This idea that voter discontent has left all incumbents vulnerable in November is a reporter’s dream. It’s clean. It’s easy. But is that really what happened yesterday in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Arkansas?
We reported last night that the picture is much more nuanced. And today, Roll Call’s John More…
The results from Tuesday’s much-watched congressional primaries are in. Now the larger question remains: What’s their significance?
The fall of five-term Sen. Arlen Specter (D) in Pennsylvania marks the end of an era; the rise of ophthalmologist Rand Paul (R) in Kentucky lends both power and voice to More…
Tea Party-supported candidate Rand Paul (R) and state Attorney General Jack Conway captured the major party nominations for retiring Sen. Jim Bunning’s (R-Ky.) Kentucky Senate seat.
The Associated Press called both races Tuesday night, though the agency projected Paul’s victory much earlier. With nearly 100 percent of precincts reporting at More…
President Obama’s decision not to campaign for Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) ahead of his tough primary tonight has been the subject of media chatter in the last few days. But Specter isn’t the only candidate in tonight’s primaries who has received the hands-off approach from More…
Aaron Blake has the news — shortly after Dick Cheney’s former aides began drumming up opposition to Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul, Cheney has now endorsed Paul’s opponent, Trey Grayson. Cheney:
I’m a lifelong conservative, and I can tell the real thing when I see it. I have
Opponents of Rand Paul, the frontrunner in Kentucky’s GOP primary for U.S. Senate, are pretty effectively spinning his press release announcing the endorsement of “political icon and conservative leader Sarah Palin.” Paul’s opponent, Trey Grayson, is casting doubt on the endorsement, and Palin has not put out a More…
It’s a token of how surprised people are by Rand Paul‘s U.S. Senate campaign in Kentucky that a poll showing him 19 points up is spun this way by the pollster.
“It’s going to be harder and harder for the political establishment to ignore Rand Paul if he’s
It’s hard to ascertain the impact of Senate candidate Rand Paul’s honest, impolitic statement that he’d consider backing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) over Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The latter man would, of course, be Paul’s colleague from Kentucky if he does make it to the Senate. Trey Grayson, the More…
Josh Kraushaar catches a surprising poll in the 2010 primary for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. In the GOP race, Rand Paul, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and a first-time candidate, has jumped out to a small lead over Secretary of State Trey Grayson. The trends: More…
Just as they lose Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Republicans are getting a few breaks that could sustain them through the 2010 cycle.
- Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), one of the last Republican stars in suburban Chicago, is considering running for President Obama’s old Senate seat, currently occupied by Sen. More…
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