NPR has confirmed speculation that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the court’s current term. “Souter is expected to remain on the bench until a successor has been chosen and confirmed, which may or may not be accomplished before the court reconvenes in October.” Eight justices are known to have hired the four law clerks who will work with them in | Read More »
IL Burris (D) A new Public Policy Polling survey in Illinois finds that Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has a good chance to make next year’s U.S. Senate race a competitive one. Kirk is tied with Alexi Giannoulias (D), 35% to 35%, and leads Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), 37% to 33%. In addition, Kirk would crush Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL), 53% to 19%. However, if Lisa Madigan (D) | Read More »
Via NYTimes Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he would seek to recruit candidates who he thought could win in Democratic or swing states, even if it meant supporting candidates who might disagree with his own conservative views. Mr. Cornyn said he was taking a page from SenatorCharles E. Schumer of New York, the last head of the Democratic | Read More »
DE Open Senate Seat (D) Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) said Thursday that he’s leaning more toward running for Senate rather than another term in the House, if he decides to run for Congress again in 2010 WI Doyle (D) Former congressman Mark Neumann said he plans to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2010. Neumann confirmed he would run for the job in an interview | Read More »
NY 20 Open Seat (D) The official vote tally in the NY-20 special election now shows a 365 vote lead for Scott Murphy (D) over Jim Tedisco (R) as 250 ballots that were set aside were counted today, according to Politicker NY. there are some 1,800 votes left uncounted. AR Lincoln (D) An Arkansas state senator plans to make a run for Congress. Kim Hendren has announced plans to run for the | Read More »
According to CQ Politics, Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. In return, the agent pledged to help lobby House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to appoint Harman chair of the Intelligence Committee | Read More »
NY 20 Update It does not look good. Murphy is ahead with 86 votes and they are now going through all the rejected ballots a judge ruled in favor of Murphy today. All military and foreign ballots have been counted and it appears more foreign ballots made it in they military ones so it benefited Murphy. GA Open Gov Seat (R) Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced | Read More »
NY 20 Open Seat (D) Democrat Scott Murphy’s lead is slipping in the too-close-to-call special congressional election in eastern New York. The state Board of Elections reports that unofficial counts show Murphy leads Republican Jim Tedisco by 25 votes. The lead has seesawed since the March 31 election and absentee ballots are expected to decide the winner. VA Open Seat Gov (D) Republican Bob McDonnell raised $2.2 | Read More »
AL Open Seat (R) Alabama’s “Ten Commandments Judge” Roy Moore said he’s “very inclined” to make another race for governor. Moore, a Republican, said he plans to announce a decision in June. He ran for governor against Republican incumbent Bob Riley in 2006. He received about 33 percent of the vote. WI Doyle (D) Former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann said Thursday it was highly likely | Read More »
Update on NY 20 Tedisco is now trailing by 8 votes and is not doing as well in the absentee votes from several counties he won on election night ( military votes in every county will not be counted till 13th). For example, in Renssalaer County — largest of the four counties that completed absentee counts Thursday — Tedisco was ahead by 474 votes on | Read More »
A congressional ethics board has launched a preliminary inquiry into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), related to President Obama’s vacant Senate seat and the corruption investigation of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The committee launched the action Thursday — the same day Blagojevich wasindicted on corruption charges. What a web this whole Illinois Senate Seat weaves
Florida Possibly Open Seat (R) Republican Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said Tuesday he plans to run for governor if Gov. Charlie Crist runs for the U.S. Senate. While it’s widely speculated that Democratic Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum will also run for governor if Crist runs for Senate, Bronson is the first major politician to say he will seek | Read More »
GA Open Gov Seat (R) Democrat Dubose Porter has announced he will run for Governor. The Georgia House Minority Leader announced in his hometown paper, the Dublin Courier Herald, that he will seek the governorship in 2010 State Attorney General Thurbert Baker and former LT. Gen David Poythress have entered, with former Governor Roy Barnes expected to announce soon. AL Open Gov Seat (R) Alabama | Read More »
IA Culver (D) A new Des Moines Register poll ”revealed some reservations” by Iowans about Gov. Chet Culver (D) as he looks toward mounting a 2010 campaign for a second term. Just 35% said they would definitely vote to re-elect Culver, while 28% said they would consider an alternative and 18% said they would definitely vote for someone else. By comparison, in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, | Read More »
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction. Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner | Read More »
A new Quinnipiac poll shows Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) now trailing former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT), 50% to 34%, in the 2010 Senate race. In two other match ups, Dodd trails both Sam Caligiuri (R), 41% to 37%, and loses to Tom Foley (R), 43% to 35%. Key finding: Voters disapprove 58% to 33% of the job the Democratic incumbent is doing, his lowest approval rating | Read More »
AL Open Gov Seat (R) Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. today said he would seek re-election as lieutenant governor in 2010 and will not run for the Democratic nomination for governor. GA Open Seat (R) Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker (D) says he will make a run for the governor’s office next year. OK Open Seat (D) Rep. Tom Cole announced Monday he will not | Read More »
he Justice Department will seek to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens, whose conviction on corruption charges sparked complaints of prosecutorial misconduct, officials said Wednesday. The 85-year-old Alaska Republican was convicted late last year on seven felony counts of lying on Senate financial disclosure forms to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations from a businessman. Stevens has appealed his conviction. Problems with the prosecution | Read More »
Its imperative we prevent Senate Dem’s from getting 60 Senators in next election cycle and with your help we need to convince some people to make the plunge and run for Senate. Many need to start to run now so they can start raising the needed funds that will be necessary. So please take a moment and lets get to it! North Dakota Gov Hoeven | Read More »
NY 20 has its special election and our candidate has been House Minority leader for over 25 years, Jim Tedisco, and his opponent is a new comer with no legislature experience, Murphy, and yet polls show a very close race with a slight edge to Murphy. NY 20 voted for Obama but has more then 80,000 registered Republicans so I have to ask why | Read More »
new Public Policy Polling survey in Arkansas finds Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) “not necessarily in danger of losing reelection next year, but certainly not unbeatable either.” Key finding: “Just 45% of voters in the state approve of her job performance, with 40% dissenting… Lincoln is struggling with independent voters in the state, 50% of whom say they disapprove of her work compared to only 31% approving.” However, | Read More »
NY 20 Special Election (D) In addition to the RNC poll we mentioned earlier that shows Jim Tedisco (R) leading Scott Murphy (D) by three points in the NY-20 special election next week, Political Wire now has confirmation that a NRCC poll actually shows Murphy leading by two points. Tedisco’s own internal polling shows him leading by just one point. Update: According to Politico, the DNC “is mulling spending significantly | Read More »
Its time that we here at RedState start encouraging some top challengers to many of these winnable races. Its early but we need top challengers out to start collecting the money they are going to need and hopefully we can avoid bitter primaries. NH Open Hodes Seat NH Porter NY McHahon NY Hall NY Arcuri NY Massa CT Courtney CT Himes CT Murphy PA Dahlkemper | Read More »
PA Open Gov Seat (D) Pennsylvania’s attorney general is taking an important step toward running for governor in 2010. Republican and Allegheny County native Tom Corbett filed paperwork Monday with the state after setting up an exploratory committee called Tom Corbett for Governor. He launched a Web site as well. Corbett is serving a second term as attorney general after winning re-election in November NH | Read More »
Former Republican Rep. Rob Simmons said Sunday that he plans to run against Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd. Simmons said he made the decision to join the race after talking with relatives. “The family had a long meeting today and was unanimous that I run,” he said in an e-mail message to The Associated Press. “So I am running.” In a hypothetical 2010 matchup, a recent | Read More »
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