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You know Democrats are on the defensive in the Senate when they are desperately making the case that one of their open seats is still competitive and not a lost cause.
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad’s (D) surprise retirement took a safe Democratic seat and turned it into almost a safe Republican…
After more than avyear of being the presumptive GOP nominee, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder announced he would not run for governor of Missouri in 2012. Kinder had faced weeks of bad press and his decision may actually boost GOP chances of knocking off Gov. Jay Nixon (D).
Businessman Dave Spence is now…
Two polls conducted by reputable Democratic pollsters show Republican Rep. Rick Berg to be in serious trouble in the North Dakota Senate race, especially now that former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp (D) has entered the race.
The first survey, conducted in mid-August well before…
Republicans are now chewing over their party’s potential presidential nominee for 2012, and a dramatic division has become apparent between GOP insiders and the grass roots. But it’s not primarily a difference of ideology, though there is an element of that. Instead, the split centers on…
The Rothenberg Political Report is pleased to announce the hiring of Jessica Taylor as Senior Analyst/Reporter.
Jessica is currently editor of National Journal’s House Race Hotline, a comprehensive summary of news, polls and political data on all 435 Congressional races. She also writes a…
The Senate has been “in play” for months, but Republicans continue to expand the playing field by adding unexpected candidates in states from Hawaii and Michigan to Connecticut – all states where the GOP shouldn’t even be in the ballgame.
Even if the races in those states don’t go down to the…