Last cycle, comedian and HBO talk show host Bill Maher semi-randomly chose GOP Rep. John Kline of Minnesota for defeat. The congressman didn’t have much trouble winning re-election. But now Kline is retiring, and defending his competitive 2nd District is no laughing matter for Republicans.
…Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, who fell short by 327,000 votes in his 2012 challenge to incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, is already looking toward a possible 2018 rematch with the state’s senior senator, according to two Ohio media organizations.
It’s understandable if that news brings a…
California Senate. Republican Assemblyman Rocky Chavez quit the race abruptly before a recent debate and announced his bid for re-election. His exit doesn’t impact Republican chances of taking over retiring-Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat since they didn’t have much of a chance taking over the Democrat’s…
What will South Carolina Republican presidential primary voters do when they go to the polls on Saturday? The best way to approach that question is to compare the Palmetto State’s GOP primary voters to those who turned out this month for the first two Republican contests.
By most measures, South…
You are the eighth-richest person in America with a net worth of more than $38 billion, according to Forbes magazine. You served three terms as mayor of New York. You’ve been a Democrat, a Republican and an independent. And you believe that the country has suffered from political polarization and…
If there were any doubts that Donald Trump was a serious contender in the Republican presidential race after he arguably under-performed in Iowa, New Hampshire’s results should be a wake-up call.
While one victory in the Granite State certainly doesn’t guarantee Trump the nomination, his…
The common narrative of the Republican presidential primary has two groups of candidates jockeying for position in establishment and anti-establishment lanes.
Under these parameters, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would stand to be the primary, if not sole, beneficiary from Donald Trump’s departure, whether…
Is Marco Rubio a conservative who wants to overthrow the GOP establishment or a potential standard-bearer for party pragmatists? He’s trying to be both, of course.
That strategy has been tried before – by Mitt Romney. And it worked, sort of. The question now, after Rubio’s debate performance on…
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