Just because the primary is over doesn’t mean the general election matchup is set in stone. Rep. Tim Johnson won the GOP nomination on March 20 in the redrawn 13th District of Illinois but announced his retirement from Congress two weeks later.
Johnson cited family reasons, but some sources…
Georgia’s 12th District has a history of not doing what it’s “supposed” to do, and this year may not be any different. Over the last ten years, both Republicans and Democrats have tried to manipulate the district’s lines to elect one of their own. In each case they’ve failed.
Republicans…
The fight for South Carolina’s new 7th congressional district has the dubious distinction of being perhaps the first race ever in the country where both parties saw their top contenders drop out after being arrested.
But then again, this is South Carolina -- did you really expect anything less?…
Due to population gains over the last decade, Georgia was awarded a fourteenth congressional seat during reapportionment. The new 9th District covers the northeast corner of the Peach State and will be one of the most Republican seats in the entire country.
State Rep. Doug Collins (R) or former…
Primary challenges are a dime a dozen these days, but when a wealthy candidate starts putting resources into television ads, it’s worth taking a look to see if he will be effective, particularly with Congress’s dismal job approval ratings.
First-time candidate and businessman Robert Blaha is…
The 2012 presidential election looks like it could well be another squeaker, and if it is, a number of possible outcomes could produce national hand-wringing, finger-pointing, complaints of unfairness and anger, further dividing Americans and undermining confidence in our political system.
A…
Just one election wasn’t enough for primary voters in Texas on Tuesday night, so many crowded primaries are headed for a July 31 runoff. But one candidate who won’t get a second chance in extra innings is Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D), who fell to former El Paso city representative Beto O’Rourke.…
Some races are easy to handicap. Two essentially evenly matched candidates in a competitive state normally produces a tossup rating, while a popular entrenched incumbent against an under-funded, unknown challenger almost always produces something close to a safe contest for the incumbent.
But…
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