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Governing
February 28, 2018
The Republicans with three or more consecutive terms are John Rowland of Connecticut, Butch Otter of Idaho, Terry Branstad of Iowa, John Engler of Michigan, George Pataki of New York, John ... As a result, he was able to parlay his popularity as governor into an easy victory in a U.S. Senate race in 2010.
TIME
February 26, 2018
A comparable bipartisan group in the Senate led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of ... During my 2006 campaign for re-election to the Senate, I found myself in uncharted political territory. Although I'd been a ... But I was confident that my approach was one that most residents of Connecticut embraced.
CNN
February 26, 2018
Gun policy in particular has increased dramatically in salience compared with the previous midterm election cycle. In October 2014, ahead of the first election after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, just 28% of voters described that issue as extremely important to theirÃÂ ...
The CT Mirror
February 20, 2018
One of the few Republican gubernatorial candidates not participating in Connecticut's voluntary system of publicly financing campaigns is trying to make an issue of the possibility that the unusually ... A wealthy businessman, Lamont largely self-funded that race, as he did a U.S. Senate campaign in 2006.
WICZ
February 11, 2018
... Hadassah's Personal Notes on the 2000 Campaign," along with his wife Hadassah Lieberman. January 13, 2003 - Declares he will run for president in the 2004 election. February 3, 2004 - Drops out of the race for president. August 8, 2006 - Is defeated in Connecticut's Democratic Senate primary by NedÃÂ ...
CT Post
February 5, 2018
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin has filed for re-election, saying he always runs a very aggressive campaign on the issues and plans to do so again. This time it'll be against Chelsea Manning. Cardin filed Monday to run for his third U.S. Senate term. Manning, a transgender woman andÃÂ ...
Yale Daily News (blog)
January 29, 2018
Dannel Malloy and a couple more on the fence, Connecticut looks set for of the most crowded 2018 gubernatorial elections in the United States. ... Although a few Democratic candidates such as Bysiewicz and Ned Lamont SOM '80 — the Democratic nominee for Senate in 2006 — have statewide profiles,ÃÂ ...
Politico
December 31, 1999
Even if 2018 is a wave election for Democrats, Republicans could still come out holding on to Nevada's governor's mansion, where Sandoval remains ... Still, a Democratic victory is far from certain, and former Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and 2006 Senate nominee Ned Lamont are competing in aÃÂ ...
CT Post
January 23, 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday defended President Donald Trump over his recent comments disparaging immigration from Africa and Haiti, telling The Associated Press that the president's "heart" is aimed at a merit-based system that is blind to immigrants' "race or creed.".
CT Post
January 20, 2018
Correction: Chelsea Manning-Maryland Senate story. Updated 12:20 pm, Friday, ... BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Chelsea Manning has officially filed to run for the U.S. Senate in the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary. The state elections ... or any other contenders. Cardin won his seat in an open race in 2006.
Chicago Tribune
January 20, 2018
Menendez, a former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has been in the Senate since 2006, is expected to run for re-election, ... Prosecutors sought to tie gifts and campaign donations from Melgen to meetings and conversations Menendez had with executive branch officials onÃÂ ...
CT Post
January 12, 2018
“We are proud of running an issues-based campaign focused on middle class economic equality, working people's rights, and creating more opportunity for the people of Connecticut,” Drew and Linehan wrote. “We believe that our best days are ahead of us and that we should all be proud to fight for aÃÂ ...
The CT Mirror
January 10, 2018
Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz confirmed Wednesday what has been apparent from her aggressive fundraising: What began in April as an exploratory campaign for state Senate has morphed into a test of her viability as a candidate in a Democratic primary for governor. “It was in the fall IÃÂ ...
The CT Mirror
January 9, 2018
Lamont, an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006 and governor in 2010, confirmed in a telephone interview that he was testing his support among ... drivers for the challenge, including a new generation of activists like Action Together CT who joined in response to the election of President Trump.
CT Post
December 25, 2017
Tennessee Democrats have fallen short ever since Gore left the Senate to become Bill Clinton's vice president. In his campaign launch video, Bredesen didn't even mention Trump. Bredesen told the Associated Press afterward that he's intent on winning back voters who supported him in 2002 and 2006.
CT Post
December 31, 1999
Cardin won the Senate seat in an open race in 2006 and hasn't faced a serious threat since. The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he plans to focus on his own candidacy and looks forward to a "strong campaign" against Manning or anyÃÂ ...
CT Post
December 31, 1999
In this undated photo provided by the Patty for Senate Campaign, Patty Schachtner, the St. Croix County medical examiner and Somerset school board member, poses for a photo. Schachtner knocked off state Rep. Adam Jarchow in the Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, special election for a Wisconsin state SenateÃÂ ...
WFSB
December 8, 2017
While Dayton weighed his choice, eyes were already turning to the 2018 race, especially among Republicans. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty - the last Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota, in 2006 - was seen as a potential heavyweight contender in the GOP. Another possibility, former Sen.
Chicago Tribune
December 8, 2017
He says he'll campaign on Republican tax rewrite and that his 2018 race reminds him of his challenges in 2006, when Democrats gained a net 30 House ... York Times, announcing her bid the day of the House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She lost an Illinois Senate race to Republican state Sen.
CT Post
December 7, 2017
Bredesen has been calling potential donors to let them know he plans to join the race to succeed Republican Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate. A prominent ... Senate. Bredesen was a successful health care entrepreneur before winning election to two terms each as Nashville mayor and Tennessee governor.
Chicago Tribune
December 7, 2017
Sen. Al Franken, a rising political star only weeks ago, reluctantly announced Thursday he's resigning from Congress, succumbing to a torrent of sexual harassment allegations and evaporating support from fellow Democrats. But he fired a defiant parting shot at President Donald Trump and otherÃÂ ...
HowStuffWorks
December 7, 2017
A new complication has developed in the hotly contested special election campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, where Republican nominee Roy Moore — rocked by sexual allegations that Moore has vigorously denied — is in a tight race with democratic candidate Doug Jones. Now Lee Busby, aÃÂ ...
CT Post
November 28, 2017
Lamont spent $26 million of his cable television fortune on his run for the Senate and for governor. He is the great-grandson of Thomas W. Lamont, the chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co. Publicly funded candidates can get up to $8 million for the primary and general election in Connecticut. It was in 2006 thatÃÂ ...
Hartford Courant
November 25, 2017
Businessman Ned Lamont, a Democrat, dipped into his fortune to fund his unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate in 2006. ... operative who ran Trump's campaign in Connecticut last year and is currently a consultant to Stemerman, although Proto emphasized that he is not speaking on behalf of the campaign.
The CT Mirror
November 17, 2017
Al Franken, leading many lawmakers, including Connecticut's senators to distance themselves from those accused of misconduct. ... Moore has defiantly denied all wrongdoing and called the allegations, first revealed by the Washington Post, a “multi-faceted campaign” to smear him and “a desperate effortÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
November 11, 2017
Roy Moore's refusal to bow out of Alabama's special election for a Senate seat is the latest demonstration of the diminished power of congressional ... a 32-year-old local prosecutor, brushed off calls for him to stand down as part of plot by establishment figures to "undermine this campaign" before the Dec.
CT Post
October 20, 2017
FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017 file photo Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam pauses during an interview in Richmond, ...
CT Post
October 20, 2017
... no Republican has won a statewide election since 2006, the party is feuding over ... In California's 2016 runoff for Senate, both candidates were Democrats. ... Clinton became the first Democrat to carry in a presidential race last year. ... repeatedly echoed themes from Sanders' 2016 outsider campaign.
CT Post
October 19, 2017
... no Republican has won a statewide election since 2006, the party is feuding over ... In California's 2016 runoff for Senate, both candidates were Democrats. ... Clinton became the first Democrat to carry in a presidential race last year. ... repeatedly echoed themes from Sanders' 2016 outsider campaign.
The Commercial Appeal
October 17, 2017
August 30, 2017 - Senator Bob Corker speaks during a Rotary Club of Germantown meeting ... battle in the 2018 Tennessee Senate race to replace Bob Corker? ... Phil Bredesen, the most recent Democrat to win statewide election. ... and takes us down Memphis memory lane to that 2006 campaign, which ...
CT Post
October 17, 2017
In this Dec. 13, 2010 photo, Gov. Phil Bredesen talks about his eight years in office during an interview, in Nashville, Tenn. Bredesen, the last ...
reclaimct.com
October 12, 2017
Reclaim Connecticut spoke to small business owner Matt Corey, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate race against Chris Murphy in 2018. ... president, according to some, and losing re-election would be a major blow to his plans. ... “What I've noticed, especially from 2006 to 2017, is we have a lot of people ...
The CT Mirror
October 10, 2017
GOP's Stemerman invests $1.8M in his gubernatorial campaign ... and U.S. Senate in Connecticut, each ultimately losing the general election. ... spent $20 million in a 2006 race for U.S. Senate, much of it his own money.
CT Post
September 30, 2017
Connecticut's public campaign financing spared — for now .... the Citizens' Election Fund for 2018, creating potential upheaval for ... Senate (Len Fasano) targeted the public campaign finance system for ... Kurantowicz served as finance director during the 2006 governor's race for Republican incumbent M.
NBC Connecticut
September 27, 2017
Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, Roy Moore, speaks at ... embraced outsiders who campaign on embracing God and rebuffing authority. ... for governor in 2006 and 2010, but that didn't matter in the Senate race. ... In his closing argument to voters — an election eve appearance where ...
Chicago Tribune
September 26, 2017
Nine months into her Senate career, Democratic U.S. Sen. ... Still, Duckworth recalled a campaign pledge to work with Trump if he ... bid for federal office in 2006, losing a race for a House seat to Republican U.S. Rep. ... She's also keen on helping fellow Democratic senators up for re-election next year and ...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
“First of all, the Senate hasn't passed anything,” Rauner said on Monday when asked to explain what he thought Congress needed to do to get the tax code right. “And what ... Monday brought some last-day surprises among the filings for Cook County office, making this election season even more unusual.
Scranton Times-Tribune
September 3, 2017
The guy many Republicans think can finally beat U.S. Sen. ... launched a limited television advertising campaign last week on the Fox ... They aren't the only ones in the race. ... “That kind of rope-a-dope strategy has helped him election-wise ... In 2006, when Casey routed incumbent verbal bomb-throwingÃÂ ...
CT Post
September 1, 2017
Menendez was indicted in 2015, charged with accepting campaign ... The fraud and bribery trial of Menendez, a senator since 2006, andÃÂ ...
I Agree to See
August 31, 2017
According to this mockery of traditional attack ads, candidate in the 2006 Connecticut Senate election Ned Lamont can't make coffee,ÃÂ ...
CT Post
August 24, 2017
"We need a senator who will fight alongside President Trump not fight against him. ... as Chattanooga mayor before his election to the Senate in 2006. That campaign was tinged by its own racial undercurrent, especially when an ad produced by the ... Corker won that race by fewer than 3 percentage points.
Rasmussen Reports
August 24, 2017
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency, 2018's race for the Senate ... Skelley looked at all of the Senate midterm elections in the popular election era, ... (George W. Bush in 2006, and Barack Obama in 2010 and 2014). .... like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee likely just won't have theÃÂ ...
CT Post
August 20, 2017
FILE - In this April 12, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks to the media following a town hall meeting in Hillsboro, Mo.
CT Post
August 20, 2017
Ward said his campaign would emphasize moving Kansas forward by focusing on ... "The energy is moving forward and this election is going to be about ... who have appointed campaign treasurers are former state Sen. Jim Barnett of Topeka, the party's 2006 nominee; Wichita businessman Wink Hartman;ÃÂ ...
CT Post
August 20, 2017
FILE - In this Friday, April 7, 2017, file photo, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., arrives for the confirmation vote for President Donald Trump's high courtÃÂ ...
CT Post
August 8, 2017
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis waves to supporters as she arrives to make herÃÂ ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
August 7, 2017
Trump called him a 'phony Vietnam con artist,' but who is Sen. ... meddling in the election and possible collusion by the Trump campaign must be pursued. ... for being a Democratic senator from Connecticut, but President Donald Trump ... his military record in remarks he had given between 2006 and 2008.
Rasmussen Reports
July 27, 2017
Had one known before the election that all four of these Republican incumbents ... we've been thinking about 2006 and the importance, to Democrats, of fielding ... For instance, Democrats kicked off their 2018 campaign message in ... years (and also to Republicans in the state's U.S. Senate race last year).
CT Post
July 14, 2017
Australia senator's 3 election wins officially didn't happen ... avoidable and it's something I should have fixed up in 2006 when I first nominated.
Chicago Tribune
July 14, 2017
An Indiana senator and longtime critic of outsourcing jobs to foreign ... His campaign said he made the statement to reporters at an Indiana Black Expo luncheon. ... the nation's most vulnerable Democratic senators up for re-election next ... its general counsel before he was first elected to Congress in 2006.
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