From presidential elections to football jerseys, Nebraska is scarlet red. But for the last 35 years, Democrats have controlled one U.S. Senate seat. Sen. Ben Nelson is hoping to keep the streak alive.
Nelson is no stranger to close elections, and in all but one instance he’s come out on top,.…
Sen. Richard Lugar (R) is an icon in Indiana, but he could lose reelection next year.
And if he loses, it will be fellow Republicans who deny him a seventh term.
Lugar is a highly-respected moderate conservative with a reputation of being willing to work across the partisan aisle to get…
Note: This column appeared in Roll Call before Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl announced his retirement.
Spring training hasn’t even started for the 2011 baseball season, but it’s already clear that control of the Senate is up for grabs this election cycle.
Almost before the cycle even began, Democratic…
Two Senate retirements this week pull two seats into more competitive categories.
In Virginia, Sen. Jim Webb’s retirement is a significant problem for Democrats. Webb would have been difficult to paint as a Washington insider, but now that he’s not seeking a second term, his open seat becomes…
GOP Cong. Chris Lee’s resignation from Congress sets up yet another House special election in New York. The married congressman left office soon after the story broke that he was pursuing a date with a woman on Craig’s List, including sending a shirtless photo of himself to her.
The 26th…
John H.F. Hoving was buried last week with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. He was 87 years old.
I met John some 25 years ago, a few years after I moved to Washington, D.C., and after he dropped me a kind note out of the blue about my newsletter.
A few times each year, John…
Unlike the Democrats, who almost always at least flirt with off-beat presidential hopefuls and sometimes even pick a nominee who started as a long shot for their nomination, Republicans have, over the past 50 years, generally preferred “the next guy in line” when they select their White House…
If a campaign ad airs and no one hears it, does it exist? Partisan strategists are determined to find out.
As part of a new “Drive to 25” campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled an “advertising and grassroots campaign” to hold Republican incumbents “accountable for…
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