Archive for 2014
Cornyn Records Weakest Ever Primary Win for Texas GOP US Senator
He may have cruised to a 40-point win, but the two-term Republican incumbent was still less than 10 points from a runoff while recording the worst ever primary performance by a Texas Republican Senator.
Read MoreRalph Hall Could Become Just 2nd Ever Texas GOP US Rep to Lose Nomination Bid
If he loses a May runoff, Hall would become only the second of 258 incumbent Republican U.S. House members from the Lone Star State to fail to secure their party’s nomination since statehood.
Read MoreWill 2016 GOP Convention Boost Nominee in Host City’s State?
Republican presidential nominees have averaged a 1-point decline in the convention host state’s adjusted margin of victory (or loss) vis-à-vis the national vote compared to the previous election cycle since the first televised convention in 1940.
Read MoreDo Montanans Care Where Their Senators Are Born?
Democrats are stirring the pot after statements by 2014 hopeful Steve Daines raise questions about the depth of his connections to the Treasure State.
Read MoreDebbie Dingell Eyes Historic Win in 2014
Dingell could become the first non-widowed woman to immediately take over a spouse’s seat in Congress.
Read MoreJohn Dingell By the Numbers
The Michigan Congressman has served with 2,448 U.S. Representatives to date including 24 named ‘Smith’ and 86 percent of all women elected to the chamber in U.S. history.
Read More12 Retiring, Ex-, or Deceased Congressmen with Active Campaign Websites
One announced his retirement last September. Another died in October. One resigned last week. A dozen members of Congress that aren’t running for reelection still have active campaign websites – that accept financial donations.
Read MoreOne and Done: The Unusual Exit of Gloria Negrete McLeod
Negrete McLeod is one of just two U.S. Representatives out of the more than 210 California freshmen elected to the chamber since World War II not to run for a second term or seek a U.S. Senate seat.
Read MoreDemocrats Flirting with Poorest Nevada Gubernatorial Showing Since the 1800s
Will Democrats eclipse even the 20 percent mark in 2014 with an unknown nominee taking on a popular GOP incumbent?
Read MoreDo Losing Presidential Candidates “Step Aside?”
Mitt Romney told America this weekend that he would not run for president a third time in 2016; was his rationale persuasive?
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