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Welcome to the Garden State grudge match.
In what's quickly becoming the most contentious intraparty incumbent primary on the East Coast, all eyes are on veteran Democratic lawmakers Bill Pascrell and Steve Rothman who are battling it out for a north New Jersey congressional seat each one says…
In the shadow of the Republican presidential primary and the fights for the Senate and House, Republicans continue to be well-positioned to takeover governorships across the country.
Republicans currently control 29 governorships compared to 20 for Democrats, with one Independent: Lincoln…
Mr. Irrelevant is the term given to the last player selected in the NFL draft, a reflection of the long odds he faces in making an NFL roster. Increasingly, former Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) has become the Mr. Irrelevant in the GOP race for the presidential nomination.
Gingrich won’t get out…
Respect your elders? Freshman Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s gamble against long-time Rep. Don Manzullo paid off, as he pulled out a surprising victory in Republicans’ first intraparty primary of 2012.
Democrats decimated Kinzinger’s district by dividing it into eight redrawn congressional districts and…
No, the fight for the Republican presidential nomination is not yet over. But if and when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney becomes his party’s standard-bearer, he’ll need to look for the right running mate to help him unify the party and breathe some excitement into the Republican ticket. In…
Writing an analysis calculating the final result of redistricting is a little like putting a sign on your back that reads “kick me.”
No matter how methodical and dispassionate you try to be, you are forced to make plenty of subjective judgments, guaranteeing that you will be second-guessed by…
Driving into work on Wednesday morning, listening to parts of “Morning Joe” and “The Daily Rundown” on MSNBC on my radio, I was struck by how much I disagreed with all of the post-primary analysis.
The topic du jour, of course, was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s primary losses on…