner of his party’s special primary on the evening of April 30, I tweeted that Gomez’s victory assured that the Massachusetts Senate special election would be “interesting.” And it has been.
By
Kyle Trygstad
There may be just one thing that stands between Cory Booker and victory in the Garden State’s special election for a Senate seat: the Jersey Shore.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., cut a $100,000 check on Tuesday to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, according to a source familiar with his campaign.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell formally announced Tuesday that he will challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Begich next year.
By
Kyle Trygstad
A political action committee created to encourage Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president received its first congressional endorsement on Tuesday.
By
Shira Toeplitz, Abby Livingston
When the Supreme Court takes on a key part of a voting rights law later this month, Texas Democrats will be watching more closely than anyone on Capitol Hill.
By
Abby Livingston, Emily Cahn
New Jersey Democrats selected Passaic County Democratic Chairman John Currie as their new state party chairman last week.
By
Emily Cahn
Democratic Rep. Tim Walz officially has a Republican opponent in Minnesota’s 1st District.
By
Shira Toeplitz
A top House Republican, Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois, will expand his political operation in the coming weeks by dispatching his longtime top aide to the campaign trail.
By
Nathan L. Gonzales
Open seats are supposed to be opportunities. Without longtime incumbents on the ballot, these districts should be easier to takeover. But six months into the 2014 cycle, that just isn’t the case on the House side.
By
Emily Cahn, Matthew Lowe
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn is one of the most unpopular governors in the country with abhorrent approval ratings in Illinois.
By
Matthew Lowe
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., announced on Friday that he will not run for retiring Democratic Sen. Carl Levin’s seat.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Rep. Michael H. Michaud, D-Maine, announced Thursday that he is officially exploring a run for governor.
By
Emily Cahn
Anoka County Commissioner Rhonda Sivarajah announced on Wednesday that she is running for Minnesota’s 6th District seat.
By
Emily Cahn
Ambitious Illinois Democrats interested in Congress are closely monitoring a trio of longtime members from Chicagoland.
By
Kyle Trygstad, Kerry Young
Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said the mixture of a trending-purple state and a bloody GOP primary could hinder the party’s ability next year to hold the Georgia Senate seat of his retiring colleague.
By
Emily Cahn
Republican state Sen. Bill Cole announced on a local radio show this week that he will not run against Rep. Nick J. Rahall II, D-W.Va., in the 3rd District.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Republicans are now on track to avoid a costly, high-profile primary in the South Dakota Senate race next year.
By
Emily Cahn
California’s new top-two primary system was supposed to revolutionize the state’s political process. Instead, it’s forcing candidates to revert to an antiquated practice: competing for the state party’s endorsement.
By
Emily Cahn
A fifth Republican entered Georgia’s 1st District primary on Monday night, making the race to replace Republican Rep. Jack Kingston one of the most crowded in the country.
By
Meredith Shiner, Kyle Trygstad
If there weren’t serious political skin in the immigration game, the Senate would not even be debating a framework to overhaul the system this week. But as it stands, senators are set to begin the formal deliberations Tuesday on a bipartisan framework.
By
Kyle Trygstad
A Quinnipiac University poll released Monday morning found Newark Mayor Cory Booker with a substantial lead over his Democratic primary opponents in the New Jersey Senate special election.
