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If you look only at Donald Trump’s recent “favorable” ratings, you might well think him politically weak.
After all, substantially more Americans continue to have an unfavorable opinion of him than a favorable one in post-election polls, and he lost the popular vote by almost 2.9 million votes. …
Nearly two years before Election Day 2018, some Republicans have already thrown in the towel on one of their top Senate takeover targets.
Donald Trump’s selection of GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke to become the Secretary of the Interior creates yet another House open seat but essentially takes a potential…
When DFL state Sen. Terri Bonoff got into the race against GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen in April, it was heralded as a “big deal.”
Democrats had coaxed a long-recruited candidate off of the sidelines and into a previously uncompetitive suburban district where Donald Trump was destined to lose and bring…
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for Secretary of Health & Human Services sets up a special election in Georgia that is most likely to stay in Republican hands, but might be impossible for Democrats to pass up.
As an orthopedic surgeon and Affordable Care Act critic, GOP Rep. Tom Price…
Donald Trump doesn’t appear to have much faith in the CIA’s findings on Russia’s involvement in the election, but that didn’t stop him for nominating Kansas GOP Rep. Mike Pompeo to direct the agency.
There is no clear successor in Pompeo’s 4th District, but state Treasurer Ron Estes is regarded as…
Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra is vacating his Southern California House seat to become California’s state attorney general, leaving behind a safe Democratic district and a hole in the House leadership ladder.
Becerra, 58, was the term-limited chairman of the House Democratic Caucus with a logjam…
The electoral college votes have been cast, all of the close races concluded without extensive recounts and lawsuits, and the Louisiana runoffs are over, bringing an end to the 2016 elections.
GOP state Treasurer John Kennedy defeated Democrat Foster Campbell, 61-39 percent, on Dec. 10 in the…
Congressman-Elect for Louisiana’s 3rd District
Interview Date: Dec. 15, 2016
Date of Birth: Aug. 24, 1961; New Orleans, La.
Education: Louisiana State Univ. (attended)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Higgins won the Dec. 10 runoff against fellow Republican Scott…
Residency issues knocked out a handful of Harry Reid’s colleagues over the years, but the outgoing Senate Democratic leader didn’t even pretend that he got back to his home state of Nevada on a regular basis.
“It’s amazing what I have not done,” said Reid in the recent cover story for GW…
With millions of video views and hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers, young Tomi Lahren is leaving her mark on the political world from her new media perch on the right. Could Congress be next?
Lahren is no stranger to Republicans, conservatives, and Donald Trump supporters. Her “Final…