Politics - Republican Party

House GOP Candidates Bank More Money Full Story »

More Troubles for GOP Nominee in N.Y. Special Full Story »

House Republicans are devising a political platform -- informally dubbed "Ten for '10"-- to better position their party for the 2010 midterm elections -- a moniker oddly reminiscent of the game plan Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to mount the Democratic takeover in 2006. Full Story »

Oklahoma Seat Likely to Fall in Line for GOP Full Story »

Out of the half-dozen Republicans who have filed for Oklahoma's 5th District open seat, three GOP front-runners have emerged and it's a safe bet that two of them will face off in an August 2010 primary runoff. Full Story »

New York Republican Dede Scozzafava's House special election campaign took a one-two punch Thursday night. Full Story »

Republican Dick Armey, a former House majority leader, lent his support Thursday to Doug Hoffman, the nominee of New York's Conservative Party for a much-watched Nov. 3 U.S. House special election. Full Story »

The latest fundraising figures aren't public yet, but some financial tectonic shifts are visible for New York Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee in the race to fill an open House seat in New York. Full Story »

Republicans believe Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., violated ethics rules when he took to the House floor Wednesday afternoon and promoted a new Web site which includes a link to a page that accepts donations to his re-election campaign. Full Story »

A number of House Republican candidates can brag that their campaigns are fiscally responsible because they spent less running for office than they received in donations during the third quarter. Full Story »

Republican National Committee outraised the Democratic National Committee in September, but the DNC took in more money than its counterpart in the third quarter. Full Story »

Democratic strategists are bracing for losses in the 2010 midterm elections, but the party has shown early fundraising strength in some open House districts they hope to wrest from Republican control and while offsetting expected defeats elsewhere in the nation. Full Story »

Republican House challengers outraised vulnerable Democratic incumbents in six races in the latest campaign finance reporting period, fueling GOP optimism as the party seeks to regain lost ground in Congress. Full Story »

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised twice as much as its GOP counterpart in September, raking in more than $7 million and ending the month with more than $14.7 million stockpiled for the 2010 midterm elections. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charlie Rangel endured one of those unflattering television moments that political opponents love when a reporter approached him earlier this week and asked how he allegedly had failed to include hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal assets on congressional disclosure forms. Full Story »

Republican heavy hitters are stepping up for the party's New York special election candidate, after a poll this week showed the GOP in danger of losing that House seat. Full Story »

Bob McDonnell, the front-running Republican nominee for the Virginia governorship, began October with nearly $2 million more in his campaign account than Democratic opponent Creigh Deeds, according to updated campaign finance reports filed Thursday by the two campaigns competing in the Nov. 3 election. Full Story »

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner said Thursday he would support President Obama's proposal for another one-time $250 payment to Social Security recipients, veterans and the disabled, if the money comes from unspent economic stimulus funds. Full Story »