Skip to content
RollCall logo

Campaigns

The U.S. Supreme Court building, as seen at sunset in December.

Supreme Court denies appeal of Pennsylvania, North Carolina maps

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 7, 2022 at 7:13pm
A top target of the GOP, Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas discussed mental health programs with a member of President Joe Biden's cabinet at a roundtable in his district.

HHS secretary’s New Hampshire visit lets Democrats focus on abortion, mental health

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 4, 2022 at 6:43pm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday in Orlando, Fla.

DeSantis has momentum in bid to wrestle GOP away from Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 4, 2022 at 11:34am
Lobbyists want a rollback of restrictions keeping them from freely entering and bringing clients into Capitol office buildings as they used to.

Lobbyists urge lawmakers to let them roam the Capitol again

By Kate Ackley
Posted March 4, 2022 at 6:00am

At the Races: Taxes, vets split GOP?

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Stephanie Akin and Kate Ackley
Posted March 3, 2022 at 2:40pm
Rep. Van Taylor, R-Texas, ended his campaign for a third term Wednesday, a day after not getting enough votes in the primary to avoid a runoff.

Texas Rep. Van Taylor admits affair, ends reelection campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 2, 2022 at 5:58pm
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was forced into a primary runoff against an immigration attorney who he beat by 4 points in 2020.

Texas primary puts Cuellar and Taylor in runoffs

By Stephanie Akin
Posted March 2, 2022 at 6:41am, Updated at 1:20pm
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, gave up a safe House seat to run for state attorney general.

Gohmert comes up short in bid for Texas attorney general

By Stephanie Akin
Posted March 2, 2022 at 5:34am
The new 6th District seat that Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten is defending would have gone for President Joe Biden by 11 points, but it could be in striking distance in a Republican wave in November, analyst Nathan L. Gonzales says.

What’s a dummymander? Illinois may tell us

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted March 1, 2022 at 1:36pm
A new map adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would split the district of GOP Rep. Fred Keller, who spoke at a rally in Montoursville with then-President Donald Trump in 2019, into two other Republican-held seats.

Keller decides not to run, blasts ‘liberal’ state Supreme Court

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 28, 2022 at 6:20pm
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, is battling for a spot in the runoff Tuesday in his bid for the nomination for state attorney general.

What Texas’ primaries will tell us

By Stephanie Akin
Posted February 28, 2022 at 5:52pm
The U.S. Supreme Court building, as seen at sunset in December.

Pennsylvania GOP urges Supreme Court to toss congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 28, 2022 at 5:20pm
Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., leaves a Democratic caucus meeting in the Capitol in January 2018.

Florida Rep. Ted Deutch to leave Congress, run Jewish advocacy group

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 28, 2022 at 2:18pm
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., attends a meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol on Dec. 1.

Kinzinger to keep fight against Trumpism going after House, but hedges on 2024

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 28, 2022 at 8:00am
Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson faces a Republican primary rematch from eight years ago.

Bleak streak for Idaho Democrats likely to continue

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 28, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., plans to retire before his term ends, he told The Oklahoman newspaper.

Inhofe confirms he’ll resign in January, backs aide for Oklahoma seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 25, 2022 at 10:05am, Updated at 2:05pm

At the Races: State of the campaigns

By Kate Ackley, Mary Ellen McIntire and Stephanie Akin
Posted February 24, 2022 at 2:30pm
American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp, left, questions House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla.

The death of the conservative label

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 24, 2022 at 1:25pm
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar faces a Democratic primary rematch from immigration attorney Jessica Cisneros, who lost a 2020 challenge by 4 percentage points.

Cuellar primary tests how progressive ideas play in competitive Texas seat

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted February 24, 2022 at 10:05am
Freshman Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., faces a toss-up race for a second term, according to elections analyst Nathan L. Gonzales.

Michigan poised to be House battleground all year

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 24, 2022 at 9:53am
A new map adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would split the district of GOP Rep. Fred Keller, who spoke at a rally in Montoursville with then-President Donald Trump in 2019, into two other Republican-held seats.

Courts adopt new House maps that favor Democrats in PA, NC

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 23, 2022 at 1:46pm
Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria will seek reelection in a Virginia district that went Democratic in the 2020 presidential race and Republican in the 2021 governor's race.

In Virginia, GOP has openings in new Biden-Youngkin districts

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 23, 2022 at 5:30am
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a 2017 news conference for the gun control group Giffords launched after surviving a 2011 mass shooting in which a gunman killed six people.

Security costs spike for campaigns as rules ease and threats rise

By Kate Ackley
Posted February 22, 2022 at 11:20am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Liz Cheney are pictured in February 2021, before she became an outcast of the House GOP.

McCarthy backs Cheney’s challenger in Wyoming primary

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 17, 2022 at 7:29pm
Then-President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at a G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 28, 2019.

Trump is giving Biden a pass as Russia threatens Ukraine

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 17, 2022 at 3:36pm

At the Races: Cracking the midterms

By Stephanie Akin, Kate Ackley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 17, 2022 at 2:30pm
Retired U.S. Navy SEAL Morgan Luttrell, left, a candidate in the 8th District Republican primary in Texas, speaks on a panel with his brother, Marcus Luttrell, during the Conservative Political Action Conference last July in Dallas.

GOP primary in Texas tests how far Trump loyalty should extend

By Stephanie Akin
Posted February 17, 2022 at 5:30am
A supporter of former President Donald Trump holds a "trump won" sign at a candlelight vigil outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Jan. 6, 2022, the anniversary of the Capitol riot by Trump loyalists.

Donald Trump is ignoring Lindsey Graham’s warnings about 2020 election obsession

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 16, 2022 at 10:43am
President Joe Biden, seen in the Capitol last month with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will be the focus of the midterm election dynamic, a pattern following other midterm dynamics, Stuart Rothenberg writes.

When nothing beats something

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted February 16, 2022 at 6:30am
A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 appears on a bus outside the Capitol in January. The CDC on Thursday eased guidelines for those exposed to the virus.

Masking battles show how issue that buoyed Biden in 2020 won’t help party in midterms

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 16, 2022 at 5:00am