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Is Dems' endangered US Senate seat in Colorado safer now?Top Democrats in Colorado this week managed to keep two antifracking measures off the ballot – initiatives that could have caused Sen. Mark Udall (D) all sorts of difficulty in his tight reelection bid.
Why the Latino vote matters in 2014 midterms: immigrationIn the battle for control of the US Senate, only one key state in 2014 has a significant Latino population. But the midterms are a dress rehearsal for 2016, and both parties see immigration as a defining issue for their voters.
Georgia Senate showdown: Can Dixie royalty really run as ‘outsiders’?Republican US Senate nominee David Perdue and Democrat Michelle Nunn are political newcomers from politically powerful families, running against the establishment.
Georgia GOP has its man in 'outsider' Perdue. Can he best Democrats' Nunn?Businessman David Perdue won Tuesday's GOP Senate primary in Georgia, defeating US Rep. John Kingston. Georgia is a red state, but rise of minorities, who tend to vote Democratic, gives Michelle Nunn a better-than-usual chance.
Populist appeal to single women could turn Senate races, Democratic group saysCalling unmarried women an undermobilized electorate, Democracy Corps touts a populist message to close the gap against Republicans in 12 Senate battleground states, most of them traditionally conservative.
Georgia Senate runoff: Which Republican would run stronger in November?In Tuesday's runoff, voters decide which Republican candidate goes up against Democrat Michelle Nunn, who has polled well in the Georgia Senate race. A US congressman leads a businessman in the race to take her on.
Rick Perry slams Rand Paul: Let the 2016 GOP presidential race beginTexas Gov. Rick Perry, humbled in the 2012 presidential race, is contemplating another try in 2016. Contrasting himself with front-runner Sen. Rand Paul, Perry has laid out a more muscular foreign and national security policy.
Ted Cruz speaks out as Mississippi's Republican civil war spreadsThe Mississippi Republican primary between Sen. Thad Cochran and tea party-backed Chris McDaniel has been ugly and could get worse. Ted Cruz is jumping in, and McDaniel is moving toward a legal challenge.
Bitter Mississippi Republican primary not quite over after allTea party challenger Chris McDaniel and his supporters are refusing to acknowledge that they lost a Mississippi Republican primary runoff to Sen. Thad Cochran, meaning an already-weird race is getting weirder by the day.
Tea party leader Mark Mayfield suicide: A sign of politics 'beyond the pale'?Mississippi tea party leader Mark Mayfield died, apparently in a suicide, after being charged in a scheme to photograph Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife in a nursing home.
In open primary Southern states, black voters flex new muscleSen. Thad Cochran could not have won the Mississippi Republican primary without thousands of black voters, mostly Democrats, in an open primary. Opponent Chris McDaniel is steamed, but others may learn a lesson.
How bizarre was Mississippi primary? Its six strangest twists.Sen. Thad Cochran surprisingly beat his tea party opponent (with Democrats' help) in the Mississippi Republican primary runoff Tuesday. It was the final twist in an odd race.
Charlie Rangel holds slim lead in a changed House districtWith about 2,800 absentee ballots yet to be counted, US Rep. Charlie Rangel appears to have eked out yet another close victory in a district that is now majority Hispanic. His chief opponent has yet to concede.
How Mississippi Democrats and GOP bigwigs helped Thad Cochran winSen. Thad Cochran (R) of Mississippi prevailed Tuesday in the GOP primary against tea party challenger Chris McDaniel. He pulled off the upset with help from black Democratic voters and GOP establishment figures.
Rep. Charlie Rangel woos Harlem for 23rd time. Are voters smitten anew?Charlie Rangel is a new man on the campaign trail – energetic and everywhere as he pursues one last run for Congress. Tuesday's vote will tell if it's enough to overcome an image of a once-censured, tired, Capitol Hill insider.
Mississippi Senate runoff: Can black voters save Thad Cochran?Sen. Thad Cochran is facing a tight runoff Tuesday in the Republican primary with the tea party-backed Chris McDaniel. Looking for an edge, he's appealing to African-American voters. It's a tactic that has raised eyebrows.
Could Charles Rangel get 'Cantored'? Powerful Democrat faces primary fightPowerful Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel (D) is facing a tough primary challenge, but no one's talking about a Democratic insurgency. It's just politics as usual.
The un-Cantor: Sen. Lindsey Graham wins by poking eye of tea partyFacing six tea party challengers, two-term Sen. Lindsey Graham is unapologetic about his differences with conservatives over issues such as immigration reform.
Eric Cantor upset stuns GOP, revives tea partyThe pacification of the tea party movement had settled into conventional wisdom in the 2014 campaign season. An outsize victory by unknown David Brat over Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, upends that view.
California political reformers size up 'open' primaries, see progressA better test of California's two big political reforms – an 'open' primary system and citizen-led redistricting – will come in November. But Tuesday's primaries yielded more competitive races and more candidates seeking middle ground, reformers say.
