Democrat Loretta Sanchez is giving up her House seat and the opportunity to continue to serve with her sister in Congress to run for the Senate in California, while the Mooney brothers are hoping to become Congress’s latest pair of siblings.
The Sanchezes (Loretta of the 46th District and Linda…
With the GOP national convention still almost two months away and Donald Trump already wooing skeptical Republicans, it’s too early to know how divided the Republican Party will be in November. But minimizing that divide is critical to Trump’s prospects.
The party’s last serious fracture occurred…
Even though the general election presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hasn’t officially started, it’s impossible to label the race as a toss-up.
The path is challenging for any GOP nominee. Based on how the majority of states are likely to fall, the GOP nominee needs to…
Democrats don’t have very many vulnerable House seats to defend, particularly with Donald Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, but Nebraska’s 2nd District is one of them.
National Democrats spent over $400,000 trying to help the weakest Republican candidate win the GOP primary in order to boost…
Amidst all the turmoil of the GOP presidential race and Donald Trump’s surge to the nomination, no Republican incumbent has lost a primary. That streak will come to an end on June 7 in North Carolina but, ironically, it won’t even be the same day as the presidential primary.
The Tar Heel State…
Republican Rep. John Kline is retiring from his competitive, suburban district in Minnesota and expressed concern over the lack of quality GOP candidates to replace him. Those concerns are becoming reality as the seat continues to develop into a primary Democratic takeover opportunity.
In 2014,…
Pat McCrory was the first Republican elected governor of North Carolina in over 20 years, so it’s no surprise that his re-election is challenging. But the governor looked like a narrow favorite this year until the nationwide controversy over House Bill 2: Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. …
Secretary of Agriculture James Comer narrowly missed getting elected governor in 2015 but landed on his feet after winning the recent GOP primary in Kentucky’s 1st District, which is open because of GOP Rep. Ed Whitfield’s retirement.
A year ago, Comer finished second in the GOP primary for…
Nominee for Indiana’s 9th District
Interview Date: May 12, 2016
Date of Birth: Aug. 30, 1968; Shipshewana, Indiana
Education: Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Fort Wayne (1991); Indiana Univ. (Master’s, 1996); Vanderbilt Univ. (M.Div. 2002); Hanover College (attended)
Political Office: Monroe County…
Candidate for Florida’s 6th District
Interview Date: May 3, 2016
Date of Birth: Feb. 9, 1950; Orlando Florida
Education: Graceland Univ. (1970); Univ. of Florida Dental School (1974)
Political Office: State Representative; Mayor of Ormond Beach (former)
Current Outlook: Costello is a top…
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