The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Reid Wilson Could GOPers be on the verge of putting another top Dem on the defensive? We're hearing a new round of buzz over ND Gov. John Hoeven (R), a very popular 3-term incumbent who, at just 52 years old, may not be finished with politics quite yet. He has turned down a Senate bid before, but this time he may take the bait and challenge Sen. Byron Dorgan (D). Imagine that race: The popular...
Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
The National Review Online's Jim Geraghty has an interesting take on former U.S. Rep. John Hostettler's Senate campaign bid for Sen. Evan Bayh's seat next year. He notes Hostettler's "non-traditional Republican" status and his vote against the Iraq War. In a post at the Campaign Spot entitled, "Hard to see Bayh losing, but", Geraghty writes: Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana always...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Millionaire businessman Fred Lampropoulos says he set aside his political ambitions to chase after an unexpected, tantalizing and still secret business opportunity.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Struggling to raise money in Florida for his fledgling U.S. Senate campaign, former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferré is looking out of state -- to Puerto Rico.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Struggling to raise money in Florida for his fledgling U.S. Senate campaign, former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferré is looking out of state -- to Puerto Rico.
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Republican Tom Foley said Thursday that he decided to run for Connecticut governor after the state's incumbent governor Jodi Rell, pictured, announced she would not seek re-election. (CNN) – Connecticut Republican Tom Foley announced Thursday that he is dropping bid for the GOP's 2010 Senate nomination in his state. Instead, Foley also announced, he has decided [...]
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Please oh please oh please oh please : Five months after the conclusion of his bitter, protracted Senate battle against Democrat Al Franken, Coleman is beginning to cut a higher profile, increasingly voicing his opinions in carefully chosen interviews and public appearances. While Coleman has remained publicly coy about his intentions, the timing of his return to the public eye comes just a...
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Candidates relishing the mayor’s willingness to use his political organization for others may have gotten a reality check after the Bloomberg team supported Alan Khazei’s failed Senate bid in Massachusetts.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Stephen Pagliuca pumped more than $5 million of his own money into his Senate bid - far more than any other candidate - upping his statewide profile and making himself a household...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
BRUNO SAMMARTINO and Billy Graham slam McMahon's Senate bid - she calls them 'sour'
Politico (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Wrestling superstars of recent decades aim their gift for trash talk at their former boss's Senate bid.
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Assemblyman Jose Peralta, who today received the endorsement of the Empire State Pride Agenda in his Senate challenge against embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate, is one of the Queens electeds participating in the “March To Senator Monserrate’s Office” on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. in Jackson Heights. The event is sponsored by Queens LGBT Coalition and [...]
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
No one expects much from these weekly talking-points communiques, least of all from Fiorina after last year's campaign gaffes, but this one's superbly delivered and almost shockingly effective. A nice catch from Bill Dupray: At no point does she mention her Senate bid or even the words Republican, Democrat, ...
South Dakota War College (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
From my mailbox: Congressional Candidate Blake Curd Hires Campaign Manager SIOUX FALLS – Republican Candidate for the U.S. House Blake Curd announced today the hiring of Joshua Shields to be his campaign manager. A native of Rapid City, Shields has worked on several statewide campaigns including both of Sen. John Thune’s (R-SD) U.S. Senate campaigns in 2002 [...]
