At the Races
By
Abby Livingston
| 59 minutes ago Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s Senate campaign announced today that it raised $4.64 million in the third quarter, including $2 million from the Republican’s own pocket.
By
Meredith Shiner
| 2:07 p.m. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) underwent surgery Monday to treat an early form of prostate cancer, his office confirmed today.
By
Emma Dumain
| 1:23 p.m. The Occupy DC movement came to Capitol Hill this morning as more than a hundred protesters filled the Hart Senate Office Building atrium with chants, banners and demands.
By
Jonathan Strong
In a political age that rewards "red meat" on cable television, talk radio and Internet echo chambers, Rep. Kevin Brady is following another model.
At the Races
By
Kyle Trygstad
| 10:57 a.m. A new Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey in Virginia confirmed yet again that the state will be a battleground on both the presidential and Senate levels.
By
Meredith Shiner, John Stanton
With a Friday deadline to submit formal recommendations to the super committee looming, top lawmakers on other standing Congressional panels are lobbying to protect their legislative turf.
At the Races
By
Kyle Trygstad
| 10:01 a.m. Former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is expected to announce today that she is running for Senate, giving Republicans their top recruit and perhaps only legitimate contender for the open seat.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
Two rising stars in California's Central Valley are set to face off in an open district next year, as the parties battle for one of a handful of the state's newly competitive districts.
Politics
By
Shira Toeplitz, Joshua Miller
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez plays gatekeeper to some of the most contentious Congressional maps and holds the keys to Members' political futures.
Politics
By Stuart Rothenberg
For anyone old enough to remember Bucky Dent’s memorable home run in the 1978 Yankees-Red Sox playoff, the current makeup and political strategy of the Democratic Party has to seem very odd, and while that was an asset in 2006 and 2008, it very definitely looks like a problem in 2012.
Politics
By
Kyle Trygstad
YouTube just launched a politics page that will track campaign ads, parodies, "gotcha" moments and speeches related to the 2012 elections.
