Before the 2010 elections, the Volunteer State delegation was split 5-4 in favor of Democrats. By the end of the cycle, most of the state’s remaining Blue Dogs had either chosen retirement or gone down in defeat like other Southern Democrats. The once purple state took on a decidedly red hue,…
Twenty years ago this week, my first column appeared in the pages of Roll Call.
I had no intention of becoming a columnist or working for a newspaper, and I certainly had no expectation that two decades after my first column appeared in print I’d still be writing for Roll Call. As with most of…
Democrat Ron Barber’s win over Republican Jesse Kelly in the Arizona special election to succeed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) should boost Democratic morale but does little, if anything, to change the outlook for control of the House this fall.
Of the special elections held this cycle,…
Democrats’ path ahead in targeted House races got even more difficult Tuesday night, as the party’s preferred candidates failed to advance to the general election in South Carolina and Arkansas.
In the Palmetto State, former Georgia (yes, Georgia) state Rep. Gloria Tinubu appeared to win the…
No surprises in yesterday’s Senate primaries, but general election matchups are set in four key states: Maine, North Dakota, Nevada and Virginia.
The most interesting result of the night may have been in Maine, where state Sen. Cynthia Dill secured the Democratic nomination with about 45…
Remember their names: Reps. Charles Bass (R-N.H.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Robert Dold (R-Ill.).
If any of these five House incumbents survive, it will surprise most dispassionate observers (including some in their own parties). But upsets…
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