MINNESOTA - Amy Klobuchar (D), elected 2006 (58%). August 14 primary.
Klobuchar will win another term. That's all you need to know.
MISSISSIPPI - Roger Wicker (R), appointed 2007, elected 2008 (55%).
Wicker faces Oktibbeha County Democratic Chairman Albert N. Gore Jr. in November…
PENNSYLVANIA - Bob Casey (D), elected 2006 (59%).
Wealthy retired coal company executive Tom Smith, who pumped personal money into the race, defeated the party-endorsed candidate in the primary and has now set his sights on Casey. The Republicans' challenge is to put a dent into Casey's image as…
Claire McCaskill (D) remains the Senate’s most endangered incumbent, but the Missouri Democrat’s prospects appear to have improved slightly on Tuesday after learning she’ll face Rep. Todd Akin (R) in the fall.
Akin’s come-from-behind win seemed unlikely only months ago, though Republicans never had a particularly strong field…
Former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz won an upset victory over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Texas GOP Senate runoff Tuesday, signaling a major shift not only in the Lone Star State but for the makeup of the incoming Senate as well.
Though he began as a…
Today’s Texas Republican Senate runoff between Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz is more than a mere primary. The winner, after all, is certain to win the seat of retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) in November.
But even more, the result will…
Those of us who have been reporting on and discussing politics for the past few decades have come to expect rough-and-tumble campaigns. As Chicago writer Finley Peter Dunne once observed: “Politics ain’t beanbag.”
But the nature of the 2012 presidential campaign so far raises questions about how, or…
Rarely a day goes by without some journalist noting that another Member of Congress is passing up the very forgettable opportunity of attending his or her party’s convention later this summer.
The list of media outlets to report on this “development” is long and getting longer: the New…
Republican Senate nominee Linda McMahon spent $50 million in the GOP primary and general election last cycle to win just over 43 percent of the vote, so it isn’t surprising that we began with some skepticism about the businesswoman’s desire to run again this cycle.
McMahon’s 12-point loss…
Maine’s primaries are now history, so the three-way race for Senator Olympia Snowe’s open Senate seat has finally come into focus – sort of.
Republicans hope Secretary of State Charlie Summers (R) can win a multi-candidate contest, following the model of how former Waterville mayor Paul LePage (R)…
The House Ethics Committee’s decision to formally investigate Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) has the potential to shift one of the most competitive Senate races in the country toward the Republicans.
The bipartisan committee is looking into whether Berkley inappropriately used her office to support policies that benefited her…
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