Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis’ campaign for U.S. Senate is wasting no time taking the news that Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) skipped a classified hearing dealing with threats to national security for a New York City cocktail fundraiser to
WICHITA, Kansas–“Ted Cruz came roaring into the Senate in 2012, a lot like a prairie fire,” Sen. Pat Roberts said, introducing Cruz to an audience here. Roberts pointed out that a prairie fire was just what Washington needed. “We have
House Democrats are pulling ads from a formerly competitive Northern Virginia House race, a sign that they are in triage mode as well-heeled outside groups pour money into Senate races instead, Roll Call reports. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee canceled
On Thursday, Jeh Johnson, the Department of Homeland Security secretary, said he and President Barack Obama were still committed to executive actions to potentially grant temporary amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. During a question-and-answer session after his speech at
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats announced they were committing $1 million to defeat GOP candidate Mike Rounds in South Dakota. The race to succeed retiring Democrat Sen. Tim Johnson has long been assumed to be an easy pick-up for the Republicans.
Kansas Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate Greg Orman may not say much about precisely how he’ll vote if elected to the Senate, but at a press gaggle after the recent Johnson County Public Policy Forum in Overland Park, KS, he
After the Hagan campaign admitted that Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) missed a classified hearing on “worldwide threats” to U.S. national security for a New York City fundraiser, North Carolina Republicans are calling the incumbent “guilty of a taxpayer-funded cover-up.” Hagan
In its new ad attacking North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Thom Tillis, abortion lobby group NARAL depicts pro-life Susan B. Anthony List and its supporters as “anti-woman” woman molesters. In response to Susan B. Anthony List‘s (SBA List) new pro-life
A conservative group spoofing a video contest sponsored by MoveOn.or and MayDay.us is improbably leading in votes. The contest, organized by MayDay in partnership with MoveOn and other liberal groups, is aimed at finding a video about reducing “the corrupting
Sen. Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) campaign has revealed that the hearing Hagan admitted to missing for a fundraiser earlier this week was a classified hearing on “current and future worldwide threats” to national security that she missed in order to attend
That fact that North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis agreed to have George Stephanopolous moderate his most recent debate with Kay Hagan (and Norah O’Donnell from CBS moderate the first), makes me question his judgment. In Iowa, however, both
Tom Cotton has set a new fundraising record for the state of Arkansas and is out with an ad highlighting his military service. According to the Cotton campaign, the third quarter total set a new fundraising record for statewide candidates
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) has taken the lead in two new polls released on Wednesday as his opponent Greg Orman again endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants during Wednesday’s debate. In a Fox News poll, Roberts leads Orman, the liberal Democrat
Akshai Bhatnagar, a field organizer for the Alison Grimes Senate campaign in Kentucky, wrote an article for the Johns Hopkins Politik Magazine in April of this year titled “Why Barack Obama’s New New Deal Depends on This Year’s Kentucky Senate
If Latino activists successfully recruit Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) to run for president, it will be a “nightmare” for Democrats, according to Numbers USA executive director Roy Beck. “Gutierrez running in the primaries would seem to be a nightmare for
There will be a new face at the third debate in the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Thursday evening. The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate Sean Haugh, the pizza deliveryman who some believe could be a spoiler for
A new poll out of Michigan’s U.S. Senate race shows that GOP candidate Terri Lynn Land is within the margin of error against Democratic nominee Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI). The poll, conducted by Wenzel Strategies from Oct. 6 through Oct.
The Sisters of Mercy of Silver Spring, Maryland, have released a 2014 midterm election guide that urges voters to favor candidates who support amnesty, climate change, gun control, and Pentagon budget cuts. The election guide states: As sisters, associates, companions,
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick released a new television commercial focused on border security. The ad is called, “Washington’s Failed Us.” Patrick’s opponent is State Senator and Democratic nominee Leticia Van de Putte. In
A spokeswoman for Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI) and assorted Democrats lit into Michigan GOP Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land on Twitter Tuesday for mentioning she is a mother in a radio interview. In one representative example, Sam Inglot of far-left
The New Republic claims the campaigns for the 2014 mid-term elections prove that Democrats need not fear the NRA any longer. This conclusion is largely drawn from the fact that Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) voted for gun control in 2013,
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown told the New York Times that the best and only place for Democrats to deploy President Barack Obama heading into the midterm elections is with black voters. “I’d have Obama on an evangelistic schedule
Republican Georgia Governor Nathan Deal faced off against State Senator Jason Carter at the Reaves Arena in Perry on Tuesday. The 72-year old Deal slammed Carter, 39, for being too “young and inexperienced” for the job of governor. “You’ve never
Georgia Senatorial Republican nominee David Perdue clashed with the state’s Democratic Senatorial nominee Michelle Nunn on Tuesday night as the two debated topic ranging from immigration to national security. Georgia campaign politics include debate “throw downs” in which campaigns organize
A dramatic new political advertisement underscoring the plight of unemployed Millennial voters is taking aim at vulnerable Democratic senators who aligned themselves with President Barack Obama’s economic policies. The ad, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, takes a striking new approach
