Despite previous hints that he might opt to decide to caucus with Republicans and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reaching out in an attempt to make that happen, Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine says he’ll be staying with
Hollywood is suffering nearly as much as the Democratic Party tonight. Not only did the industry’s Texan favorite Wendy Davis get clobbered in her run for governor, Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes went down quietly in her attempt to oust
Tuesday night Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell won re-election in Kentucky over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. McConnell said, “They’ve put their trust and confidence in me for a long time and I want to thank them tonight. I work hard
Tuesday, Democratic Senate hopeful Alison Lundergan Grimes conceded to Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose win against Grimes marks his sixth term. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed victory tonight over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. An enthusiastic crowd of several hundred at a ballroom in the Marriott Louisville-East roared their approval as they watched a giant video screen where Fox News
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the results of the midterms should not be seen as a protest vote against President Obama’s failures. Acosta followed up by asking about a potential Republican Senate run by Sen. Mitch McConnell, but
Texas Senator Ted Cruz refused to claim that he will support Mitch McConnell for Senate Majority Leader — even after Republicans gained control of both the House and the Senate on Tuesday. Wolf Blitzer asked Cruz on CNN, “Will you
While it may come as a shock to some, especially NBC viewers, the latest numbers out from NBC News/Marist polls are not really out of line with the numbers we’ve been seeing from other established pollsters over the last two
Democrat staffers are beginning to panic that they will be among the unemployed now that a GOP takeover of the U.S. Senate is plausible on Tuesday. As Paul Bedard reports at the Washington Examiner, an estimated 300-600 Democrat committee and
From Kansas to Kentucky, North Carolina to Alaska, Tea Party supporters who saw their endorsed candidates lose to establishment Republicans in U.S. Senate primaries are holding their noses as they prepare to put endangered Republican candidates over the top with
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews compared Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to Saddam Hussein by saying, “remember the picture of Saddam Hussein patting that kid’s head,” after running the Republican minority leaders latest ad in his reelection bid against
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to “restrain” and “push back against” any executive orders by the president to grant work permits to illegal immigrants “by trying to control the amount of money that is allocated” if the Republicans
Barely a week after the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced it was not going to fund additional television ads in support of challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes’ campaign to defeat incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Kentucky U.S. Senate
Democratic Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan-Grimes’ is falsely accusing Sen. Mitch McConnell of trying to take the vote away from blacks in the Bluegrass State. In two new radio ads aired by Democrat Alison Lundergan-Grimes’ campaign, Kentucky civil rights leader
It made big news recently when the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced it was pulling its ads out of Kentucky, where Alison Lundergan Grimes had been thought to have a good shot at knocking off incumbent Republican and Minority Leader, Mitch
Western Kentucky University’s 2014 Big Red Poll released on Monday shows that incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) leads Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes by 3 points, 45% to 42%, among likely voters in the Kentucky U.S. Senate race. The poll,
A new SurveyUSA poll shows House Minority Leader Mitch McConnell leading by only one point – two weeks before the midterm election. McConnell earned 44 percent in the poll, leading his Democratic opponent Alison Grimes at 43 percent. The Libertarian
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Candidates in Kentucky’s combative U.S. Senate race are bringing in outside help with two weeks to go as Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes will campaign with Bill Clinton on Tuesday and a trio of Republican congressmen will
On Friday, Rasmussen Reports released a new poll that shows incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has increased his lead over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes to 8 points in the Kentucky U.S. Senate race. The poll of 1,000 likely voters,
On Wednesday, talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin, criticized the CDC for “trying to cover its ass” after allowing nurse Amber Vinson to fly after she told the CDC she had a fever. “This second
The immigration reduction group Numbers USA has launched a new ad campaign in a number of states with tight Senate races highlighting the loss of jobs to immigrants. Numbers USA’s ad asks simply, who should get the jobs: citizens and
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he and Hillary Clinton are “good friends,” acknowledging that it is typical for her to campaign for Democratic candidates in the mid-terms, as she is likely gearing up for a presidential bid. Grimes
On Tuesday, several left-wing political groups blasted Alison Lundergran Grimes for running television ads attacking her opponent, incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), for his support of the 1986 immigration reform bill signed by Ronald Reagan that gave amnesty to an
The Washington Post headline may not say it all when it comes to the Senate race in Kentucky but it certainly says plenty. Alison Lundergan Grimes and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day Not only did the DSCC
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) tells The Hill it will suspend buying ads to support Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes’ bid to unseat Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). “The DSCC has now spent more than $2 million in
