Congress Seat Hopefuls Also Face Primary &#39;Frontloading&#39;
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It has been well-known for some time that the 2008 presidential campaign will be heavily Ã¢ÂÂfront-loaded.Ã¢ÂÂ A compressed schedule of primary and caucus elections, held earlier than ever in the presidential year, will culminate in events in upwards of 20 states next Feb. 5; that is fully nine months before the November general election.
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The DNC chairman's efforts to punish state Dems for an early primary could hurt the party when it counts most
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Lost in the fuss over next week's Super Tuesday presidential contests is the fact that the 2008 congressional campaign also has its official kickoff that day, with primaries in Illinois. Not that this event is being greeted with enthusiasm by many Republicans, who appear desperate to hold the White House to counteract the near-certain extension of the majorities Democrats won in both the Senate and the House in 2006.
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Will a sweep by Obama make him the front-runner? Will the race split Democrats? More...
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New York Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds has had a consistent theme in this, his second term heading up the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC): His partyÃ¢ÂÂs incumbents are well-funded, battle-tested and intensely focused on votersÃ¢ÂÂ concerns in individual districts.
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'There are no incumbents' says primary participant as voters turn out in force
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Candidate endorsements usually do not decide political contests, but they certainly donÃ¢ÂÂt hurt. And marketing consultant Charlie Stuart Ã¢ÂÂ a Democrat running in the Sept. 5 primary to challenge Republican Rep. Ric Keller in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 8th Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ has gotten the best of his partyÃ¢ÂÂs endorsement chase.
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National Republicans are taking the unusual step of picking sides in a competitive Arizona congressional primary, bypassing an anti-immigration conservative to promote a candidate the party contends could win in November.
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The front-runners for each party's nomination are also perceived by voters as the 'toughest' in their lineups.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as "The Hammer" is also at stake.
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Republican frontrunners locked in race to win today's Florida primary
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BLAINE, Minn. - Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
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By ROBERT TANNER  An embattled Senate incumbent in Rhode Island and an open House seat in Arizona gave Republican primary voters a choice Tuesday between moderates and conservatives, as both parties watched the races with eyes on the larger fight for control of Congress.
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A six-term incumbent congressman emerged Saturday as the apparent winner of a hotly contested primary after officials finished counting more than 11,000 provisional ballots.
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The number of Nov. 7 House general elections in which the winner has not been firmly established has dwindled to four. But at least one of these, the controversy-plagued contest for the open seat in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 13th District, is unlikely to be decided for weeks Ã¢ÂÂ and even has the potential to kick off the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress in January with a dispute over whether to seat the certified winner.
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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of the Democratic Party majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, has announced its initial roster of candidates in a program that will provide them with enhanced fundraising and strategic assistance -- most of them for efforts to take over Republican-held seats in this year's elections.
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The fight for control of the General Assembly this fall could come down to several contests in Northern Virginia. An asterisk (*) identifies an incumbent.