With the Virginia gubernatorial election in the rearview mirror, politicos will be looking for the next bellwether for the 2014 elections. Look no further than the special election in Florida’s 13th District early next year.
For at least a decade, Democratic strategists have been plotting life after GOP…
It’s no surprise that Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick is near the top of the list of vulnerable House Democrats. But unlike the vast majority of her at risk colleagues, the congresswoman voted against Republican Fred Upton’s “Keep Your Health Plan Act,” ensuring that healthcare will be a premiere issue next…
Florida 19. Freshman GOP Rep. Trey Radel pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession in Washington, D.C. He was sentenced to one year of probation and announced he would take a leave of absence in order to seek treatment.
At this point, it looks like GOP…
Democrats recruited West Virginia State Auditor Glen Gainer to run in the 1st District in the aftermath of the government shutdown. But the party’s best opportunity in the state might be in the 2nd District, with a candidate that some national strategists were wary of earlier this year.
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Last month I wrote about a handful of interesting Democratic House candidates I had recently interviewed, but I did not include Martha Robertson, who is challenging GOP Rep. Tom Reed in New York’s 23rd District.
Most of those Democrats either had no record or seemed prepared to…
Virtually every House Democrat listed as vulnerable by The Rothenberg Political Report voted for Republican Michigan Rep. Fred Upton’s Keep Your Health Plan Act.
Two vulnerable Democrats voted against the bill: Ann Kirkpatrick of Arizona and John F. Tierney of Massachusetts.
Overall, 39 Democrats joined with the…
No wonder some Democratic strategists are nervous about the next few weeks.
President Barack Obama’s job approval numbers have taken a dive in two recent polls, and party insiders fear that every other poll released in the foreseeable future will show that the rollout of the president’s health…
We all know that candidates and members don’t have to live in a House district in order to run or even represent that area. And I’ve written about a number of top-tier Democratic hopefuls this cycle who don’t live in the district where they are campaigning.
But…
With Lee Terry it’s either feast or famine. The Republican congressman has represented Nebraska’s 2nd District for over a dozen years and each re-election seems to be either a laugher or a barnburner.
Every two years, Terry seems to do just enough to earn another term. But Democrats…
Alabama’s 1st District. Well-funded establishment candidate Bradley Byrne won Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff, 52 percent to 48 percent, over under-funded anti-establishment candidate Dean Young in the special election to replace former Rep. Jo Bonner (R). Byrne is the heavy favorite to win the December 17 special general election in…
