Louisiana has transitioned to a Republican state, but GOP Sen. David Vitter will test the political gravity of the Pelican State in next month’s gubernatorial runoff.
Vitter was regarded as the front-runner to replace presidential candidate/current Gov. Bobby Jindal for much of the cycle, but the…
House Democrats don’t need to find themselves a cheerleader. They already have Nancy Pelosi.
“I think the Democrats could have the gavel in 18 months,” she told Texas Tribune reporter/Roll Call alum Abby Livingston recently. “Here’s the thing: I’m always optimistic. You have to be.”
“Even some…
I never expected Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul would win his party’s nomination for president, but I did expect he would be a factor in the race. So far, he hasn’t been one. (See my February column on his foreign policy challenges here.)
While Paul’s father never was a serious contender for the…
Speaker John Boehner plans to leave Congress at the end of October, but Republican infighting threatens to keep him around longer, particularly if Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan declines a run to replace him.
According to a source with knowledge of his remarks, Boehner told the House Republican…
I no longer underestimate Paul D. Ryan.
I first met the Wisconsin Republican when he came in for an interview on Nov. 19, 1997. Then 27, he most recently had been a Capitol Hill staffer for conservative Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback.
Ryan was making his first run for office in a politically…
On the surface, the race to replace Democrat Barbara Mikulski in Maryland looks like a primary battle in a heavily Democratic state. But a deeper look reveals evidence of a growing rift in the Democratic Party and the race will take place in the wake of an emboldened Republican Party which took…
While Democratic Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards battle for retiring Democrat Barbara Mikulski’s senate seat, a crowd of Democrats are running in their open House districts, where the primaries are likely to choose the next member of congress.
The 4th and 8th Districts are heavily…
Democratic presidential nominees have carried Colorado just three times in the last 35 years, and it’s been nearly 20 years since a race was decided by less than 4 points. But the Centennial State appears to be firmly planted among the swing states, albeit the smallest one.
Before Barack Obama,…
California’s 21st District. Democratic accountant Connie Perez entered the race against GOP Rep. David Valadao in the Central Valley district. But, unfortunately for Democrats, history may be repeating itself.
Valadao represents a Democratic district (President Barack Obama received 55 percent in…
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