Rhode Island Senator to Stay Republican
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Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who flirted with changing political parties in the wake of President Bush's re-election victory, says he will stay in the GOP.
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Make no mistake, Sen. Ted Stevens still has plenty of friends. Despite a looming FBI corruption probe, Republican colleagues opened their wallets for their longtime colleague in recent months to support his re-election campaign.
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Facing what is perhaps the climactic election of his career, Connecticut Republican Rep. Christopher Shays insists he does not mind losing his seat because of his longstanding support for the war in Iraq Ã¢ÂÂ as long as he maintains a reputation for personal integrity that has been his political armor over his 19 years in Congress, even as his 4th District in the New York City suburbs has developed a Democratic lean.
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Still too close to call, initial results show the Senator with an edge over Mitt Romney in the winner-take-all GOP primary
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A state senator whose party switch 5 1/2 years ago helped the GOP take control of the chamber said Wednesday he will leave the Republican Party over its actions in a disputed election.
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Republican insists he is still in president race despite falling poll ratings, loss of staff and spending crisis.
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Fresh off their first victory over a Republican incumbent, GOP conservatives seeking party purity on taxes and spending are focused on ousting moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Several influential conservative Republicans indicated yesterday that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who is in line to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, has not succeeded
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Embattled moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee survived TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs closely watched primary in Rhode Island, calling his victory over conservative challenger Stephen Laffey, the major of Cranston, the result of a grass-roots campaign never before seen in the state.
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The former Senator remains on the ballot and could win delegates in his home state
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WASHINGTON - US House Republicans demonstrated their loyalty to Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Sugar Land on Wednesday. The lawmakers changed a party rule that would have cost DeLay his leadership post if
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By Raphael Lewis and Benjamin Gedan, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent | October 31, 2004. Republican state Senate candidate Rod Jane of Westborough woke up yesterday with a plan to grab some attention from
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As the embattled Republican senator asks a court to withdraw his guilty plea, politics in his home state is in a holding pattern.
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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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JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.), facing questions about his ethics, announced Friday that he will not seek an eighth term.
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He bucks up war's supporters with eye to keeping GOP senators from siding with antiwar Democrats.
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President Bush's choice to head the Republican Party said Monday he hopes to extend the GOP's grip on power in Washington.