The surprise departure last week of a well-funded Democratic candidate in Texas 10th District has left Republican Rep. Michael McCaul in a sturdier political position as he campaigns for a fourth term.
The contest previously had been rated Likely Republican — a mildly competitive category that indicated that McCaul had a strong early edge but that [...]
With visions of a Republican majority dancing in his head, California U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy is driving the back roads of America these days, looking for fresh faces to represent his party in 2010.
To regain control of the House of Representatives , Republicans must pick up 41 seats. If they win big in the House [...]
Michael Castle is a member of an endangered species in the U.S. Congress: Hes a moderate Republican. Hes also a key figure in next years election.
Castle, a member of the House of Representatives since 1993, is seen as among the Republicans best bets to end the Democrats 60-vote super-majority in the 100-member Senate.
Tennessee Rep. Lincoln Davis, a Democrat with a center-right image, has won his three House re-election contests by comfortable margins despite his 4th Districts overall conservative leanings. But 2010 is looming as a tougher year for Democrats than 2006 or 2008 both nationally and in Tennessee, where two senior House Democrats, John Tanner and Bart [...]
Parker Griffith survived a brutal open-seat campaign in 2008 and appeared to have at least a slight edge to keep Alabamas 5th District in the Democratic column in the 2010 election. On Tuesday, the conservative Democrat announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party.
Griffiths decision has prompted CQ Politics to change its race rating [...]
The U.S. Senate, a place known forcongeniality and civility, is rife with partisan rancor aslawmakers work through 90 hours of debate on health-carelegislation that will culminate in a final vote Christmas Eve.
Thomas Mann, a political scientist at the Washington-basedBrookings Institution, said the nastiness stems from a decisionearly on by Senate Republicans to attempt to defeat [...]
Republican U.S. congressional leaders urged President Barack Obama to work with them to win approval of long-stalled free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea as early as possible in 2010.
“We ask that you jump-start the implementation process through your leadership, particularly by promoting all three of these pending trade agreements when you speak [...]
Rep. Brian Bairds retirement announcement Wednesday afternoon has undoubtedly made the Washington Democrats 3rd district seat competitive for Republican strategists looking for House takeover opportunities in 2010.
Within hours of Bairds announcement, two state legislators (one Republican and one Democrat) announced their respective bids — a sure sign that a competitive open-seat race will unfold.
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is questioning whether the United States is focusing on the right country in its war against the Taliban and the al-Qaida terrorist network.
The Indiana Republican prepared the remarks for a Senate hearing where lawmakers will hear testimony from Gen.
