The fight for South Carolina’s new 7th congressional district has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the first race ever in the country where both parties saw their top contenders drop out after being arrested.
But then again, this is South Carolina -- did you really expect anything less?…
Due to population gains over the last decade, Georgia was awarded a fourteenth congressional seat during reapportionment. The new 9th District covers the northeast corner of the Peach State and will be one of the most Republican seats in the entire country.
State Rep. Doug Collins (R) or former…
Primary challenges are a dime a dozen these days, but when a wealthy candidate starts putting resources into television ads, it’s worth taking a look to see if he will be effective, particularly with Congress’s dismal job approval ratings.
First-time candidate and businessman Robert Blaha is…
The 2012 presidential election looks like it could well be another squeaker, and if it is, a number of possible outcomes could produce national hand-wringing, finger-pointing, complaints of unfairness and anger, further dividing Americans and undermining confidence in our political system.
A…
Just one election wasn’t enough for primary voters in Texas on Tuesday night, so many crowded primaries are headed for a July 31 runoff. But one candidate who won’t get a second chance in extra innings is Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D), who fell to former El Paso city representative Beto O’Rourke.…
Some races are easy to handicap. Two essentially evenly matched candidates in a competitive state normally produces a tossup rating, while a popular entrenched incumbent against an under-funded, unknown challenger almost always produces something close to a safe contest for the incumbent.
But…
A new Public Policy Polling survey confirms what I am hearing elsewhere: Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is close – but still short – of getting more than 50 percent of the vote in Texas’ May 29 Republican Senate primary, which would allow him to avoid a runoff.
The May 22-23 survey of 482 likely GOP…
“It’s a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans,” President Barack Obama said in a statement after the Supreme Court’s January 2010…
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