With 11 months to go until the 2012 elections, the fight for control of the Senate already seems to boil down to a dozen states.
If, as many believe, we have entered a new era of parliamentary-type voting, when ticket-splitting becomes increasingly rare and the top of the ticket defines…
A three-judge federal district court has presented a Texas congressional district map that will be used for the 2012 elections, and it is another win for state and national Democrats. Court-drawn and independent commission or agency-drawn maps in Arizona, Colorado, California, Iowa and Texas have…
It’s no surprise that Colorado will feature a pair of competitive congressional races next year, but the new map radically changed one GOP incumbent’s prospects by turning his safe seat into one of the most competitive districts in the country.
Republicans hold a 4-3 advantage in the…
You know Democrats are on the defensive in the Senate when they are desperately making the case that one of their open seats is still competitive and not a lost cause.
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad’s (D) surprise retirement took a safe Democratic seat and turned it into almost a safe Republican…
After more than avyear of being the presumptive GOP nominee, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder announced he would not run for governor of Missouri in 2012. Kinder had faced weeks of bad press and his decision may actually boost GOP chances of knocking off Gov. Jay Nixon (D).
Businessman Dave Spence is now…
Two polls conducted by reputable Democratic pollsters show Republican Rep. Rick Berg to be in serious trouble in the North Dakota Senate race, especially now that former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp (D) has entered the race.
The first survey, conducted in mid-August well before…
Individual & Group Subscriptions Available