Alabama Primary Elections. At the end of September, GOP Rep. Martha Roby had $734,000 in campaign funds while her opponent was over $2,000 in debt. But allies of the congresswoman and fellow Rep. Bradley Byrne are watching their March 1 primaries closely.
On paper, Roby’s 2nd District race against tea…
Barry Ritholtz, a financial planner and asset manager, writes a regular column in The Washington Post’s business section. I read him religiously, and his last column of 2015, on financial prognosticators, offered important observations for anyone interested in politics, sports or Wall Street.
I include all three subjects…
Former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel spent years defending competitive seats open seats, but now his retirement leaves one behind.
Israel announced on Tuesday that he would not seek re-election in November after 16 years in the House. His retirement wasn’t a complete surprise, considering there…
Three-term GOP Rep. Robert Hurt announced his retirement, leaving behind a potentially competitive open seat in Virginia.
The 5th District includes Charlottesville but runs south to the border with North Carolina.
On one hand, the district is competitive. Democrat Tom Perriello defeated GOP Rep. Virgil Goode by 727…
Moderate Republican Rep. Richard Hanna of New York plans to announce his retirement, leaving a competitive open seat for Republicans to defend.
The news, which was first reported early Sunday morning by The Post-Standard in Syracuse, shouldn’t come as a complete surprise.…
The media is laser focused on Donald Trump and the presidential race and any scraps of attention are given to the fight for the Senate majority, while House races are deemed irrelevant.
But even though the majority is not in imminent danger, there are at least three reasons to…
If House Democrats can’t take back some ground in Pennsylvania, it’s not clear where they are going to win enough seats to get back to the majority.
After the 2008 elections, Democrats held 12 of the Keystone State’s 19 congressional seats, as part of their 39-seat majority. Nationally, Democrats held…
When you write dozens of columns each year, as I have been doing for a long time (some people think far too long), you look back at some of them with embarrassment.
Sure, there are plenty of columns of which I remain proud and that look thoughtful, even prescient…
“Political brands are important,” I wrote more than a year and a half ago in a lede that was much less interesting than the entire column. Now, though, I am wondering whether political party brands are so different from soap brands or over-the-counter medicine brands, which loyal consumers…
It has been almost 20 years since I started writing a best/worst end of the year column. Since I’m committed to doing them until I finally get one right, here goes this year’s attempt.
Weirdest Political Development of 2015
The nominees:
