Congressional Elections

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 »

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen reveled Thursday in the Republican infighting on display in the campaign for the open House seat in upstate New York. Full Story »

Three Republican lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed Doug Hoffman's third-party campaign for the special House election in New York -- a slap in the face to the party's leadership and the current top brass at the National Republican Congressional Committee. Full Story »

Attorney General Martha Coakley continues to look strong against both her fellow Democratic candidates and against the likely Republican nominee in the Massachusetts Senate special election, according to a Western New England College Polling Institute survey conducted Oct. 18-22. Full Story »

The National Republican Congressional Committee will announce Tuesday that nine challenger and open-seat candidates have impressed the committee enough with their early efforts to be bumped up to the next rung of the recently retooled "Young Guns" campaign program. Full Story »

Instead of sitting out the primary elections, plenty of lawmakers are trying to help pick winners by giving to their preferred candidates -- particularly in Senate races, which tend to take shape earlier in the election cycle than House races. Full Story »

With little to distinguish them ideologically, the first official debate among the Democratic candidates in Massachusetts' special Senate election boiled down to a discussion between the merits of voting for an insider, with a long political resume, or outsider unfettered by special interests. Full Story »

Democrats are pushing Senate leaders and the White House to speed up key benefits in the health reform bill to 2010, eager to give the party something to show taxpayers for their $900 billion investment in an election year. Full Story »

The National Republican Congressional Committee remains committed to embattled GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava in the upstate New York House special election, even as many of the party's top names throw their support to Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman. Full Story »

CQ Politics this year published its ratings on the upcoming congressional elections at a much earlier point in the election cycle than ever before. As we near the one-year point before Election Day in November 2010, we decided to take our ratings in for a tune-up, and there were several that needed adjusting. Full Story »

CQ Politics this year published its ratings on the upcoming congressional elections at a much earlier point in the election cycle than ever before. As we near the one-year point before Election Day in November 2010, we decided to take our ratings in for a tune-up, and decided there were several that needed adjusting. Full Story »

CQ Politics this year published its ratings on the upcoming congressional elections at a much earlier point in the election cycle than ever before. As we near the one-year point before Election Day in November 2010, we decided to take our ratings in for a tune-up, and there were several that needed adjusting. Full Story »

CQ Politics this year published its ratings on the upcoming congressional elections at a much earlier point in the election cycle than ever before. As we near the one-year point before Election Day in November 2010, we decided to take our ratings in for a tune-up, and decided there were several that needed one. Full Story »

Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman over Dede Scozzafava, the Republican Party's choice, in the special election for New York’s 23rd congressional district. Full Story »

Florida Democrat Corrine Brown on Thursday endorsed fellow Rep. Kendrick Meek for their party's 2010 U.S. Senate nomination, joining the congressman's team less than a week after ending her own exploratory effort for the open-seat statewide contest. Full Story »

House candidates have lent their campaigns nearly $12 million so far during the early 2010 election cycle, a figure expected to dramatically increase in the next 13 months as races heat up and congressional hopefuls invest much of their own funds into their bids. Full Story »

As a number of highly touted Democratic recruits passed on challenging Sen. Richard M. Burr, R-N.C., an oft-repeated line by Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee officials was that there's no need to rush the recruiting process. Full Story »

In a move that reflects the whims of his district, Rep. Michael McMahon on Tuesday endorsed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for re-election over the Democratic nominee, city Comptroller William Thompson. Full Story »