All congressional candidates are required to file their first quarter Federal Election Commission fundraising reports by Wednesday night, an occasion that will lift the curtain on the 2010 candidates and provide insight into their ability to run competitive campaigns. Full Story »
A Minnesota court ruled Monday night that Democrat Al Franken has defeated Republican Norm Coleman and should be granted the election certificate that will allow him to take his seat in the U.S. Senate. Full Story »
Turns out that a McCain did emerge from the 2008 election victorious — not the captivity-surviving, straight-talking, Palin-picking Republican senator from Arizona but his Bud Light-drinking, talk-show-appearing, insouciantly Twittering 24-year-old daughter. Full Story »
As the Minnesota Senate recount drags into its sixth month and the March 31 New York special election looks likely to remain undecided for at least another week, now may be the time to ask: Why can’t voters pick a clear winner anymore? Full Story »
At least one constituency was thrilled by recent reports suggesting that the seemingly endless Minnesota Senate race could drag out even longer, perhaps for years — Washington fundraisers. Full Story »
Sen. Richard J. Durbin’s (D-Ill.) Fair Elections Now Act, introduced on Tuesday, purports to “reform” our political system by using public funds (tax dollars) to finance congressional campaigns. Full Story »
Even if Norm Coleman pulls off a long-shot legal victory in the extended Minnesota Senate race, Democrats are vowing to make him wish that he hadn’t. Full Story »
The chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Wednesday the undecided special election in New York’s 20th congressional district showed the potency of the Democrats’ economic message and the perils of the GOP’s stiffly oppositional stance toward the president. Full Story »
After seven weeks of reviewing a hand recount, millions spent on legal fees and a tough legal ruling Tuesday afternoon, Norm Coleman still looks like the loser in the Minnesota Senate race. Full Story »
Former Sen. Norm Coleman is still considering taking his election lawsuit to the federal court if he’s unsuccessful in reversing Al Franken’s 225-vote lead in the Minnesota Senate recount. Full Story »
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee comfortably outraised its Republican counterpart in February by more than $1 million, a signal that Republicans still have a lot of work to do to catch up to the Democratic fundraising machine. Full Story »
Three days after Barack Obama became president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made a prediction: Democrats would make big mistakes that would play into the Republicans’ hands going into the 2010 midterm elections. Full Story »
Democrat Scott Murphy has slashed into the huge lead once held by Republican Jim Tedisco in the New York special House election scheduled for March 31, according to a new Democratic-sponsored poll. Full Story »
Al Franken dropped by a Senate Democratic lunch Tuesday to claim "there is light at the end of the tunnel" in his ongoing Minnesota Senate race, but he ruled out being seated until pending court challenges are resolved. Full Story »
In a Chicago-based congressional seat recently represented by political insiders ranging from Dan Rostenkowski to Rod Blagojevich to Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat who ran as an unapologetic outsider won the Democratic special primary election Tuesday to serve the remainder of Emanuel’s term. Full Story »
New York Rep. Joseph Crowley will be the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s chief money man for 2010, taking the position of vice chairman of finance. Full Story »
President Barack Obama’s nominee to be U.S. Trade Representative has agreed to pay nearly $10,000 in back taxes after a Senate panel vetting his nomination questioned him about his filings. Full Story »
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn said Friday that the GOP may need to recruit fewer conservative candidates in order to win in 2010. Full Story »
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