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Texas Monthly
December 22, 2017
During this time, O'Rourke never talked politics, contorted himself to avoid the subject of his Senate campaign, and refrained from uttering the name “Ted Cruz,” except in private to his staff. This didn't prove very difficult: outside of a few supporters in Houston who greeted him with cries of “Beto!” or “We're going to do this!
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 ...
Madison.com
December 15, 2017
That word came to mind after Alabama's U.S. Senate race this week, when a decent and moderate Democrat named Doug Jones stunned Roy Moore, the ... On election night, winning candidate Jones said: “The campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in theÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
December 12, 2017
Smith, who earlier this year passed up an expected campaign for governor, did not immediately respond to telephone messages Tuesday. ... campaign of former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, and did the same for the elder Mondale's abbreviated Senate campaign in 2002 after Sen.
CNN
December 11, 2017
Foley resigned from Congress in 2006 after it was revealed that he sent sexual messages to teenage pages. Foley's case was among several other cases that led to the House Page Program ending in 2010, though the Senate program continued. A House Ethics Committee investigation of the scandalÃÂ ...
Patch.com
December 7, 2017
Tammy Baldwin joined called for Minnesota Senator Al Franken to resign, Franken officially announced his resignation to on the senate floor Thursday. ... According to a RightWisconsin article, Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin had been a major recipient of Franken's campaign donations,ÃÂ ...
Madison.com
December 5, 2017
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is considering a run for governor of Wisconsin, just as Dane County Executive Joe Parisi did earlier this year. ... The idea that a candidate from Madison or Dane County cannot win a competitive race for a major statewide post can be accepted only if we deny the state's electoralÃÂ ...
Leader-Telegram
December 2, 2017
Despite having only 12 days to gather signatures, six candidates have filed nomination papers to run for the upcoming 10th Senate District special ... Herfindahl said on his campaign Facebook page that Wisconsin's worsening environmental record under Walker is one of the main reasons he is running.
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 more), ... Baldwin of Wisconsin — will be running in highly polarized states with very competitive gubernatorial elections where the campaign could become aÃÂ ...
Janesville Gazette
November 27, 2017
Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and one-third of the state senate. A major reorganization when the Government Accountability Board was scrapped and the Wisconsin Elections Commission was created. A statewide recount of Nov. 8 votes for president. A four-year cut in agency personnel of 28ÃÂ ...
Elite Daily
September 29, 2017
I spoke with Radnofsky to get her perspective on the campaign. ... to every member of the Senate and started working its way through the House of Representatives. ... Radnofsky, a Texas-based lawyer who in 2006 was the state's first ... white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Wisconsin Rep.
The Atlantic
September 28, 2017
John McCain responded by going to the Senate Floor to declare that the ... Carson's campaign manager Barry Bennett crowed that, “While the left is huffing and ... to establish himself as the most anti-Muslim candidate in the race. ... In 2006, when Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison swore his oath of officeÃÂ ...
CBS Local
September 28, 2017
Tom Ingram, a campaign strategist for both Corker and Haslam, said he ... before his 2006 election — could help shape a stronger candidate.
Wisconsin Public Radio News
September 28, 2017
Two candidates from western Wisconsin have announced bids to run against ... While Vinehout won re-election since 2006, it was never by more than 5 percentage points. So far the only candidate in the running for the 31st Senate seat is ... Eau Claire City Council member and former Vinehout campaignÃÂ ...
Wisconsin Public Radio News
September 26, 2017
Vinehout won a tight race for the 31st Senate seat in 2006 and has been ... Vinehout said her campaign platform is about turning the state'sÃÂ ...
Wisconsin Ag Connection
September 26, 2017
The field of Democratic candidates hoping to oust Governor Scott Walker ... from Alma who ran brief campaigns for governor in 2012 and 2014, ... She's held her current position in the 31st Senate District in western Wisconsin since 2006. In a campaign statement on Monday, Vinehout said she hopes toÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
Vinehout becomes the seventh announced Democratic candidate looking for a ... Vinehout was first elected to the state Senate in 2006 andÃÂ ...
Chippewa Herald
December 31, 1999
Kathleen Vinehout, a farmer from western Wisconsin who has spent the last ... a campaign video and planned to address supporters Monday night in Black River Falls. ... Vinehout becomes the seventh announced Democratic candidate ... Vinehout, 59, was first elected to the state Senate in 2006 afterÃÂ ...
Madison.com
March 24, 2017
I began by describing Wisconsin politics this decade: a governor who abandoned the state's center-right to center-left political tradition, attacked public employee unions as his signature issue, continued to leverage statewide resentment of elites in ...
WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject (blog)
March 23, 2017
Warner pointed out that the 2008 historic election of Barack Obama and the 2006 and 2008 Democratic electoral sweeps both mobilized the Republicans for the 2010 midterms and led the Democrats into a false sense of complacency.
Boulder Weekly
March 23, 2017
How the Republican Party turned what seemed like a dire situation after disastrous losses in both the 2006 and 2008 elections into legislative majorities so unbreakable, so impregnable, that none of the outcomes are in doubt until after the 2020 census ...
WKOW
March 22, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to ...
WXOW.com
March 21, 2017
Angle shot to national attention in 2010 when she attempted to best Nevada Democrat and then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in a high-profile challenge from a tea party candidate. She and Amodei did not return messages seeking comment Tuesday.
In These Times
March 20, 2017
As part of the week of action, Paul Ryan's Wisconsin constituents sent him more than 80,000 postcards demanding he stand up to Trump.
Next City
March 20, 2017
Last Thursday, Michigan legislators backed by private sector leaders dropped a bill on the state senate floor that asked for a greater range of new tax incentives to reel in more businesses.
MinnPost
March 20, 2017
In October he tapped Scott Stenman as CEO of Doran Architecture and Doran Construction; Stenman joined Doran from the Wisconsin-based Hammes Co., which managed the design and construction of U.S. Bank Stadium for the Minnesota Sports Facilities ...
Beloit Daily News
March 20, 2017
In a statement asking Walker if he's willing to take on the responsibility and funding, Sen. Tammy ... And there's this: Last September, at a presidential campaign forum hosted by the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, Trump campaign ...
The Atlantic
March 20, 2017
Other Democrats saw too much deference toward business interests in his written opinions for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has served since 2006. Multiple Democratic senators cited the case of Alphonse Maddin, a truck driver who worked ...
The Hill
March 18, 2017
Days after the 2006 elections that gave Democrats control of the House for the first time in a dozen years, freshman lawmakers gathered for a candlelight dinner at the Library of Congress.
Center for Responsive Politics
March 15, 2017
*Martin Babinec was a third-party candidate with the Upstate Jobs party. ... Some candidates have recognized the popular appeal of a seemingly unbeholden force on the Hill.
Roll Call
March 14, 2017
Former House Republican campaign chief Thomas M. Reynolds, a New Yorker who spent five terms in Congress, is bringing his lobbying practice to Holland & Knight as the firm tries to expand its Republican ties.
NBC 29 News
March 14, 2017
IRS records indicate that, sometime in 2006 or 2007, the agency mistakenly reclassified the National Policy Institute as one that didn't need to file tax returns, according to Chuck McLean, a senior research fellow for the nonprofit watchdog Guidestar ...
WGEM
March 14, 2017
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New York Times
March 14, 2017
There had been the occasional favor; at Schumer's request, Trump hosted a fund-raiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at Mar-a-Lago in 2008, and Schumer made a cameo on "The Apprentice" in 2006. ... Schumer, who was in line to succeed ...
WQOW TV News 18
March 14, 2017
A North Carolina-style "bathroom bill" in Texas won preliminary approval Tuesday in the state Senate over the objections of big businesses including Amazon and American Airlines, celebrities such as Lady Gaga and...More >>. A North Carolina-style ...
New York Times
February 28, 2017
Back in August 2015, Bannon emailed a friend, according to The Daily Beast, that while he felt good about other candidates like Ted Cruz, he was ready to pick Trump, because he was "a nationalist who embraces" Sessions's immigration plan.
Pulse Nigeria
February 27, 2017
Elected in 2006, Whitehouse is the ranking member of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russia's role in the 2016 election.
Politico
February 27, 2017
I love the fact that he's focused on paid leave and marriage equality, so he's a terrific governor," Gillibrand said recently during an interview on NY1, calling Cuomo a "great candidate" for 2020 as she promised to serve a full term if re-elected to ...
Wisconsin Public Radio News
February 27, 2017
"This Republican administration and this candidate is not an advocate of the free lunch," Jackson said during the 1982 debate.
Los Angeles Times
February 26, 2017
They and the pro-Trump organizations that have sprung up around California could be integrated with state party efforts to work on the 2018 election, when every statewide office will be on the ballot and Sen. Dianne Feinstein will either run for ...
Auburn Citizen (blog)
February 25, 2017
He was confirmed by the Senate that same year. With Obama's second presidential term winding down, Perez's name was floated as a potential candidate to lead the Democratic National Committee. The party was dealing with the aftermath of the emailÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
February 24, 2017
But it's less official than the "formal campaign kickoff" that Gomez reported Taylor plans later this year. (Taylor's campaign website promises "more .... While the Erie County Democratic Party recommended reappointing Grubbe, who had been on the board ...
Twin Cities Business Magazine
February 24, 2017
In October he tapped Scott Stenman as CEO of Doran Architecture and Doran Construction; Stenman joined Doran from the Wisconsin-based Hammes Co., which managed the design and construction of U.S. Bank Stadium for the Minnesota Sports Facilities ...
Los Angeles Times
February 24, 2017
Activists with the Service Employees International Union, Courage Campaign and other groups tried to visit the California homes of half a dozen Republican members of Congress that night.
Quad City Times
February 24, 2017
Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, was in the Senate from 1993 until 2011. He ran unsuccessfully to get back to the Senate last year, losing to ... Feingold had been considered a potential presidential candidate before the 2008 election cycle, and he made ...
Constitution Daily (blog)
February 23, 2017
To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by two-thirds of the House and Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures.
Center for Responsive Politics
February 23, 2017
Increasingly, a matter is closed without action when the FEC cannot find a simple majority: In 2006, none were closed because of a deadlock, but in 2016, about 12.5 percent were, according to Ravel's analysis of FEC data.
Beloit Daily News
February 21, 2017
Baker and Sen Chris Eaton, D-Brooklyn Center both lost children to heroin overdoses and are two of the leading voices in the legislature for combatting the opioid epidemic.
WKOW
February 20, 2017
McMaster commanded troops in both American wars in Iraq - in 1991, when he fought in a storied tank battle known as the Battle for 73 Easting, and again in 2005-2006 in one of the most violent periods of the insurgency that developed after the U.S.-led ...
WXOW.com
February 17, 2017
Where critics see a rocky start to his administration, supporters of President Donald Trump see an elected official finally doing exactly what he promised during the campaign.More >>. Where critics see a rocky start to his administration, supporters ...
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