Leading by more than thirty points in the polls, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign war chest is overflowing with cash, his campaign announced on Monday. Christie’s campaign has raised a total just shy of $6.2 million and reportedly has $3.4 million on hand as […]
Erasing a 9-point deficit, disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) has narrowly pulled ahead of Democratic rival Elizabeth Colbert Busch in South Carolina’s widely-watched special congressional election, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey released Sunday night. Conducted on May 4 and 5, the […]
Regarded by some as an almost prohibitive favorite in the special election to replace now-Secretary of State John Kerry in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Edward Markey could be in for a much tougher race than anybody imagined. According to a Public Policy Polling survey of […]
According to POLITICO, a wealthy financial executive from Minneapolis is expected to declare his candidacy for Democrat Al Franken’s U.S. Senate seat sometime next week. The challenger, Michael F. McFadden, is a co-chief executive officer of Lazard Middle Market, a division of Lazard Ltd., one […]
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 […]
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 […]
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