Mark Begich

The Associated Press has declared Republican Dan Sullivan the winner of the Alaska Senate race, though Democratic Sen. Mark Begich has yet to concede. Begich is waiting for thousands of ballots that have yet to be counted a week after

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is certain that Barack  Obama is campaigning to help Democrats retain control of teh Senate … she’s just not clear on where that may be happening. Reports Bloomberg, the Chairwoman insisted  Obama “is campaigning

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest argued that President Obama was still relevant in many ways, even though Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) has told Alaska voters that Obama is not relevant in the midterm elections.  Begich, like many other Democrats

Conservative group Freedom Partners Action Fund is dropping a $6.5 million final ad buy in several U.S. Senate races across the country making the case that voting for Democrats is a vote for President Barack Obama. The ads, which will

Sen. Mark Begich’s campaign for re-election is running out of gas as Republican candidate Dan Sullivan continues to solidify his lead in the polls.  Alaskan voters will put up with a lot, but in 2014, it increasingly appears that membership in

Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) is now campaigning against President Obama’s plan to defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and is telling supporters that the United States should stay out of the Middle East. Begich’s campaign has been struggling

Sen. Marco Rubio has endorsed Dan Sullivan, the Republican challenger to Sen. Mark Begich in Alaska. In a statement, Rubio praised Sullivan for his foreign policy credentials as a Marine veteran and an Assistant Secretary of State under Condoleeza Rice

The National Rifle Association (NRA) will not endorse Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) in his re-election campaign, even though the red state Democrat has voted against his party on gun issues. The NRA announced that they would not endorse the Democrat,

Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan’s campaign has just released a new ad making fun of Sen. Mark Begich – using footage from the incumbent Democrat’s own ad. Struggling with personal approval ratings, Begich released a new ad last week featuring

“Government should be the servant, not the master,” said U.S. Senate candidate from Alaska Joe Miller in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News leading up to Alaska’s Tuesday primary election.  Miller has recently received coveted endorsements from former Alaska Governor

Two Republican Senate candidates in Alaska refused to sign an anti-amnesty pledge during a Sunday debate. Conservative candidate Joe Miller asked his two opponents to sign a pledge that reads, “I will oppose any attempt by Congress or the President

Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) claimed on Friday that four women served on the Supreme Court while discussing the recent Hobby Lobby ruling. This would come as a surprise to Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, the three woman currently holding

Senate Democrat Mark Begich of Alaska used some salty language to describe his relationship with President Obama, but it appears that the Washington Post editors censored his actual comment. Begich, a Democratic senator in a red state, is touting his

Wednesday night, senior administration officials lead by Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken and Jim Dobbins briefed senators concerned about the Obama administration’s prisoner swap of five top Taliban commanders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s release. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)

As the Washington D.C. area recovers from Winter Storm Pax, here’s a rather interesting statement from Alaskan Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) about climate change’s effect on his state. The Senate hearing about mitigating extreme weather was held yesterday, right before

During the “Post Game” portion of CNN’s coverage of the State of the Union address on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) explained he wasn’t particularly interested in campaigning with President Barack Obama during his upcoming reelection effort. Instead, the first-term

While most of the nation huddled to keep warm as a “polar vortex” blanketed the nation, Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) was in Hawaii to speak at a conference of airport executives. The average temperature in Hawaii on Tuesday was in

The combination of new health insurance coverage mandates and the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare makes it very likely that fewer people will have insurance than before the law was implemented. On Wednesday, the Associated Press trumpeted the news that over

Though Alaska’s Sen. Mark Begich (D) promised an “aggressive strategy” to assure the success of ObamaCare in his state, not one Alaskan has been able to sign up for his state’s exchange. In June, Senate Democrats who voted to approve

(AP) Kelly and Giffords lobby in Alaska for gun controlBy DAN JOLINGAssociated PressANCHORAGE, AlaskaAlaska might seem a hard place to sell a gun control message in a state where subsistence hunting is for many a way of life, and where

As Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly kicked off their gun control tour on July 1, Giffords went to a firing range in Las Vegas and shot a gun for the first time since being shot by Jared Loughner

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said on Wednesday that the immigration bill is “chockfull of de facto earmarks, pork-barrel spending and special interest sweetners” designed to buy support. One such provision involves language slipped into the bill by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and

On June 25, Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly announced they will be undertaking a week-long tour for gun control.  According to The Hill, the tour will begin July 1 in Nevada and “will include stops in Alaska, Maine,

A new Harper Polling poll shows a plurality of likely Alaskan Republican voters support their former Governor, Sarah Palin, as a U.S. Senate candidate in the 2014 GOP primary over Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and 2010 Senate candidate Joe Miller.

With Senate support for the Manchin-Toomey “compromise” continuing to slide, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) appear willing to revert to gimmicks to try to squeak the bill through. The numbers on the bill are tight but tending

(AP) Senate gives pre-dawn OK to Democratic budgetBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONAn exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) and Mark Pryor (D-Arkansas), attempting to address the central issue of gun violence, introduced legislation Wednesday titled The NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013, which would clarify circumstances