U.S. Rep. Steve King of Iowa, a favorite of the Tea Party crowd, tweeted a message to supporters Friday evening saying that he has decided not to seek the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin in 2014. “I will not run for Senate in […]
Following closely on the heels of a decisive win in Pennsylvania a week earlier, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota was catapulted into serious contention for the Democratic presidential nomination by scoring a pair of victories in Indiana and Ohio on this day in 1972. […]
While Democrat Leticia Perez and Republican Andy Vidak are receiving the lion’s share of media attention in California’s 16th State Senate District special election, at least one of three long-shot candidates in the race is running like a man on a mission, one who doesn’t […]
Trailing by double digits in most public opinion polls, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch bravely predicted a come-from-behind victory in his long-shot quest for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination against U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey in Massachusetts on Tuesday. Lynch, who also forecast a 23 percent […]
The Libertarian Party of Virginia nominated Robert C. Sarvis for governor in a special state convention held Sunday afternoon in Waynesboro. Though not quite a household name, the little-known Libertarian is an impressive candidate by almost any measure. Raised in Northern Virginia, the 36-year-old Sarvis graduated from […]
As Italian lawmakers begin the painstaking process of choosing a successor to aging President Giorgio Napolitano, former European Commissioner Emma Bonino has emerged as a dark horse contender to become Italy’s first female president. Despite gaining significant support from both the left and the right, […]
Democrat Jim Graves, who came within 4,300 votes of unseating Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann in Minnesota’s 6th congressional district last November, is eager to run again. “These days, Congress is all about scoring political points rather than actually solving problems, and Minnesota’s 6th District […]
State Sen. Vincent A. Sheheen, who lost a closer-than-expected contest to Nikki Haley for the South Carolina governorship in 2010, is apparently itching for a rematch. “Our state deserves better than the failed and dysfunctional government it has received from our current politicians,” Sheheen wrote […]
Carl A. Bergmanson, a former mayor of Glen Ridge, was ruled off the June primary ballot earlier today in his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey. Bergmanson’s petitions had been challenged by the Democratic State Committee, along with the nominating petitions […]
Pledging to spend at least $10 million of his own money on his long-shot candidacy, former state Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf entered the increasingly crowded race for the Democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania last Tuesday. An affluent industrialist from York County who served as […]
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