Stories by Abby Livingston:
June 18, 2013
Former Gov. Mike Rounds hired Jason Williams as his statewide coalitions director for his Senate campaign, according to a Tuesday announcement.
June 18, 2013
Newark Mayor Cory Booker announced he hired another veteran of President Barack Obama’s campaign team to join his Senate campaign in New Jersey.
June 17, 2013
Updated 5:45 p.m. | Kentucky Democratic Gov. Steven L. Beshear said his state might have to redo its 2012 redistricting map, according to The Associated Press.
June 17, 2013
New Jersey Democrats selected Passaic County Democratic Chairman John Currie as their new state party chairman last week.
June 16, 2013
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.
June 5, 2013
National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden signaled that he plans to stay on offense in 2014 with the aim of expanding his party’s 17-seat majority.
June 5, 2013
State Speaker Thom Tillis has started to build his campaign team for his Senate bid in North Carolina, one of the top targeted races of the 2014 cycle.
June 5, 2013
Democratic Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg’s death creates a power vacuum that could exacerbate fractures among New Jersey state party leaders looking to bring back their ailing organization.
June 3, 2013
Updated 5:12 p.m. | State Del. Eric Nelson will not run for the GOP nomination to succeed Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in the state’s 2nd District, according to two sources.
June 3, 2013
Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land became the first well-known GOP candidate to enter the race to replace retiring Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., on Monday.
June 3, 2013
Former Maryland GOP Chairman Alex Mooney announced on Monday that he will venture across state lines to run for West Virginia’s 2nd District.
June 3, 2013
Updated 10:55 a.m. | The boundaries around Texas’ 23rd District are not certain yet, but Republicans are already hunting for a candidate to challenge freshman Rep. Pete Gallego, a Democrat, in the state’s most competitive district.
June 2, 2013
By most metrics, these House members probably should have lost already.
June 1, 2013
Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., asked his chief of staff to resign on Friday for his alleged role in an absentee ballot scheme in last year’s primaries.
May 31, 2013
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has hired Michael Joffrion as its new regional political director for the Southeast.
May 31, 2013
Hotel magnate Jim Graves, a Democrat, dropped his bid for Minnesota’s 6th District on Friday — just a few days after his opponent, embattled Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., announced her retirement from Congress.
May 29, 2013
Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies will file papers to run in the open-seat Pennsylvania 13th District race to replace Democratic Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
May 29, 2013
President Barack Obama will travel to his hometown of Chicago on Wednesday to fundraise for House Democratic campaign efforts in 2014.
May 29, 2013
Republican Rep. Cory Gardner decided against challenging Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., on Wednesday, according to The Denver Post.
May 29, 2013
Not every Democrat is cheering Rep. Michele Bachmann’s upcoming exit from Congress — specifically the party’s bean counters.
May 28, 2013
Editor’s Note: Every year, scores of congressional candidates visit the CQ Roll Call offices to meet with reporters and Contributing Editor Stuart Rothenberg. This feature, “The Candidate,” will ask these congressional hopefuls five questions about their campaigns. Responses and questions have been edited and condensed.
May 28, 2013
In HOH’s latest edition of Fictional Franchise — fictional characters and the real people who represent them in Congress — we take on the great villainesses of movies, television and literature.
May 24, 2013
Editor’s Note: Every year, scores of congressional candidates visit the CQ Roll Call offices to meet with reporters and Contributing Editor Stuart Rothenberg. This new feature, “The Candidate,” will ask these congressional hopefuls five questions about their campaigns. Responses and questions have been edited and condensed.
May 23, 2013
Two members of the press turned the tables Thursday morning and spied on the federal government. It took only about 20 minutes before our cover as morning power walkers was blown, but the intelligence gathered will be used in the upcoming Congressional Women’s Softball Game.
