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WTSP 10 News
February 4, 2018
“When people give money to a campaign, they are supporting a candidate," Bookbinder explained. "They want to get that candidate get elected, but they're not the money to that person to see as they see fit for the rest of their lives.” Federal Election Commission law agrees. It states candidates shouldÃÂ ...
CNN
January 29, 2018
Marco Rubio of Florida gave the Republican rebuttal to the State of the Union address in 2013 after his election to the Senate in 2010. He launched a bid for the White House in 2016, withdrawing from the campaign after losing his home state of Florida that March to sitting President Donald Trump.
The Hill
January 26, 2018
Judd was not your usual candidate. He was serving time in prison. And the prison was not even in West Virginia; it was in Texarkana, Texas. But back to Joe Manchin: He is a familiar face and a known political commodity. He was elected to the West Virginia house and senate. He was elected statewide asÃÂ ...
Vox
January 26, 2018
“The worry for Brown is that the state has taken a turn toward the Republicans and won't turn back,” Kyle Kondik, part of the University of Virginia's ... The two-term senator, who was first elected to the Senate in 2006, remains popular in Ohio and might have the right kind of populist persona to play well inÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
January 23, 2018
To see the importance of recruiting credible, well-funded candidates, one need only look back to November and the Virginia legislative races, where Democrats nearly won a ... In 2006, when Democrats took the House and Senate, they held a roughly 10 percentage point average lead in the generic ballot.
Roll Call
January 18, 2018
Texas Republican Van Taylor made an unsuccessful bid for the House in 2006, but is favored to pick up the open 3rd District seat this year. ... West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is running for Senate this year, 17 years after his unsuccessful run for the House — from New Jersey. (DouglasÃÂ ...
CNN
January 17, 2018
In Virginia, Democrats flipped 15 Republican seats in the November 2017 election. A 16th seat ended tied but Republicans retained control after their candidate won a drawing of lots. In Oklahoma -- not exactly a Democratic-friendly state -- Democrats nonetheless picked up three GOP-held state legislativeÃÂ ...
witf.org
December 31, 1999
David Marshall, with the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, said two high-profile republican retirements in the competitive southeastern ... Davidson said he assumed if Virginia Democrats picked up 5 or 6 delegate seats in 2017, it would be a good sign for Pennsylvania's House Democrats this year.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
November 1, 2017
(Morrisey moved to West Virginia in 2006.) ... Both candidates have received endorsements from anti-abortion groups in their current bid to replace Sen. ... as he said was indicated in the Ferguson campaign poll,” the story said. ... “If a candidate for Congress says he would not support the only way to do that, ...
NJ.com
October 31, 2017
The chart showed Melgen made $5,500 in campaign contributions before Menendez was appointed to the Senate, and $838,000 after Menendez moved to the ... Klausner said $600,000 of the contributions after 2006 came in the form ... Virginia governor Robert McDonnell is expected to play a significant ...
PolitiFact
October 31, 2017
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a candidate for U.S. Senate, was accused of ... In the West Virginia primaries for U.S. Senate, the Republican candidates are lobbing ... (Morrisey moved to West Virginia in 2006.) ... The only other evidence the Jenkins campaign provided for his claim was an ...
HuffPost
October 30, 2017
WASHINGTON ― Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and ... Manafort left his Virginia condo and, with his attorney, walked into the FBI field office ... from approximately 2006 through at least 2016, Manafort and Gates ... Manafort met with Senate Intelligence Committee investigators in July to ...
The Tennessean
October 25, 2017
... editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics. ... After the Senate's Tuesday meeting with Trump, Senate Majority Leader ..... unite behind our candidates, elected officials and nominees," he said. ... Corker with his 2006 Senate campaign, dismissed the president's assertion ...
NBCNews.com
October 19, 2017
“Mr. Obama's appearances on behalf of Virginia's lieutenant ... and the financier Philip D. Murphy in Newark — two white candidates in ... statewide elections in Virginia (for president, Senate, governor). ... But if it resembles what it was in 2006, 2009, or 2014, then Gillespie is in position to pull off the upset.
Parkersburg News
October 13, 2017
GOP candidates for West Virginia senate seat question each other's abortion stances ... CHARLESTON — The campaign for the Republican nomination for the ... Wade that legalized abortion-on-demand while he was a candidate for ... In a 2006 Project Vote Smart survey, Jenkins refused to oppose this ...
Rasmussen Reports
October 5, 2017
A telling sign of the Democratic Party's challenge in the next Senate election ... an additional six to flip control of the upper chamber in 2006, and then two ... Trump running for reelection, or another Republican candidate, should be ... is a strong incumbent who arguably ran the best GOP campaign in 2014, ...
Mother Jones
October 3, 2017
Virginia Democrats haven't run this many candidates in decades. ... Clinton campaign alum, has assisted 10 Democratic delegate candidates in Virginia alone. ... over the last decade, winning every Senate race since 2006 and losing ... The 2015 candidate field represented a historical low point, but it was ...
Montgomery Advertiser
September 15, 2017
His campaigns over the last 11 years regularly feature strong ... who coached Strange at Tulane and later coached at Virginia Tech, said he ... Strange became a candidate for the job when Pryor became a U.S. Circuit Judge in 2004. But the attorney didn't mount his own campaign until 2006, when he ranÃÂ ...
Loudoun Times-Mirror
September 15, 2017
A perennial campaign flashpoint in the immigrant-rich Old Dominion, the issue ... Support and opposition to Trump's plans among Virginia voters has heightened ... In his 2006 book, "Winning Right," Gillespie warned Republican ... In Northam's first race for the state senate in 2007, he had a different focusÃÂ ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
September 12, 2017
Corker says he'll decide 2018 Senate race at 'appropropriate time' ... During the campaign, the senator was considered by Trump as a running ... of a woman after a white supremacist in Charlottesville, Va., drove into a group of ... have long been seeking a candidate to run against Corker this election cycle.
Ironton Tribune
September 8, 2017
Immigration is a hot topic in national politics this week and ads are beginning to circulate in Ohio targeting an elected official on the issue.
Rasmussen Reports
September 7, 2017
Overall, West Virginia has had more Senate rematches than any other state ... Jay Rockefeller (D) in Rockefeller's first Senate bid in 1984 and then to Byrd in 2006 ... the two instances where the same pair of candidates faced off in two ... A repeat Senate candidate may have a better chance of winning his orÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 6, 2017
The trial carries high political stakes for the closely-divided Senate. ... than $750,000 in campaign contributions to entities that supported Menendez. ... friendship that began long before Menendez joined the Senate in 2006. ... a unanimous decision last year to reverse the conviction of former Virginia Gov.
WSLS
September 5, 2017
The allegations at the heart of the case begin soon after Menendez was elected to the Senate in 2006. Melgen, who defense attorneys claimÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
September 3, 2017
While Clinton certainly ran a flawed campaign that suffered from ... Support from President Obama and fellow women senators like ... the Obama campaigns, a new era may be coming to the Democratic Party. ... White House in 2020, we have to do more than just run a candidate, we must run a movement.
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
September 3, 2017
The VA pays 80 percent less for medicine than does Medicare. ... Eliminate a gross stupidity we have put up with since 2006. ... in “Citizens United” allows corporations to finance political campaigns, ... Write Sen. ... Ceo ÷ Politics ÷ Commerce ÷ Finance ÷ Roger Lowenstein ÷ Political Campaign ÷ Economicsà...
Washington Examiner
September 3, 2017
When Donald Trump first reached out to David Perdue in the fall of 2014, neither man had ever met at length, neither was yet an elected official,ÃÂ ...
New York Times
September 2, 2017
Well before most candidates will announce they are running and ... candidates are facing 2018 re-election campaigns of their own. ... In much the same way, Hillary Clinton used her Senate re-election campaign in New York in 2006 to build ... Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, a former chairman of the DemocraticÃÂ ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
September 2, 2017
Senate Democrats are united in opposition against money for the wall ... States government over a campaign promise that he cannot deliver on,” ... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri,ÃÂ ...
I Agree to See
August 31, 2017
During one of Clinton's pit stops in Virginia, Kaine juxtaposed Clinton with ... his accomplishments as Governor during the recession from 2006 to 2010. ... Clinton is considering a number of other candidates including Tom Vilsack ... Updated July 22, 2016: The Clinton campaign announced Kaine will beÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
August 31, 2017
But he will need a few Senate Democrats to go along, and even those in ... a campaign promise that he cannot deliver on,” said Will Marshall, ... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, BillÃÂ ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
August 31, 2017
Senate Democrats are united in opposition against money for the wall ... States government over a campaign promise that he cannot deliver on,” ... Republicans have chided Democrats for voting in 2006 to back fencing along the border. ... Dakota, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri,ÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
August 30, 2017
In her two elections, including the big Democratic wave of 2006, .... Each of the three successful GOP presidential campaigns this ... In 2018, Democrats are defending Senate seats in 10 states that Trump won. ... I needed to quit looking at a campaign in Missouri as it occurred only along the I-70 corridor.
Rasmussen Reports
August 24, 2017
All of the 33 Senate incumbents up for reelection next year are running ... Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia, but otherwise hold everything else, .... Corker's first election in 2006, during the Democrats' last good midterm, ... like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee likely just won't haveÃÂ ...
Williamson Daily News
August 23, 2017
Hall was elected to the Senate in 2006 and was previously elected to six terms in ... serving the people of West Virginia in this new role," Hall said in a release. ... 3 during President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Huntington. ... The committee will meet with interested candidates and select three names toÃÂ ...
The Federalist
August 23, 2017
In tiny Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, around 100 local Republicans recently ... the reason for the gathering: “Patrick Morrisey for U.S. Senate.” It was the official kickoff for a campaign that has long been expected in West Virginia. ... trumpeted the NRA endorsement, it featured the candidate loading a rifle andÃÂ ...
Politico
August 23, 2017
Since joining the Senate in 2006, he's been targeted in at least two ... U.S. Supreme Court last year tossed the conviction of former Virginia Gov.
Minnesota Public Radio News
August 23, 2017
He reprised other campaign hits in the rally, with attendees chanting ... He spent several minutes recounting the Senate health care debate ... Before 2006, there were only 5.2 miles of border fence in what's known as the Yuma sector. ... in Charlottesville, Va., which led to the death of a 32-year-old woman.
NBCNews.com
August 23, 2017
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee outraised ... to now, before helping it win back the House and Senate in the 2006 midterms.
Columbia Daily Herald
August 20, 2017
Sen Corker stands by comments on Trump .... the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va. ... Corker's close relationship with Trump was underscored during the 2016 campaign. ... Corker, who has visited more than 75 countries since being elected to the Senate in 2006, saidÃÂ ...
WBAL Radio
August 20, 2017
He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, but grew up in Baltimore. ... for President in 2008, and also ran for Senate in 2000, 2004, and 2006.
LifeZette
August 18, 2017
Cook moved Indiana, Missouri, and West Virginia from “lean D” to toss-up, and it ... "The GOP's recruiting strong candidates at this point, and the Democrats ... votes in Missouri than any other candidate on the ballot, including Trump. ... She barely cleared 50 percent of the vote during her first win, in 2006.
Afro American
August 18, 2017
(Updated 8/19/2017) Corrogan R. Vaughn, a Republican candidate for ... Vaughn was born March 8, 1966, in Lynchburg, Virginia, but grew ... on political candidates, Vaughn also ran for the U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2000, 2004 and 2006 and was a Republican candidate for president in 2008.
The Hill (blog)
August 14, 2017
One of the truest axioms in politics is that candidates matter. ... elected governor of West Virginia at a time when the party was in disarray in that state. ... it difficult for a candidate to propose them and be successful in many red states. ... In 2006, when I was governor of Pennsylvania, supporters of Bob CaseyÃÂ ...
Cullman Times Online
August 14, 2017
Before moving to Alabama, he was a chaplain at the VA hospital in Salt ... Brinson advised former Governor Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign. ... books and articles, and she unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2006.
WTVC
August 13, 2017
Current, former leaders & lawmakers express condolences on Saturday's VA rally ... condolences following Saturday's deadly incident in Charlottesville, Virginia. .... as Chattanooga mayor before his election to the Senate in 2006. That campaign was tinged by its own racial undercurrent, especially when anÃÂ ...
AL.com
August 13, 2017
Voters haven't elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2006, ... "There is just so much going on in and around this election and not just with the candidates," said ... multi-candidate primaries don't usually have national implications. ... The biggest surprise in the Senate campaign occurred on Tuesday,ÃÂ ...
Observer
August 10, 2017
Menendez first won election to the Senate in 2006. ... as her national campaign co-chair during her failed 2008 presidential campaign. ... decision that essentially normalized corruption by overturning former Virginia Gov.
CNN
August 7, 2017
... from a different party than the presidential candidate who carried the seat.) ... On the Senate side, where redistricting isn't a factor, Democrats are a victim of their own successes. Democrats won six Republican seats in the 2006 election. ... Five of those 10 -- North Dakota, Missouri, Montana, West VirginiaÃÂ ...
The Hill
August 4, 2017
are the only three Democratic senators with lifetime scores under ... M.) said the party would not impose a litmus test on Democratic candidates running for seats in Congress. ... The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will defend ... Several Democrats pointed to 2006 and 2008, when DemocratsÃÂ ...
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