Speculation about whether Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who officially lost the Republican Senate primary to challenger Joe Miller last week, will run as an independent candidate for the seat is swirling around Washington.
Politico points to a story this morning in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that has Murkowski’s spokesperson More…
Joe Miller, now officially Alaska’s Republican candidate for Senate, is another insurgent who fits into a pattern Jesse has identified of politicians shirking earmarks in the run-up to November’s election.
It’s a particularly surprising stance to take in Alaska, where the late Sen. Ted Stevens unabashedly brought home dollars More…
As you probably all know by now, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) conceded last night in her reelection battle for U.S. Senate, paving the way for her opponent, Tea Party-backed lawyer Joe Miller, to win the seat in November.
At least in terms of energy policy, the news isn’t that More…
The Tea Party Express, feeling their oats after propelling Joe Miller to a (likely) victory over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) in Alaska, is now preparing to raise and spend some big bucks on behalf of outsider Tea Party affiliated candidate Christine O’Donnell in her long shot Senate bid against More…
It’s become conventional wisdom in Washington that beards are a detriment for most politicians on the campaign trail. In 2006, The Hill put it this way:
[P]olitical consultants, image consultants and etiquette experts say research shows that politicians who wear mustaches and beards don’t poll well. Voters don’t trust a
Republicans have been thrilled that Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) is looking like a shoo-in for a Senate seat in the traditionally blue state of Delaware. Which explains why they’re reacting with such hostility to the announcement by Tea Party Express that the group is backing his challenger, Christine O’Donnell More…
Republicans might be marching lockstep in their opposition to President Obama in Congress, but the same cannot be said of GOP candidates on the campaign trail.
The ballots are still being tallied in Alaska — at last count, Joe Miller remains in the lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the GOP primary by a mere 1,660 votes — but in the meantime everyone is asking the same question: where did Miller come from?
We still don’t know the final results of Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary in Alaska (absentee votes still need to be counted), but things don’t look good for Sen. Lisa Murkowski. But a loss by Murkowski could have major implications for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where she currently More…
Former senator Ted Stevens died today in a plane crash in Alaska at the age of 86. And although he was always “very protective” of Alaska’s minimally regulated “aviation culture,” Felix Samon makes the case that the sad irony surrounding his death wouldn’t inspire any regrets in More…
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