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After months of speculation, Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan announced her bid to challenge GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire, setting up what should be one of the most competitive senate races in the country.
Hassan’s decision is yet another victory for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign…
It was only a matter of time before Speaker John Boehner decided to call it quits, but with another potential government shutdown looming, his recent resignation announcement still came as a surprise. Just hours after Pope Francis visited Capitol Hill, Boehner announced he is leaving Congress at…
Nearly a dozen years ago, Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert talked about “Ohio, Ohio, Ohio,” pointing to the importance of the Buckeye State in the 2004 presidential election.
That race proved that Ohio can be an elusive target. Democrats believed the state was going to put John Kerry over the…
Democrats aren’t in imminent danger of losing a statewide race in New York, but they need to win far more House races in the Empire State if they want to be in the majority anytime soon.
A combination of good Republican candidates, poor Democratic candidates and an underperforming governor in…
Arizona’s 2nd District. Democrats are targeting GOP Rep. Martha McSally after she knocked off Democratic Rep. Ron Barber in a close race last year. Republicans recently released a handful of automated polls which showed McSally and some of her vulnerable colleagues start the general election in…
Those of us who report on and analyze politics for a living have been talking ad nauseam about voters’ frustration and anger.
It’s the hot topic that presumably explains Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Bernard Sanders, as well as the problems that political veterans such as Hillary Rodham Clinton and…