GOP odd party out in Legislature
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Republicans continued a decadelong domination of Eastern Washington politics in Tuesday&#39;s election, but by Wednesday it appeared they could find themselves
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Republicans hold their convention next week in New York, home to the GOP-like Yankees. The Democrats chose Boston, whose Red Sox resemble that party.
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When George Pataki welcomes thousands of Republican stalwarts to their national convention in New York City, more than a few will be sizing up the three-term New York governor as a national party leader.
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In the wake of indictments and allegations of misconduct, the GOP's grip on the Governor's Mansion looks shaky
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After controlling both houses of Congress for most of President Bush's time in office, the GOP's governing record has dismayed those who fantasized about what Newt Gingrich and his band of rebels might accomplish. The current crisis arrived with a sex scandal that muddied one of the GOP's few remaining patches of moral high ground. And if Republicans worried it would hurt their chances of keeping the House, they were right.
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The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years.
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Republican congressional leaders decided yesterday not to bring to the floor a bill giving the District a full voting member of the House, dooming the measure's chances in this legislative session.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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The Republican convention is being run not only by a script, but by a score. Like the Democrats before them, Republicans have set their politics to music, a relentlessly upbeat symphony of familiar rah-rah songs meant to keep the hall pulsing with energy, viewers awake and gaps in the speechfest filled with sounds and images of a party trying to appeal to all tastes, ethnic groups and voting ages.
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There are plenty of signs that Republicans are hunkering down against an aggressive and well-financed Democratic effort to reclaim the House majority it lost in 1994 Ã¢ÂÂ including the $12.5 million in Ã¢ÂÂindependent expendituresÃ¢ÂÂ that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported making in September.
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The sudden decision of Rep. Edward L. Schrock (R-Va.) this week not to run for reelection has set off a flurry of political activity among leaders in both major parties
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The ordeal could add to the GOP's woes as it tries to retain control of Congress.
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Republicans vacating the Capitol are dumping a big spring cleaning job on Democrats moving in. GOP leaders have opted to leave behind almost a half-trillion-dollar clutter of unfinished spending bills,
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Republicans narrowed the gap in party allegiance among registered voters during the past election year.
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Republican Party leaders yesterday laid the groundwork for a possible challenge of Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s victory over Dino Rossi in the hand recount for governor, claiming a number of irregularities in the way King County handled ballots.
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Republican presidential hopefuls show little party unity over the immigration bill in the Senate.
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The Republicans have a plank on just about everything. They've taken positions not only on disabled people and hunters, but specifically on disabled hunters. They found 80 different things to "applaud" in their platform, 17 to "hail" and a dozen to "commend."