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A Guide to the Summer’s Senate Primaries

By | 05.31.10 | 6:00 am

To many Americans, the Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer. For Senate election observers, it marks the onset of a season that will determine the fate of senators at risk of losing their jobs, and of outsiders looking to beat back party favorites. The summer Senate primaries kick More…

Repeal Pledge Becomes GOP Litmus Test

By | 03.29.10 | 10:54 am

Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) agreed on one thing in their 40-minute debate on Fox News Sunday: Both of the Republican hopefuls for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat pledged to repeal the health care bill — at least, to whatever extent they could. More…

‘You Can Tell There Is a Lot of Passion’

By | 12.23.09 | 12:00 pm

Jane Norton, the former lieutenant governor of Colorado whose Republican campaign for Senate there has been going well, becomes the latest member of her party caught on tape not knocking down a conspiracy theorist who claims that President Obama is a Muslim.

It hasn’t paid great dividends for Democrats, More…

NRSC Caught Building Websites for Colorado Senate Candidate

By | 09.01.09 | 5:02 pm

Lynn Bartels has the scoop: Colorado Republicans, including state party chairman Dick Wadhams, are revolting over the discovery that the National Republican Senatorial Committee is trying to ease former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton into the race with national support. The smoking gun: the NRSC reserved www.nortonforsenate.com and More…