Senate Minority Leader Daschle Loses Seat
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Republicans tightened their grip on the Senate early Wednesday, dealing defeat to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota and capturing a string of seats across the South.
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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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Republicans toppled Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, winning their biggest Senate prize and expanding their majority in a Southern sweep. They added wins in Alaska and Florida on Wednesday.
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Republican challenger John Thune beat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, adding a South Dakota Senate seat to GOP gains in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and the Carolinas.
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Sen. Tim Johnson 's sudden illness has consumed the political class the past two days. Everyone is talking about what happens if the South Dakota Democrat leaves the Senate and is replaced by a Republican to create a 50-50 split. Democrats and Republicans alike are rushing out statements saying the...
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The South Dakota race that will determine whether Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle stays on Capitol Hill is the costliest congressional election so far this year.
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Still reeling from their election losses, Senate Democrats elected a new leadership team Tuesday, installing moderate Sen. Harry Reid as their new leader.
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Democrats and Republicans swapped a pair of US Senate seats in Tuesday&#39;s elections as they battled for control of a sharply divided US Congress, according to television network projections.
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Smarting from defeat, Senate minority leaders talk about values and let colleague play 'bad cop.'
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An attorney who was seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate withdrew Friday and threw her support to former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen as the best chance to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu.
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Frustrated U.S. Senate Democrats failed on Friday to force a troop pullout from Iraq, losing ground from an earlier vote and capping a series of defeats that reinforced the chamber's divide over the war.
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Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, fighting for political survival, walked into Shorty's Cafe in this farm town and asked for help in Tuesday's election.
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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 &quot;The Hammer&quot; is also at stake.
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Jonathan Adelstein, a former staffer for outgoing Senate minority leader Tom Daschle, was approved for a full term on the Federal Communications Commission in a Senate vote early Sunday.
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The expensive flurry of legislation passed by Congress as it left Washington this month is providing some lift to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fierce struggle to keep his job. The South Dakota Democrat is the Republican Party's top target in Congress this year.
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Republicans expanded their slender majority in the Senate in Tuesday&#39;s election, toppling the Democratic leader, grabbing seats from the Democratic Party in at least four southern
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Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger John Thune in the race for his Senate seat, according to a poll released Sunday.