Ky. Republican fights to hold House seat
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This is where it began for the Republicans in 1994, the year the GOP broke the back of 40 years of Democratic rule in Congress.
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Opposed by a popular former governor and beset by nepotism charges, freshman Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the Republican most in danger of losing her seat in the U.S. Senate, one she inherited from her father.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presidential nomination Ã¢ÂÂ and guess what? A certain Duncan D. Hunter is running to succeed him. But in a San Diego district that&#39;s virtually assured of electing the Republican nominee, a bevy of party hopefuls are lining up to block the family&#39;s succession plans in the 52nd District.
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Embattled U.S. Rep. William Jefferson hunted for votes among churchgoers Sunday as he headed into the final week of a campaign to hold onto his seat and salvage his political fortunes.
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Republicans enter the fall campaign with their control of the House in jeopardy and the possibility of major Senate losses.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Days after suffering political losses across the state, Kentucky Democrats were searching for answers: anything from holding a summit and redefining the party to simply &quot;finding better Democrats.
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The top Republican in the U.S. House, battling calls for his resignation over a Capitol Hill sex scandal, called a news conference on Thursday to again say he will not step down, senior party aides said.
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Surveying the 2008 playing field, Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, the man charged with the unenviable task of leading Republicans back to the majority in 2008, lists five seats currently held by his party -- Colorado, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Minnesota -- as trouble spots.
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Kentucky lawmakers in the state House are refusing to return to the Capitol for a special session on an energy bill, despite pleas from Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
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A moderate Republican Senator is under threat from a conservative challenger on a day of primaries in the US.
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Sen. Daniel Akaka faces a challenge in Saturday's Democratic primary from a congressman who wants voters to dump the 82-year-old lawmaker in favor of younger blood.
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Republicans are expected to hold on to their House majority tomorrow, but the Senate is turning into a nail-biter, with nine races in play that could upset the party&#39;s precarious hold on power.
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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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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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Republicans battled Democrats last night for renewed control of the the US Senate and House of Representatives. Republicans captured Democratic seats in Georgia and South Carolina last
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Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see Democrats wrest control after a dozen years of Republican rule.
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House of Representatives Republican leaders, already facing a tough election fight to keep control of the U.S. Congress, struggled on Monday to contain a mushrooming sex scandal just five weeks before the November 7 vote.