Democratic Sen. Carl Levin’s decision to not seek a seventh term certainly doesn’t come as a shock -- and it also doesn’t immediately warrant a change in how competitive his seat in Michigan should be viewed.
The rare open seat -- the last since Spencer Abraham (R) was elected in 1994 -- is…
Elizabeth Colbert Busch hopes to win a special election for Congress this year. That’s possible but also unlikely, as it would take something close to a political “perfect storm” for the Democrat to win the reliably Republican House seat in South Carolina.
Of course, you wouldn’t know that from…
Rubio isn’t running, but it’s not the Rubio you’re thinking of.
Late last month, Democrat Michael Rubio of Bakersfield resigned his seat in the California state senate in order to take a private sector job, and his decision is having a ripple effect on both coasts.
Rubio was widely viewed as…
Congress is derided as an increasingly partisan and polarized body, but a handful of Hispanic Members are trying to break the gridlock.
According to new ratings from National Journal, Republican Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.), and Raul…
The strategy was pretty clear from the start.
Pick a fight in a place where you have a substantial advantage and where almost nobody else is playing, dump a ton of money attacking one candidate and supporting another, and then declare victory when — surprise! surprise! — your candidate wins.
…Over the past few weeks, I have heard some people suggest that President Barack Obama’s strategy in pursuing his legislative agenda is more about creating issues for the 2014 midterm elections than about passing legislation.
Whether that is true, it leads to an obvious question: Is the…
Tuesday’s special election in Illinois’ 2nd District has been dominated by gun control -- an issue magnified by the $2.2 million Michael Bloomberg’s political action committee has dropped into the Chicago contest to attack two candidates.
There is no question the New York City mayor’s…
Last year, President Barack Obama toured competitive presidential states, such as Ohio, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Nevada, touting an economy that was regaining its footing. Over the next two years, Democrats will be trying to defeat Republican governors in each of those states as they…
ALABAMA -- Robert Bentley (R), elected 2010 (58%).
Any threat to Bentley would likely come in the primary (since Democrats aren’t expected to mount a serious threat next fall), but it doesn’t look as though that will materialize. In 2010, Bentley ran as the outsider, finished second in the GOP…
IOWA -- Terry Branstad (R), elected 2010 (53%); elected 1982 (53%), 1986 (52%), 1990 (61%) and 1994 (57%).
Since he hasn’t officially announced his intentions, there is a possibility that Branstad doesn’t run for re-election. But according to local sources, the Republican has openly talked about…
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