Poll: GOP’s House Win Was Rejection of the Democrats, Not a Mandate
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections, Tea PartySeventy percent of those surveyed in a CNN poll said the midterms were a rejection of Democratic rule while 17 percent called it a mandate for Republicans, making it a "th...
Tea Party Group Releases Congress Members’ Cell Phone Numbers
Filed under: Tea PartySome newly elected Republicans may have overflowing in-boxes and many voice mails this week. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Republicans’ Midterm Wave Didn’t Drown Colorado Democrats
Filed under: House, Democrats, Ads, Fundraising, Governors, Conservatives, Tea PartyThe GOP unseated two House Democrats, but the big wins -- the U.S. Senate and the governorship -- went in the blue column. Colorado Republicans are still conducting the...
Meet the GOP Freshmen, From Cotton Farms, Funeral Homes and the NFL
Filed under: The CapitolistOf the 80-plus incoming GOP freshmen in the House, a whopping 35 have never served in any elective office in their lives. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
New York House Race Up for Grabs After Vote Error Found
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, Voting, 2010 Elections, Congress, CampaignsDemocratic Rep. Tim Bishop's reelection to a fifth term in New York has been thrown in doubt by an error in the election night tally. Could Republicans snare yet ano...
‘Real World’ Star Sean Duffy Elected to Congress in Wisconsin
Filed under: 2010 ElectionsAnother Election Night first: a former reality television star is now a congressman. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Indiana Political Landscape Turning Red After Democrats’ Midterm Losses
We're not in 2008 anymore: Along with Dan Coats' Senate win, Hoosier Republicans pick up two more House seats, reversing recent Democratic gains. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
The Democratic Debacle — and What It Means
With the Democrats suffering the worst off-year drubbing since (yikes!) 1938, in 2012 Barack Obama will face an electorate that has already made a sharp turn right. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Republican Raul Labrador Upsets Blue Dog Walt Minnick in Idaho
To win reelection in a conservative district, the Democrat Minnick gambled on negative advertising, and lost. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
South Carolina Veteran Spratt Falls to the GOP’s Mick Mulvaney
Filed under: 2010 ElectionsJohn McCain easily carried the district abutting the North Carolina border in 2008. So it came as no surprise the GOP establishment targeted the Budget Committee chairman's seat and ran ads linking Spratt with House Speaker N...
Daniel Webster Beats Incumbent Alan Grayson in Florida’s 8th District
Filed under: House, 2010 ElectionsVoters in Grayson's central Florida district appear to have had their fill of the outspoken and combative first-term Democrat, who had championed liberal causes in a conservative district. Permalink | Em...
