Kyle Trygstad
Bio:
Kyle Trygstad, a D.C. native, covers House and Senate campaigns for Roll Call. Kyle came to the newspaper in 2010 after nearly three years at Real Clear Politics, where he covered the 2008 presidential and Congressional campaigns, as well as Capitol Hill. He began his journalism career at National Journal, first as a writer for the Hotline and later as a researcher for the Almanac of American Politics. Kyle also covered the Virginia Legislature as a stringer for newspapers around the state while attending college in Richmond.
Stories by Kyle Trygstad:
Feb. 4, 2013
Democratic Sen. Mark Begich brought in more than $300,000 in the fourth quarter, giving him almost $1 million in cash on hand to kick off his 2014 re-election campaign cycle.
Feb. 3, 2013
The news Sunday that a Republican group was forming to recruit better Senate candidates and counter conservative organizations’ attempts to sway primaries was met with immediate antagonism by at least one conservative group.
Feb. 3, 2013
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., will continue to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee despite a possible Ethics Committee probe into potentially problematic ties to a political donor.
Feb. 1, 2013
Iowa Rep. Steve King would have an early edge over Rep. Tom Latham in a hypothetical Republican Senate primary, according to a new poll from the GOP firm Harper Polling.
Jan. 30, 2013
The fate of an immigration overhaul rests almost exclusively with Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican whose star power with conservatives is crucial to moving a bill through Congress.
Jan. 29, 2013
The Federal Election Commission increased the limits on contributions that individuals can give to candidates for federal office and national party committees in the 2014 election cycle.
Jan. 29, 2013
The National Republican Senatorial Committee announced its senior staff Tuesday, rounding out an overhaul of leadership for the new cycle as the party aims to win the majority in 2014.
Jan. 28, 2013
Two key Senate retirements in the span of 24 hours last week could have a dramatic effect on the outlook for the majority in the next Congress, a fight that won’t come into focus for well more than a year.
Jan. 25, 2013
Updated 12:05 p.m. | Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss, 69, announced Friday that he will not seek a third term in 2014.
Jan. 24, 2013
Two months after he was ousted from Congress by a fellow Democrat, former California Rep. Joe Baca said he wants back in.
Jan. 24, 2013
Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine — both former governors of the commonwealth — are disappointed with a couple of bills moving forward in the state Senate, including a proposal that would allocate the state’s presidential electoral votes by congressional district.
Jan. 24, 2013
The Republican National Committee is assembled in Charlotte this week in the midst of an ongoing post-election review that will help guide its strategy for strengthening the party’s campaign infrastructure and broadening its appeal.
Jan. 21, 2013
President Barack Obama’s second inauguration this week marks the beginning of another midterm election cycle, a period that has proved to be historically unkind to the party in the White House.
Jan. 19, 2013
Republican leaders and strategists have wracked their brains since President Barack Obama’s re-election to reckon how the party can broaden its appeal to minorities.
Jan. 17, 2013
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, becoming the latest potential 2016 Republican presidential hopeful confirmed to address the annual event.
Jan. 14, 2013
After a hard-fought and highly charged presidential battle in 2012 — not to mention Congressional races and redistricting — one might hope that 2013 would provide a respite from campaign politics. No such luck.
Jan. 11, 2013
House Budget Chairman Paul D. Ryan is scheduled to address the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, the American Conservative Union announced Friday.
Jan. 11, 2013
Updated 11:37 a.m. | West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller will retire at the end of his term in 2014. The 75-year-old senator made the announcement Friday morning in Charleston.
Jan. 11, 2013
National Republicans’ primary problems from the past two cycles are floating to the surface once again in West Virginia.
Jan. 10, 2013
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced several new additions to its staff for the 2014 midterm election cycle, as well as a few returning aides from 2012, to help the party hold its majority in the Senate.
Jan. 10, 2013
President Barack Obama’s campaign is set to be reconfigured into an operation that will assist the White House’s policy goals in a second term, CNN reported on Thursday.
Jan. 9, 2013
New Mexico Republican Jon Barela said he is not planning to challenge Democratic Sen. Tom Udall in 2014.
Jan. 7, 2013
Former New Mexico Rep. Heather Wilson has seen her last political race.
Jan. 7, 2013
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s decision last month to appoint Brian Schatz to the Senate could unfurl divisive Democratic primaries for the seats of both men in 2014, including from within the congressional delegation.
Jan. 7, 2013
Former Rep. Denny Rehberg told the Billings Gazette last week that he will not run for office again.
