Texas Sen. John Cornyn told reporters Wednesday he's optimistic about Republicans' chances in the 2010 elections. As chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, he's charged with helping craft his party's strategy going into the next election cycle. Republicans will...
Kay Bailey Hutchison's announcement that she will leave the Senate in October or November kicks into high gear speculation about how she'll be replaced, and by whom. First things first: The governor must appoint a replacement when she leaves office....
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told radio talk show host Mark Davis of WBAP-AM (820) that she will resign from the Senate this fall to focus on her run against Rick Perry in the Republican primary for governor. "The actual leaving...
No big surprises during this morning's Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, who voted 13-6 to confirm Judge Sonya Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. One Republican--Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina--joined the Democrats on an otherwise party-line vote. The full Senate...
Mayor Bill White appears to be anticipating a special election next May for U.S. Senate in Texas. In order for that to happen, Kay Bailey Hutchison would have to resign her seat by early next year. That's what White told...
Both houses of Congress are expected to approve the economic stimulus bill and send it to President Barack Obama's desk today. We invite you to take a look at the bill for yourself and comment below on what you see...
The jockeying continues: Roll Call says John Cornyn wants Greg Abbott to take Kay Bailey Hutchison's place. (Roll Call is a subscription site, but you get the idea.) Cornyn, of course, has particular interest not just because of who he...
Former Comptroller John Sharp announced today he will seek the Senate seat now held by Kay Bailey Hutchison. Hutchison says she won't seek reelection in 2012 -- and is mulling the prospects of quitting early to challenge Gov. Rick Perry...
In the closing days of the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, the incumbent, Republican Elizabeth Dole, ran what was roundly criticized as one of the slimiest attack ads in memory, suggesting that her opponent, Kay Hagan, was the favored...
He's swapped the cowboy hat for a hunter's camo cap. Sen. John Cornyn's latest TV ad has him in a sorghum field near Corpus Christi, again walking and mulling out loud. Cornyn's the Rodney King of this year's trash-the-incumbents...
In this Web ad, U.S. Senate Democratic hopeful Rick Noriega says he was moved by witnessing the first free election in Afghanistan, when he was on National Guard duty there in 2004. "You see that, you never wonder again...
A reminder that Sen. John Cornyn and State Rep. Rick Noriega will debate tonight at 8. Dallas-area viewers can watch the Senate debate on KERA (Channel 13) and on texasdebates.com. The debate will also be broadcast on the radio on...
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is the draw at a $500 a head debate watch party for Senate Democratic hopeful Rick Noriega tomorrow night at the East Dallas home of Renee Skinner and Trey Branham. Noriega and freshman Republican Sen....
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Noriega is getting some high and low Clinton help. Last week, Hillary Clinton appeared with him at a fundraiser in the Valley. Next week, it's in Dallas with Bill Clinton. The former president and Noriega...
Last night's Senate debate in Houston gave Democratic challenger Rick Noriega a chance to go after GOP Sen. John Cornyn over his vote for the financial industry bailout bill, health care coverage issues and a failed Republican push to privatize...
Is Barack Obama the most liberal member of the U.S. Senate? Find out here....
Former Saturday Night Live funnyman Al Franken took a big step toward locking up the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in his native Minnesota when his chief party rival dropped out of the race. Here's the story...
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