The major campaign committees collected almost a half-billion dollars in 2013 — a year when just two states chose governors, two had special Senate elections
As usual in politics, the focus is money and the ability to raise as much of it as one can. With today’s deadline for filing
When he meets voters in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, former Army Ranger Kevin Strouse recounts how he helped clear a city block in Iraq during
In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall over the calamitous startup of President Barack Obama’s health care law have
Outside a state-of-the-art grain elevator, Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley talks of how Republicans and Democrats in Congress need to overcome differences that scuttled farm legislation
Regrouping with Democrats after a bitter budget fight, President Barack Obama on Friday cast the recent spending-and-debt standoff with Congress as “a symptom of a
A time existed when my professional life revolved around the Republican Party. In 1981, I took a sabbatical from writing and shooting photos for newspapers
In a story of political redemption, Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after his career was derailed by scandal four years ago. “I am
Republicans drew on the support of independents and the energy of tea party activists to fashion a resounding victory in the House in midterm elections,
Finding an actual fact in this season’s load of campaign ads is like panning for nuggets. There’s a lot of fool’s gold in the way.