Filings by Connecticut’s Democratic Party show that it has funneled money into the state senate race of Ted Kennedy Jr. (D), the son of the United States senator and the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, through a loophole inserted
A new ad featuring talking chickens threatens to further place embattled Iowa Senate Democratic candidate Rep. Bruce Braley on the defensive for attempting to sue his next-door neighbor over chickens she uses as therapy animals for autistic children. The viral
U.S. Congressman and candidate for the U.S. Senate Tom Cotton (R-AR) declared the illegal immigration was a “major issue” in his race against incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” Cotton said that on the “major issue”
On NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told host Chuck Todd that “economic issues, [a] better ground game, [and] better candidates will put us over the top in November.” “First and foremost,” Schumer said, “economic issues predominate.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who hails from Bakersfield, has a plethora of ideas revolving around remaking the GOP’s image in Congress, and he’s not shy about sharing them–at least not with Politico. McCarthy, according to the exclusive profile by
If Republicans win control of both the House and Senate, “the interests of billionaires will come before the needs of the middle class,” President Barack Obama said at a $32,500-a-plate fundraiser at the $16 million Greenwich, Conn., estate of a
To the chagrin of Senate Democrats now busy trying to run away from him, recently Barack Obama said they all had his back when it mattered. It turns out, Obama was right. A new CQ vote study shows vulnerable Senate
While most national attention is focused on the battle for the US Senate, voters in 36 states will elect Governors on November 4th. The Obama Era has witnessed a resurgence of Republicans in state elections. This year, the GOP looks
It appears that Mike Rounds is escaping the sudden renewed interest from Democrats and the media as a new public poll shows him leading his opponents by 9 points. A new Argus Leader/KELO-TV poll of likely voters shows Rounds leading
Immigration activists unexpectedly took the stage with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) to protest her for not being pro-amnesty enough at a campaign event Sunday, according to a Buzzfeed report. While Hagan supported the Senate immigration bill that would have provided
A new audit has discovered over 1,400 registered voters on North Carolina’s voting rolls are likely not citizens of the United States. The North Carolina State Board of Elections revealed Friday that it looked at data from the N.C. Division
“War on Women” punches are not packing the same heat they did last cycle, a CNN analysis highlights. Republicans have worked to wring out the propensity for 2012 candidate missteps — recall “legitimate rape,” “binders full of women’ — and
The AP points out how in Louisiana, both parties are employing the domestic Ebola outbreak in their political messaging this year. Democrats are trying to link the issue to Republican candidate for US Senate Bill Cassidy by suggesting his support for cost
On Sunday’s airing of CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Candy Crowley confronted Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz over an ad aimed at Colorado Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Cory Gardner, which according to Crowley would be considered to
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire — Former Sen. Scott Brown called for the U.S. to close down the borders during a campaign stop here at a beer festival with hundreds of supporters. “I’ll be very frank with you, we have a very
From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Bracing for a difficult election in just over a week, whenthey could lose control of the Senate, Democrats exasperated with the WhiteHouse are already moving to pin blame on President Obama, whomRepublicans have
For the last decade or so, the Democrats have been in the midst of a famed attempt to turn red Colorado blue with their much talked about “Colorado Model.” But this year it seems that their blue touch is reverting
This latest from Alaska Dispatch News seems curious, at best. Every recent major credible poll has Sullivan up by single digits. 2 new polls raise Begich hopes in US Senate race A string of recent polls through this week had
The latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll says Republicans have soared to a mind-blowing 11 point lead, with voters saying they want a Republican-led Congress by a margin of 52-41. The generic lead for the GOP was only
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) predicted theDemocrats will keep control of the U.S. Senate after the midterm elections. Schumer said, “I think we will hold the Senate. I know all the pundits are saying republicans
“Could control of the Senate in 2014 be decided by illegal votes cast by non-citizens?” That is the question posed by political scientists Jesse Richman and David Earnest, who answer in a forthcoming article in the journal Electoral Studies: “Most
AUSTIN, Texas — In response to news that broke earlier this week that the 2,200 undocumented immigrants that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials released from detention facilities last year to save money included some who had been charged with
When Owen Paterson was sacked from his position as Environment Secretary back in June, he blamed the ‘Green Blob’ – a conglomeration of “powerful, self-serving” environmental lobbyists. Now an investigation by the Mail on Sunday has given shape to that
DURHAM, New Hampshire — Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Massachusetts’ liberal icon Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took the stage more than a hour later than they were scheduled to here Saturday morning at the University of New Hampshire.
State Senator and candidate for the United States Senate, Joni Ernst (R-IA) slammed Democrats for accusing Republicans of waging a “war on women” on Saturday’s “Huckabee” on the Fox News Channel. “When the Democrats talk about the war on women,
