Former Congressman to Head Efforts to Bring Liberals to the Polls
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America Votes, the lone progressive soft-money organization to survive beyond the 2004 election, will name former congressman Martin Frost (D-Tex.) as its new president tomorrow -- the first step in coordinating a massive voter-turnout operation heading into the 2008 election.
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A senior House Republican with long experience in Social Security matters outlined legislation Thursday that jettisons two controversial elements in President Bush's plan in an attempt to court Democratic support.
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Tough-talking screen star and former senator Fred Thompson is to announce next week his long-awaited bid for the White House in a move set to shake up the faltering Republican camp.
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BURLINGTON, Vermont  - From pressing for hearings on Iraq to probing no-bid contracts awarded to Halliburton Co., America's first socialist senator aims to give Congress a hard tilt to the left.
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Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's re-election, is now in a position to realize his goal of consolidating a Republican electoral majority for a generation to come.
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The embattled Louisiana representative won his reelection, but will he regain his influence in a new Democratic majority?
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Democratic Nassau County Legislator David Mejias said he has both the credentials and the national mood on his side in his long-shot bid to unseat seven-term Republican Rep. Peter T. King in the 3rd Congressional District, despite the longstanding Republican leanings of its constituents in the Long Island suburbs of New York City.
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Democrats, by recruiting former state judge William OÃ¢ÂÂNeill to take on Republican Rep. Steven C. LaTourette next year in OhioÃ¢ÂÂs 14th Congressional District, already have bettered the efforts they expended during a 2006 campaign in which the incumbent easily won a seventh term.
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Lawmakers return this week for a  pre-election push to overhaul U.S. intelligence services as  Republicans strive to strengthen their hold on a closely  divided Congress and Democrats battle to retake control.
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The former Senator remains on the ballot and could win delegates in his home state
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that a White House bid by fellow Southerner Fred Thompson would make him less likely to join the race.
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Senior Democrats ask former president to rein in his attacks on Barack Obama
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LOS ANGELES - The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a prominent liberal church to turn over documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year that contain references to political candidates.
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Bloomberg - Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner said he will seek the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Republican John Warner, giving Democrats a veteran candidate as they try next year to widen their Senate majority.
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DC's former mayor takes a new role in government
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Former Gov. James Blanchard said Tuesday he is considering entering the race for Democratic National Committee chairman.
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Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who was elected to Congress only four years ago, will lead House Democrats' fundraising and recruiting efforts heading into the 2008 election, Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday.