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As with any special election, it’s important to exercise restraint when extrapolating wider lessons. At least the presidential race is soaking up enough to attention to limit the opportunities to over-analyze the results in Oregon’s 1st District.
It looks like former state senator Suzanne…
Dan Burton was unlikely to return to Congress next year; it was just a question of whether he would lose in the primary or retire. Today, the 15-term congressman from Indiana announced his retirement and avoided the very real potential that he would end his political career with a defeat.
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Under normal circumstances, Wisconsin’s first open Senate seat since 1988 would be the biggest political game in town this cycle. Sen. Herb Kohl announced his retirement in May, and though the four-term Democrat had faced easy reelections, his move sets up a competitive race that is even more…
The decennial knife-fight known as redistricting is poised to claim more victims in 2012 intraparty squabbles than ten years ago, and it’s Democrats who will have more member-member primary fights on their hands than their GOP counterparts.
Republicans, overall, have done a better job at…
Republicans hit some bumps in the road on their way to implementing their redistricting map, putting the primary date in danger of being moved. But a deal with some Democrats in the legislature preserved much of the Republicans’ plan and in time to save the March 6 primary.
While the Buckeye…
Democrats maximized their opportunity to draw the new congressional map, but they couldn’t avoid a couple competitive primaries.
In the 2nd District, Cong. Jesse Jackson Jr. faces a former colleague, Debbie Halvorson, in the March 20 Democratic primary in a redrawn district that stretches well…
Spencer Bachus (R) has been in Congress for ten terms. Mo Brooks (R) hasn’t been there much longer than ten months. But both men could face serious challenges as Republican voters in Alabama gear up for the March 13 primary.
Neither Bachus’ 6th District nor Brooks’ 5th District is at risk of a…
Mississippi hosted two competitive House races last cycle when Republicans Alan Nunnelee and Steven Palazzo knocked off incumbents. This cycle, the best action in the Magnolia State will likely be in the March primaries instead of November.
At one point, Nunnelee, Palazzo, and Bennie Thompson…
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich swept through South Carolina on January 21st much like Sherman marched through Georgia, winning most voter groups en route to a double-digit victory.
Gingrich, who drew 40% of the vote, rolled up particularly strong margins among evangelical Christians, among those…
Gov. Bev Perdue’s retirement actually improves Democratic chances of holding the governorship in the Tar Heel State. For over a year, the incumbent suffered from mediocre polling numbers and routinely trailed former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory (R) by double-digits.
State Rep. Bill Faison was…