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Rasmussen Reports
February 9, 2018
Granted, Bredesen won 69% in his 2006 reelection, so no one is counting him out. However, neither Blackburn nor Fincher seem likely to throw a Senate race away like some poor GOP candidates in recent past cycles. The Tennessee race remains Likely Republican . Texas is something of a white whaleÃÂ ...
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
February 1, 2018
A colorful 58-year-old financial planner, Max Linn, of Bar Harbor, jumped into the contest this week with a campaign that echoes themes that worked for President Donald Trump. Linn told Maine Republicans recently the GOP “needs a Maine senator that is not wishy-washy on his support for PresidentÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
January 24, 2018
A former Florida gubernatorial candidate who has been a third-party candidate and Democrat told Maine Republicans on Saturday that, as a firm supporter of President Donald Trump, he wants their ... During that 2006 campaign, he said he was pro-abortion rights but conservative on taxes and spending.
The Coloradoan
January 21, 2018
When all states are shades of purple, campaigning candidates may choose not to fly over so many of them. In 2006 and 2007, the Colorado Senate approved NPVIC, and in 2009 the Colorado House approved it. NPVIC will again be introduced in our state's Legislature this session. Now is a good time toÃÂ ...
Politico
January 14, 2018
The GOP is forced to defend 13 states that former President Barack Obama won — from Maine to New Mexico to Wisconsin — while Democrats are protecting ... The 2017 off-year election results in Virginia and New Jersey and the special Senate election in Alabama have also given GOP candidates andÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
October 27, 2017
A fourth woman has come forward saying former President George H.W. Bush groped her, this time a state Senate hopeful, the Portland Press Herald reported. Amanda Staples — who was running as a Republican to represent the Kennebunkport area in the state Senate in 2006 — said in an InstagramÃÂ ...
Morning Consult
December 21, 2017
This time around, insurgent GOP Senate candidates Danny Tarkanian of Nevada and Kelli Ward of Arizona have already made attacks on McConnell a key part ... In the latest Morning Consult/Politico survey, 28 percent of independents said they'd vote for the Democratic candidate, 23 percent opted for theÃÂ ...
BethesdaMagazine.com
December 21, 2017
Neal Simon, the chief executive officer of a Rockville-based wealth management firm, said Wednesday that he is “very seriously considering” running as an independent next year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Ben Cardin, and is beginning a “listening tour” of the state. In his first publicÃÂ ...
The Hill
December 13, 2017
Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief after GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore's defeat Tuesday in Alabama. ... The GOP leader and his allies have been eager to prevent a repeat of 2010 and 2012, when some weak Tea Party candidates defeated rivals from the GOP establishment in primaries, only toÃÂ ...
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
December 12, 2017
Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones are vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate in Alabama on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. ..... It was a boon to the Jones campaign's efforts to turn out African-American voters -- but to hear the candidate tell it Monday morning, the whole thing was a mystery.
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
December 12, 2017
Alabama Democrats see Tuesday's special Senate election as a chance to renounce a history littered with politicians whose race-baiting, bombast and other baggage ..... Alabama Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones' campaign will roll out a statewide robocall on Monday quoting Republican Sen.
MarylandReporter.com
December 6, 2017
An independent political group seeking to elect a handful of candidates to shift the balance of power in the U.S. Senate will support Montgomery County businessman ... Troiano said the Centrist Project will try to level the playing field for candidates who cannot match the power of a major party candidate.
CNN
December 6, 2017
Independent Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who both caucus with the Democrats, also called for him to resign. "I consider Senator Franken a dear friend and greatly respect his accomplishments, but he has a higher obligation to his constituents and the Senate, and he shouldÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
November 30, 2017
In part the product of two exceptionally good years for Senate Democrats in 2006 (when they gained five net seats) and 2012 (when they gained two ... not coincidentally, both won six years ago when Republicans nominated unusually weak candidates who imploded after saying stupid things about rape.
41 NBC News
December 31, 1999
United States Vice President George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Republican Convention at the Super Dome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Aug. 18, 1988. Arnie Sachs / Arnie Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa. Seven women from separate incidents have accused former President George H.W. Bush of inappropriatelyÃÂ ...
Mic
September 27, 2017
MONTGOMERY, AL - SEPTEMBER 26: Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in ... Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign ... 2018 stands to be even more dysfunctional for Senate Republicans if Moore wins out in December. ... Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday afternoon.
Maine Public
September 27, 2017
Maine Public logo .... Corker is the first Senate retirement of the 2018 election cycle. ... He embraced Trump during the campaign and was even said to be in the running for ... His departure opens the door for other GOP candidates. ... "When I ran for the Senate in 2006, I told people that I couldn't imagineÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
September 24, 2017
LEWISTON, Maine — Jim Nelson of Lewiston supports his city merging with ... but a 2006 study from a consolidation commission said the cities could ... Three members of Lewiston's Democratic legislative delegation — Assistant Senate Minority ... The November campaign is being waged on a few fronts.
Press Herald
September 18, 2017
Maine law allows campaign signs to be on the state road ... However, Butler said that the law on campaign signs has no bearing on theÃÂ ...
Politico
September 18, 2017
With David Beavers, Aubree Eliza Weaver and Daniel Lippman. PAULSEN ACCUSES FP1 STRATEGIES OF 'LYING': FP1 Strategies hasÃÂ ...
Las Vegas Sun
September 18, 2017
That question looms largest in the re-election campaign of Sen. ... midterm election equals wins by candidates not aligned with the president. ... base, Titus finds a Reid-backed candidate in her path for at least the third time in her career. ... Mayor Jim Gibson in the Democratic primary for governor in 2006.
NPR
September 8, 2017
Democratic congressional candidate Jared Golden making his announcement speech last month in Maine. Steve Mistler/Maine Public Radio hide caption ... strategy the party used in 2006 when roughly 50 veterans ran with mixed results. ... Nonetheless, Democrats hope veteran candidates can inoculateÃÂ ...
Press Herald
September 6, 2017
Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau, R-Waldo: “We are all deeply ... Green Party and one independent candidate vying to succeed Republican Gov. ... Mason was the co-chairman of Cruz's campaign in Maine. ... Mason, who is a graduate of Calvary Christian Academy in Turner and 2006 graduateÃÂ ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
September 5, 2017
Garrett Mason, the Senate majority leader, had planned to join the race to succeed Gov. ... Gina Mason was picked as the 2010 Maine Public Official of the ... and a 2006 graduate of Pensacola Christian College in Pensacola,ÃÂ ...
Iowa Public Radio
September 1, 2017
“We once had a candidate who said trade is a big issue around ... She praised the two female Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine andÃÂ ...
Sunshine State News
August 30, 2017
Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lindsey Graham, R-SC, Bob Menendez, D-NJ, and ... First elected to the U.S. House in 2006, Buchanan serves on both the ... buzz as a possible U.S. Senate candidate in recent election cycles butÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
August 28, 2017
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, accompanied by Sen. Roger Wicker ... Maine has proven to be the friendliest locale in the nation for independent campaigns. ... election made it “a tough campaign” but not as difficult as simply deciding how to run. ... Chafee, a liberal Republican, lost his Senate seat in 2006.
Bangor Daily News
August 27, 2017
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, accompanied by Sen. Roger Wicker ... Maine has proven to be the friendliest locale in the nation for independent campaigns. ... election made it “a tough campaign” but not as difficult as simply deciding how to run. ... Chafee, a liberal Republican, lost his Senate seat in 2006.
Wichita Eagle
August 27, 2017
In the last gubernatorial campaign in 2014, just two candidates – Gov. ... Kathleen Sebelius took in more than $5.9 million in the run-up to her re-election in 2006. ... And that's even more likely to happen if a self-financing candidate, such ... Other states close to Kansas's total included Alabama, Maine, WestÃÂ ...
Rasmussen Reports
August 25, 2017
All of the 33 Senate incumbents up for reelection next year are running for ... King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont) and eight are Republicans. ... Several of these safe senators could be presidential candidates in 2020, and ... Corker's first election in 2006, during the Democrats' last good midterm,ÃÂ ...
LifeZette
August 18, 2017
Despite Trump Turmoil, Endangered Senate Dems on the Run ... Yet it's the Democrats' Senate prospects that are going south. ... "The GOP's recruiting strong candidates at this point, and the Democrats are running ... year got more votes in Missouri than any other candidate on the ballot, including Trump.
New Hampshire Magazine
August 14, 2017
Just like the 1992 election in the Granite State, that could prove to be Maine's ... all in for a charm-filled retail politician's campaign, shocking the political establishment. ... with a Democratic presidential candidate winning by a percentage point. ... In 2006, for example, New Hampshire Democrats had their biggest hold onÃÂ ...
The American Prospect
August 10, 2017
From 1994 to 2006, Maine's Greens won between 6 percent and 10 ... Aside from Pritt, the party stood just seven candidates in 2016: one for state attorney general, one for state Senate, and five for the state's House of Delegates. ... Barbara Daniels, the party's candidate for the Richwood-based 44th DistrictÃÂ ...
Press Herald
August 10, 2017
Her use of the list sparked complaints from opposing campaign supporters, ... Vachon was a declared Republican candidate for governor in 2006 and was ... In addition to Mills, Eves and Russell, the other candidates are: veteran ... to run on the Republican ticket – former Maine Department of Health andÃÂ ...
Roll Call
August 9, 2017
Being appointed to the Senate seems like a politician's dream come true. ... She'd been appointed to the Senate after her husband, Senate candidate and Gov. ... who served one term before losing to Democrat Claire McCaskill in 2006. ... who was a federal district judge when the governor of Maine choseÃÂ ...
CNN
August 7, 2017
Democrats won six Republican seats in the 2006 election. In 2012, Democrats picked up two more seats -- if you include Maine Sen.
The New Yorker
July 31, 2017
The central illusion of a Presidential campaign is that a candidate can, through constant ... Sanders, who has represented Vermont in the Senate for the past decade, and .... In Maine, Sanders supporters booed Perez. .... organization, Our Revolution, to support progressive candidates around the country,ÃÂ ...
The Hill
July 26, 2017
Connecticut's state Senate is locked in a tie between 18 Democrats and 18 Republicans. ... Trump won eight counties in Maine that Obama carried four years earlier. ... a political revolution, during the 2006 and 2008 midterm elections. ... In the face of a potentially strong GOP campaign in 2018, CourtneyÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
July 24, 2017
... contributions have been to presidential or Senate campaigns.” The DGA enlisted the man who ran the campaign arm of House Democrats, former Rep. ... like New Mexico and Maine, and have recruited strong candidates in tossup ... W. Bush in 2006 gave Democrats their only midterm wave this century.
Center for Public Integrity
September 17, 2016
Wieder collected and analyzed campaign finance and lobbying data covering 2006 ... than $24 million to 7,100 candidates for state-level offices from 2006 through 2015, with ... such as house speakers, senate presidents and health committee chairs. ... And in Maine last year, drugmakers persuaded a stateÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
Next week, when the Senate is likely to vote on the Cassidy-Graham bill, the ... He was motivated to run for the Louisiana legislature in 2006 as a Republican. ... said Cassidy during a 2014 candidates' debate in Shreveport, Louisiana. ... to work with the moderate Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins.
SFGate
December 31, 1999
No Republican senators have announced retirement plans yet, but ... was seen in 2006, when Democrats took the House by winning 30 seats, ... What's [Maine Sen.] ... candidates' willingness to put themselves through the campaign wringer. ... But pro-Trump insurgents have threatened primary campaignsÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
December 31, 1999
The Senate may be out of reach but Democrats say they can almost feel the ... of their 2006 wave, which netted 30 seats in the House and a new majority. ... Democratic congressional candidate Abby Finkenauer prepares to release a ... 6, 2018, it might start in Maine's 2nd district, the country's northern andÃÂ ...
LifeZette
December 31, 1999
Yet it's the Democrats' Senate prospects that are going south. ... "The GOP's recruiting strong candidates at this point, and the Democrats are ... year got more votes in Missouri than any other candidate on the ballot, including Trump. ... She barely cleared 50 percent of the vote during her first win, in 2006.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
December 31, 1999
During a town hall meeting in Tazewell Tuesday, U.S. Sen. ... Warner praised GOP senators John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of ... on the campaign trail to put all the miners back to work in the industry. ... Warner served as Virginia's' governor from 2002 to 2006 and wasÃÂ ...
The Boston Globe
March 29, 2017
FROM THE OPPO FILE ON POTENTIAL ELIZABETH WARREN OPPONENTS, via Frank Phillips, running in Friday's political column: "As John Kingston considers a run for the US Senate, he'll need to be prepared to explain his role in a website that carries ... MIHOS ...
KESQ
March 25, 2017
Ferraro also ran campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 1992 and 1998, both times losing in the primary election, and served as a U.S.
CNN
March 23, 2017
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort pushed back Wednesday on a report that he allegedly earned millions of dollars by helping Russian President Vladimir Putin's government push its interests around the world ...
The Nevada Independent
March 21, 2017
Promoters with the group National Vote Project says it would revamp campaign strategies and give voters outside of battleground states a reason to participate in elections.
Virginian-Pilot
March 20, 2017
Gorsuch, 49, President Donald Trump's first nominee to the nation's highest court, is a heavy favorite for confirmation given Republicans' 52-48 Senate majority. He will make an opening statement later Monday after comments from the other JudiciaryÃÂ ...
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