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The announcement by former governor Brian Schweitzer that he won’t seek the Democratic nomination for Senate next year certainly shakes up the contest to fill the open seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Max Baucus.
After Baucus announced his retirement in April, Democratic insiders seemed quite…
Democrats redrew Illinois’ 17th District to defeat GOP Rep. Bobby Schilling last year. Their efforts worked, but Schilling isn’t taking the forced retirement well.
In 2012, Schilling lost re-election to Democrat Cheri Bustos, 53 percent to 47 percent, in a competitive race that didn’t end up…
After over a dozen years in office, Rick Perry is finally ready to retire as the governor of Texas. He’s been in office so long that some potential successors have come and gone. But now that the race is finally open, there isn’t exactly a flood of people stepping up to run.
The biggest reason…
Since Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced he would not seek re-election in late April, we have rated the Montana Senate race as a Pure Tossup — a reflection of our uncertainty about the Democratic candidacy of former Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
Yes, Schweitzer has always seemed ambitious. And yes,…
State Sen. Larry Rhoden’s formal entry into the South Dakota GOP Senate race doesn’t fundamentally change the Republican contest. Former Gov. Mike Rounds remains the party’s favorite for the nomination and for the general election.
Some conservatives are still looking for an alternative to…
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, gay candidates and their spouses could face different campaign finance guidelines depending on their state.
Earlier this month, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent an advisory opinion request…
Does the candidacy of Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is challenging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, change McConnell’s re-election prospects? The answer depends on whether you think she will be 2014’s version of Linda Lingle or Heidi Heitkamp.
Lingle, a former two-term…