« Previous  |  Next »

DeMint: A tea party crowd favorite

If you’re an underdog conservative running for Congress, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) should be on your speed dial these days. A favorite of the tea party crowd and a longtime scourge for Democrats and some Republicans alike inside the Senate chamber, ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR,MANU RAJU, The Politico,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  Jim DeMint

GOP tries to play 41-seat pickup

As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win? Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back. Despite two ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Democratic Party,  University of Virginia,  Ike Skelton

Lamontagne announces N.H. Senate bid

Ovide Lamontagne tells POLITICO that he’s running for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat, setting up a competitive primary against the GOP establishment favorite, former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. Lamontagne, a lawyer, said he plans to run a ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Kelly Ayotte,  Mitch McConnell,  John Cornyn

Owens preserves bright spot for Dems

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. – Bill Owens’ defeat of Conservative Doug Hoffman in a House special election here prevented a Democratic washout in key races Tuesday – and beat back a conservative bid to turn the race into a repudiation of both the Republican ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Owens,  Barack Obama,  Dede Scozzafava

Five things to watch in N.Y. 23

The tumultuous upstate New York special election finally comes to an end Tuesday, as voters in the 23rd Congressional District head to the polls to pick a successor to former GOP Rep. John McHugh. The final days of the three-way contest have been ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dede Scozzafava,  Barack Obama,  Bill Owens

Polls: Hoffman leads in New York 23

Doug Hoffman (pictured) has pulled ahead of Bill Owens. Photo: AP Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has taken the lead over Democrat Bill Owens according to the two most recent public polls in Tuesday’s closely-watched New York ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Owens,  White House

Grayson: FOX News is stalking me

Rep. Alan Grayson, the Florida Democratic congressman who made headlines recently with his provocative partisan comments, told supporters Friday he’s being stalked by FOX News. In a fundraising email sent out by his campaign, Grayson said FOX News is ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: FOX Broadcasting Company,  Bill O'Reilly,  Federal Reserve,  U.S. Republican Party

Rivals shy away from Grayson

As a polarizing freshman from a competitive House seat, one with a habit of making provocative comments, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) would appear to rank among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents. Yet Republican after Republican keeps backing ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Rich Crotty,  Daniel Webster,  John Boehner,  Gus Bilirakis

Playing the numbers game

The fundraising numbers in the most recent round of Federal Election Commission reports don’t lie, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fudged. And the high-stakes expectations game surrounding the Oct. 15 filing deadline led to a healthy amount of ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Frank Guinta,  Federal Election Commission,  Mary Jo Kilroy,  Carol Shea-Porter

Campaign cash: The tops and the flops

The third quarter FEC reports go a long way toward signaling which campaigns are going to be contenders in 2010. Photo: AP In politics, money chases momentum. So the latest fundraising figures reported by congressional candidates provide ...

From JOSH KRAUSHAAR, The Politico,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Federal Election Commission,  Rob Portman

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry