At the Races
By
Abby Livingston
Col. Mark Kelly, the husband of retired Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), wrote an email Friday night that was critical of retired Air Force Col. Martha McSally, the Republican running for the House seat formerly held by his wife.
At the Races
By
Meredith Shiner
By the end of Friday night’s debate between Wisconsin Senate candidates Tommy Thompson, a former GOP governor, and Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, their exchanges seemed less like a debate than a fight between two candidates desperate to beat one another and exhausted from the battle.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee outraised its Republican counterpart by some $1.3 million in the first two and a half weeks of October.
At the Races
By
Meredith Shiner
With fewer than two weeks before Election Day, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has stopped running ads in Maine against front-running Independent Angus King, sources confirm.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
Early voting is exploding in the Silver State, and Democrats so far are the biggest benefactors.
By
Emma Dumain
After a few quiet months, tensions are rising again surrounding the proposed design for the National Mall memorial honoring President Dwight Eisenhower.
Politics
By
Abby Livingston
One of the most common Republican ad trends this cycle is featuring elderly relatives — usually parents — defending the candidate’s Medicare credentials. Rep. Joe Walsh (R) is taking another tack.
By Niels Lesniewski and Philip Brasher
An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia Republican did not make news Wednesday when he said he was “committed” to having a farm bill on the floor during the lame-duck session.
At the Races
By
Janie Lorber
President Barack Obama appears to have raised upward of $1 million from text message donations this cycle.
By
Humberto Sanchez
Senate Republican leaders and leadership hopefuls have been busy this election cycle doling out dollars to incumbents and candidates, but the money they’re spending isn’t all selfless majority-building. It may also be useful in shoring up support for their possible leadership bids.
Politics
By
Abby Livingston
Updated 6:18 p.m. |The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee today released a hard-hitting response ad to Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s controversial comment that pregnancies resulting from rape are “something that God intended to happen.”
