By
Emily Cahn
Former state Sen. Bradley Byrne defeated tea-party-backed candidate Dean Young in a special GOP runoff in Alabama’s 1st District on Tuesday.
By
Shira T. Center, Emily Cahn, Abby Livingston
The midterm elections are one year away, but it’s already clear that days are numbered for some endangered House members.
By Abby Livingston
House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer has jam-packed several campaigning events and fundraisers over recess on behalf of House candidates.
By
Emily Cahn
Former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday he is running in the open-seat contest in Arkansas’ 4th District.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Senate Republicans are now open to spending money to help a preferred candidate through a competitive primary — a change from last cycle when the committee was under different leadership.
By
Kyle Trygstad
If there’s one thing both parties can agree on, it’s that Sen. Mark Pryor is the most vulnerable incumbent facing re-election next year.
By
Kyle Trygstad
A Democrat-aligned super PAC is coming to the defense of North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, who was hit last week in a TV ad from a conservative outside group.
By
Emily Cahn
With one day until the special-election runoff in Alabama’s 1st District, conservative groups are making a final push to affect the GOP contest that has become a national bellwether for Republicans.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Veteran strategist Martha McKenna will lead the independent expenditure program for Senate Democrats in the 2014 midterms.
By
Anna Giaritelli
Former state Rep. Jennifer Garrison said any campaign help from President Barack Obama would not help her chances of winning the 6th District in southeastern Ohio.
By
Shira T. Center, Emily Cahn
Democrats have taken a few pages from Rahm Emanuel’s playbook in hopes of boosting their difficult quest to win the House majority in 2014.
By
Abby Livingston
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has named former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink to its Jumpstart program for top recruits. It’s yet another sign House Democrats have given the former gubernatorial nominee their seal of approval for the upcoming special election in Florida’s 13th District.
By
Kyle Trygstad
A potential GOP rival to Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy reversed course over the weekend and endorsed the third-term Louisiana congressman, who is running for Senate.
By
Abby Livingston
The Senate class of 2010 produced a handful of GOP rising stars, some whom may run for president or vice president as soon as 2016.
By
Kyle Trygstad
President Barack Obama will finally hit the road next week for fundraisers benefiting Senate Democrats.
By
Kyle Trygstad
Montana Rep. Steve Daines, who is widely expected to run for Senate, is inviting supporters to a “special event” next week.
By
Emily Cahn
President Barack Obama praised an embattled Democrat, Rep. John F. Tierney, at a fundraiser held at a private residence near Boston.
By
Emily Cahn
The future of North Carolina’s 12th District remains uncertain after Senate Republicans filibustered Rep. Melvin Watt’s confirmation to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Thursday.
By
Abby Livingston
If there’s anything to be gleaned from this week’s edition of Roll Call’s “Farm Team” series, it’s that the most exciting Senate race of 2016 could take place in New Hampshire.
By
Emily Cahn
EMILY’s List, the organization that seeks to boost women who support abortion rights into elected office, endorsed former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Alex Sink on Thursday in the special election to replace the late C.W. Bill Young, a Republican, in Florida’s 13th District.
These are tough times for New Hampshire Republicans. But if history is any lesson, their anguish will be brief.
By
Kyle Trygstad
The DSCC is starting to build local campaign operations for 2014, sending communications operatives to state parties in places including North Carolina, where Sen. Kay Hagan is vulnerable in her re-election bid.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., endorsed state Sen. Lee Zeldin’s bid to challenge Rep. Timothy H. Bishop, D-N.Y., picking sides in a competitive GOP primary in the 1st District.
By
Emily Cahn
The Senate Conservatives Fund has endorsed Ret. Air Force Col. Rob Maness over Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., in the GOP primary for Senate, throwing their support behind a conservative underdog in one of the cycle’s most competitive races.
By
Emily Cahn
State Rep. Paul DeMarco announced Sunday night that he is running for Congress in Alabama’s 6th District, marking the third Republican candidate to enter the race to replace retiring GOP Rep. Spencer Bachus.
Talk about expensive real estate: A House seat can easily cost millions.This cycle is on track to be no different — except Republicans dominate the ranks of potentially self-funding congressional candidates.
The candidate: Democrat John Lewis, a former top aide to Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.
By
Emily Cahn
Former state Sen. Richard Tisei, a Republican, announced on Monday that he has formed an exploratory committee for a rematch with Rep. John F. Tierney in Massachusetts’ 6th District.
