Congressional Elections

Connecticut Republicans are facing their first contentious battle for a Senate nomination in more than 15 years, but it's not clear whether spending big bucks now -- as some candidates are doing -- will help in the long run. Full Story »

Rep. Danny K. Davis has decided to run for an eighth term in in Congress instead of trying to become president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Full Story »

Republicans have been working overtime for days now trying to come up with newer and bolder ways of describing the 2009 election as an unmitigated triumph -- and a crystal clear sign their party will score a historic comeback in next year's congressional races. Full Story »

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said anxious politicians in his party who face tough congressional races next year should settle their nerves by focusing less on this week’s governor’s races than on the special congressional elections that have taken place since President Barack Obama was sworn in.  Full Story »

Election Day losses in Virginia and New Jersey have congressional Democrats focused like never before on jobs — their own. Full Story »

FAIRFAX STATION, Va. — President Barack Obama and the Democrats have a problem heading into next year's elections for control of Congress — they're losing independents to the Republicans and parts of their own Democratic base to apathy. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Already-skittish moderate Democrats in Congress got fresh reasons Wednesday to worry about their votes on economic and health care legislation from the election results in Virginia and New Jersey. Full Story »

On the heels of the GOP's second special election loss in New York this year, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Wednesday morning that Empire State Republicans need to adopt a more open candidate selection process. Full Story »

Lt. Gov. John Garamendi kept California's 10th Congressional District in Democratic hands, easily winning the special election to fill an open seat. Full Story »

Republican gubernatorial candidates racked up major wins for the GOP in Virginia and New Jersey Tuesday night as Democrats scored a single victory in a special congressional election in upstate New York. Full Story »

The tumultuous upstate New York special election finally comes to an end Tuesday, as voters in the 23rd Congressional District head to the polls to pick a successor to former GOP Rep. John McHugh. Full Story »

Tuesday's special election in Northern California has been more of a whisper compared with the tornado that has encompassed the House race in upstate New York's 23rd District. Full Story »

In an update one year before Election Day 2010, CQ Politics has adjusted its ratings on the 2010 Senate races in eight states: Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Full Story »

New York Republican House nominee Dede Scozzafava -- a moderate who was abandoned by conservative activists for a third-party candidate -- followed her stunning withdrawal from the contest Saturday with another shocker on Sunday: She has urged her supporters to vote for Democratic nominee Bill Owens over Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman, on Tuesday in the 23rd Congressional District's special election. Full Story »

Republican Dede Scozzafava’s decision Saturday to drop out of the New York special congressional election gave conservatives a big win, but may present a challenge for Republicans heading into next year's mid-term elections. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Under fire from prominent members of her own party who said she wasn't conservative enough, the Republican candidate for an open U.S. House seat in New York abruptly withdraw from the race Saturday just days before the election. Full Story »

Republican Dede Scozzafava on Saturday abruptly suspended her campaign to win Tuesday's special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Full Story »

It's easy to pinpoint the election held in an odd-numbered year -- the "off-year" -- that have clear national implications. That is because there are so few of them. This year, we count just three, all being held this coming Tuesday: The elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, and a hotly contested House special election in upstate New York's largely rural 23rd District. Full Story »