McConnell wins in Kentucky
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). (CNN) – CNN projects that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will hold on to his Senate seat - a blow for Democrats looking to capture a...
View ArticleSome Florida House Seats Switch Parties
NEW YORK (CNN) – Florida is seeing some of its House seats switch parties. Thus far, two seats have flipped from Republican to Democratic hands. In District 8, Republican Congressman Ric Keller has...
View ArticleCNN projects Landrieu wins in Louisiana
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). (CNN) – CNN is projecting that incumbent Mary Landrieu has won re-election in Louisiana. Landrieu held a dubious distinction this cycle as the only Democratic senator to...
View ArticleCNN projects Wicker wins in Mississippi special
(CNN) - CNN projects Republican Sen. Roger Wicker held on to his seat Tuesday night, winning Mississippi's special Senate election. Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's appointed successor had...
View ArticlePA GOP hopes for 2 House seats
NEW YORK (CNN) - Republicans in Pennsylvania hoped to snatch two seats in the House of Representatives from Democrats on Tuesday. Not only did they fail, but the GOP wound up losing one of its own. In...
View ArticleCNN projects Udall wins CO
Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO). (CNN) – Democratic congressman Mark Udall has won the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado now held by retiring Republican Sen. Wayne Allard, CNN projects. If perennially-embattled...
View ArticleBig bucks battle in Massachusetts
(CNN) – The political fistfight in Massachusetts to fill the last three years of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat is also turning into a big bucks battle. With five days left until Bay State residents...
View ArticleObama makes plea for Coakley in Massachusetts
Obama makes plea for Coakley in Massachusetts. (CNN) - President Barack Obama's making a personal pitch for fellow Democrat Martha Coakley in next Tuesday's Senate election in Massachusetts. The...
View ArticlePoll: Gillibrand leads Ford Jr. in primary matchup
Poll: Gillibrand leads Ford Jr. in primary matchup. (CNN) - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York holds a double digit lead over a potential Democratic challenger, according to a new poll. Former Rep....
View ArticleGOP pulling for Massachusetts Senate upset
(CNN) – Republicans may be on the verge of pulling off what was, until now, politically unthinkable: a GOP win in the race to fill longtime liberal lion Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. Tuesday's...
View ArticleArkansas Dem candidate borrows 'Change' slogan
Bill Halter's new ad makes frequent use of the word 'change'. Washington (CNN) - A Democratic candidate, who does not have President Obama's endorsement, is happy to borrow a signature slogan from the...
View ArticleMcCain challenges Obama in new TV ad
Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu defends McCain in a new TV ad. Washington (CNN) – Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, the former GOP presidential hopeful running for re-election debuted a new TV ad Friday, but...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren to speak at Democratic Convention just before Bill Clinton
(CNN) – U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts will speak in a headlining role at the Democratic National Convention, the Obama campaign said Monday. A rising star in the Democratic...
View ArticleTester ad highlights breaks from Obama
(CNN) – Democratic Senator Jon Tester released a new television ad Tuesday highlighting his breaks with the Obama administration–like voting against Wall Street and for the Keystone Pipeline–and...
View ArticleSenate races locked up in Virginia, Wisconsin
(CNN) – Three months ahead of November's general election, races for the U.S. Senate are deadlocked in Virginia and Wisconsin, according to a poll released Wednesday. Virginia's two candidates – former...
View ArticleTea Party Express calls on Akin to step down
(CNN) – The nation's largest tea party political action committee, the Tea Party Express, is calling on Rep. Todd Akin to step down as Missouri's Republican nominee for a Senate seat on Monday...
View ArticleAkin's constituents respond to 'legitimate rape' comments
St. Charles, Missouri (CNN) - Fresh off the heels of Rep. Todd Akin's controversial comments, his constituents in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District seemed to share mixed feelings on his response...
View ArticleAkin imbroglio is bad news for Republicans
Washington (CNN) - If there is any silver lining for Republicans from the Todd Akin imbroglio, no one seems to have found it yet. Election forecasters have downgraded the Missouri congressman's chances...
View ArticleTuesday is Akin’s last chance to withdraw from Senate race
(CNN) – Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, under fire for his controversial rape comments, has until Tuesday to drop out of the U.S. Senate race – but he has vowed to continue. Akin became a political...
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