The Fix’s top 10 Senate races of 2014
Welcome to the calm before the storm. A little more than a year out from the 2014 midterm elections, both Senate Democrats and Republicans believe the majority is within their grasp. And across the...
View ArticleScott Brown flirts with New Hampshire, but the feeling might not be mutual
Scott Brown has spent a lot of time in New Hampshire this year. With each trip, the big question his presence raises is a simple one: Will he challenge Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in 2014? Brown won’t...
View ArticleThe politics of government shutdown, in two campaign ads
In the Arkansas Senate race, the federal government shutdown — now in its eighth day — has become a focal point, with Sen. Mark Pryor (D) and Rep. Tom Cotton (R) releasing TV ads related to it in...
View ArticleThe Fix’s top 10 Senate races of 2014
With the 2013 election now in the rearview mirror, 2014 is coming into sharper focus. In the battle for the Senate, that means it’s time to take a closer look at the primaries that could shape the...
View ArticleThe Fix’s top 10 Senate races of 2014
With just under a year until Election Day 2014, the Republican path to a Senate majority still runs mainly through red states currently controlled by Democrats. The top seven contests on our new list...
View ArticleA timeline of the arrest that’s shaking up the Mississippi Senate primary
This post has been corrected. The arrest of Clayton Thomas Kelly for taking an illicit photo of the wife of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has become, like so many other political controversies, a...
View ArticleWhy a ‘hiding’ candidate isn’t such a bad thing
One of the most common refrains you hear when covering politics is this one: "Candidate X isn't doing any public events! He/She is nowhere to be found!" The implication is, of course, that this is bad,...
View ArticleThis is the ad that won David Perdue the Georgia Senate nomination
Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue surprised the political world on Tuesday night, eking out a win over establishment favorite Rep. Jack Kingston for the Republican Senate nod in Georgia. The key...
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5 reasons Republicans really, really want Marco Rubio to run for reelection
McConnell on Rubio #FLSEN: "We're doing everything we can to encourage him to win." — Rick Klein (@rickklein) May 31, 2016 That was none other than the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of...
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Thanks to Evan Bayh, Democrats could have another opportunity to try to take...
In our list of top 10 most competitive Senate races in 2016, Republican-held Indiana was not on it. That will probably change if, as expected, the state's best-known Democrat, Evan Bayh, gets in the...
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