Close Alaska race gives GOP another Senate seat
November 12, 2014
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich couldn’t pull off another election surprise as voter disapproval of President Barack Obama helped push him and other Democrats out of
Begich’s ad screwup threatens campaign
September 5, 2014
Sen. Mark Begich’s re-election bid was going better than his fellow Democrats had hoped. That was, until his campaign ran an inflammatory ad that he
Balancing on a minimum-wage political tightrope
February 26, 2014
Sen. Mark Pryor is doing a delicate dance over congressional Democrats’ upcoming push to boost the federal minimum wage. The Democrat from Republican-leaning Arkansas says
Worried Democrats distance themselves from Obamacare
December 2, 2013
Democrats running for re-election in Arkansas, Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states faced enough problems before President Barack Obama’s popularity swooned in November. Now they are
Republican woes help Democratic Alaskan governor
July 5, 2013
Democratic Sen. Mark Begich probably couldn’t ask for a better start in his re-election campaign, with the state Republican Party emerging from a chaotic year
Senate debate on gun background checks starts next week
April 12, 2013
The first hurdle cleared with deceptive ease, the Senate turns to the heart of the battle over curbing gun violence next week when it considers
Joe Miller’s expensive gamble
December 5, 2010
Joe Miller is fighting as though Alaska’s Senate race has yet to occur. He has maintained a presence on TV, conservative radio and the Internet,
Palin still a player in Alaska
August 26, 2010
As Sen. Lisa Murkowski watched the shocking election returns come into her election headquarters on primary night, she became painfully aware of two powerful forces