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Embattled New York Republican George Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives last Friday in a 311-114 vote. The congressman’s ousting came just less than a year after reports first broke of Santos’ serial fabrications about his background; he is also facing federal campaign finance…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Erin Covey discuss the upcoming special election in New York’s 3rd District after George Santos was expelled, talk about a the crop of Nepo Baby candidates running for the House with family connections, and look ahead to the GOP presidential primary with the…
On a good night for Democrats across the country last November, Colorado stood out as a particularly bright spot. Nowhere was that more clear than in Colorado’s 8th District, a newly created seat outside Denver that both Republicans and Democrats anticipated would go Republican in the midterm…
After serving in Congress for the past decade, Democratic Rep. Derek Kilmer is headed for the exits. The 49-year-old congressman spent much of his congressional career focused on attempting to make the institution more functional, and was a leader of the New Democrat Coalition, a caucus of more…
At 86 years old, Grace Napolitano must have outlived some potential successors. But now the oldest member of the House of Representatives has decided to retire.
The San Gabriel Valley Democrat has served 13 terms in Congress, and has often sat at the top of retirement watch lists, especially after…
Two longtime Republican members of Congress in North Texas are headed to the exits — Kay Granger, who represents Fort Worth and its western suburbs, and Michael Burgess, who represents the suburbs and exurbs north of Cowtown.
Granger, the dean of Texas’ 38-member congressional delegation, is one…
Alaska’s At-Large District. Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced her campaign against Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Republicans are optimistic that Dahlstrom can pull together various wings of the state Republican Party, but the race is complicated by Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system…
Nathan Gonzales, Jacob Rubashkin and Erin Covery look at the fight for the Senate in the wake of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's decision not to see re-election in West Virginia, discuss the recent exodus from the House with multiple members not running again, talk about the latest in the GOP…
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Kildee won’t represent mid-Michigan in Congress.
Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee, whose district includes Flint and the Tri-Cities region, announced today that he would not run for re-election, bringing his decade-long career in the House to a close. In a…