After years of court battles, the Florida Supreme Court finally decided on a new congressional map that changes the dynamic in a handful of districts.
The results must be bittersweet for Democrats, who have been crying for “fair districts” for quite sometime and could net as many as three…
While Republicans are a bit shell-shocked about the presidential and Senate results, House Republicans have reason for smugness. They kept control of their chamber after their sweeping 2010 gains and will likely keep their losses only in the single digits.
Sill, the outcome is something of a letdown…
Congressional job approval isn’t even near 20 percent but nearly 99 percent of incumbents seeking re-election won their primaries this year.
Despite all the stories about a purported anti-incumbent wave in which voters would throw out sitting members of all shape, size and party, the phenomenon simply hasn’t…
Tuesday’s primaries in Arizona offered a little bit of everything, including a Member vs. Member race and what GOP strategists are calling “a gift.”
The 9th District is brand new, after the Grand Canyon State was awarded another seat in Congress through reapportionment, and its first general election…
Aurora, Colo., is a household name because of the recent tragic movie theater shootings. But come November, the city and some of the other Auroras around the country will help decide which party controls the House of Representatives next year.
There are actually close to two dozen Auroras…
Two more House incumbents lost on Tuesday, but it wasn’t a surprise since they faced fellow Members in primaries in Missouri and Michigan, and one of them had to lose.
In Michigan, Rep. Gary Peters prevailed over freshman Rep. Hansen Clarke in the Democratic primary in the 14th…
House races often don’t start getting attention until after Labor Day. But with the presidential contest sucking the air out of the political environment and defining the electoral landscape, House candidates may find they have an even harder time than usual defining themselves and their opponents.
That means…
Republicans got their top picks in two North Carolina congressional runoffs Tuesday, furthering the likelihood they will flip several seats in the Tar Heel State this fall.
In the 8th District runoff, former Capitol Hill aide Richard Hudson easily defeated former Iredell County Commissioner Scott Keadle, 64 percent…
Alabama (6R, 1D)
A couple GOP primaries saw sparks but no fire, but that’s the most excitement Alabama will see this year.
Alaska (1R) August 28 primary.
Rep. Don Young (R) had $552,000 in the bank on March 31. No other candidate had more…
Georgia (8R, 5D – gaining 1 new seat) July 31 primary, August 21 runoff.
GA 9 (Open; new). State Rep. Doug Collins and radio talk show host Martha Zoller are battling it out in the GOP primary for this new, safe GOP seat. Collins is expected to get…
