by Mark Silva The great Republican rift, the one that opened like a chasm in the 23rd Congressional District of New York, is sliding South: The Club for Growth, the conservative Political Action Committee that plowed television advertising money into the New York congressional race for a Conservative Party candidate, says today that it is supporting Marco Rubio, the Cuban-American former speaker...
Posted by Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia at 9:12 p.m. The seven men vying for the Republican nomination for governor sought to burnish their credentials as conservatives Thursday and bashed the state’s unfettered one-party Democratic leadership as they tried to...
Posted by Tribune staff at 5 a.m. A look at what's going on in Illinois politics Thursday: *Republicangovernor candidates will debate at 6:30 p.m. tonight at a downtown hotel. The forum is being put on by the Illinois Republican...
... businesswoman takes on Boxer in the general election in November 2010, she'll have to win the Republican primary in June of 2010. But she won't. She won't lose the primary because of a lackluster launch or a fancy logo or an interesting life story as a female CEO (even though her career as CEO is spotty at best) or a survivor of breast cancer, the problem is Fiorina's politics. While she...
TOPEKA | William Avery, a one-term Republicangovernor in the 1960s and former U.S. House member, has died, the governor's office said Thursday. He was 98.
TOPEKA | William Avery, a one-term Republicangovernor in the 1960s and former U.S. House member, has died, the governor's office said Thursday. He was 98.
In a footnote to this year's elections, New Jersey voter chose their first-ever lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, who was elected on a ticket with Republicangovernor-elect Chris Christie. Voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2005 creating the lieutenant governor's office;...
Minnesota GovernorTim Pawlenty participated in a conference call with Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn this morning. Governor Pawlenty serves as vice chairman of the RepublicanGovernors Association and talked about the Republican victories in New Jersey and Virginia last night. Pawlenty, who many believe is preparing for [...]
... and what Democrats in Congress can do. Republicangovernors have no vote in Congress on health care or climate control, two issues that are far more important nationally and globally than anything expected of newly elected governors of VA...
Minnesota governor postpones Mexico trade tripThe Associated Press vendredi, novembre 06, 2009 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President Felipe Calderon has a scheduling conflict.The Republicangovernor was due to leave Sunday.Spokesman Brian McClung couldn't immediately say when the trip would be rescheduled....
Minnesota governor postpones Mexico trade tripST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President Felipe Calderon has a scheduling conflict.The Republicangovernor was due to leave Sunday.Spokesman Brian McClung couldn't immediately say when the trip would be rescheduled. He says the state's trade office willwork with...
On 10/24/2009 Values Voter News reported on some signs of what might happen in the upcoming 2009 election that ended last night. See Signs that democrats are in trouble in '09 and '10 elections. for some election results from back in 10/2009 in New Mexico, Tennessee and Oklahoma and now two major Governor elections in New Jersey and Virginia. Virginia In Virginia not only did the Republican...
Hope. Change. A Republicangovernor for the first time in 8 tears. RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Republican Bob McDonnell has easily won the Virginia governor’s race just a year after the state went overwhelmingly for President Obama and the Democrats. Unofficial results show the former state attorney general defeating Democrat Creigh Deeds and returning a Republican...
Last updated November 6, 2009 2:31 p.m. PTMinnesota governor postpones Mexico trade tripTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is postponing a brief trade trip to Mexico, saying that President Felipe Calderon has a scheduling conflict.The Republicangovernor was due to leave Sunday.Spokesman Brian McClung couldn't immediately say when the trip would...
Republican Bob McDonnell easily won the Virginia governor's race Tuesday as independent voters who last year delivered the state to President Barack Obama shifted to the GOP.