Some comments and predictions on the closest Senate races, based on a review of available polls and TradeSports spreads:
Connecticut -
Lieberman [D, Incumbent]
Lamont [D, Challenger]
Schlesinger [R, Also Ran]
After Lamont beat Lieberman with hard left support in the Democratic primary, incumbent Lieberman turned the tables handily with the large field of moderate Connecticut voters.
Calling this […]
Kathleen Troia McFarland, one of the Republican primary candidates for the New YorkSenate seat held by former First Lady Hillary Clinton, is in hot water over claims she inflated her resume and irregularites in her voter registration.
Ms. McFarland’s biography has already emerged as an issue in the Republican primary. Her rival, John Spencer, […]
The Republican Party faces a tough year with bipartisan scandals like the Abramoff affair being blamed largely on the GOP [see update at bottom] and new problems arising almost daily. Particularly vulnerable are Republicans in Democratic states including conservative Rick Santorum who trails a popular Democrat in Pennsylvania, liberal Republican Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island […]
Shopping mall developer and former Arizona Democratic Party chairman Jim Pederson is challenging US Senator Jon Kyl (Republican) for his seat and intends to use a big chunk of his own money to do it. He’s already committed $800,000 to the primary campaign - where he faces no opposition - and has also raised […]
Republican leaders are scrambling to convince Trent Lott (Republican, Mississippi) to run for re-election to the Senate in 2006. With no decent candidate to field for the seat, the GOP is fearful that red-state Mississippi may elect blue candidate former State Attorney General Mike Moore (Democrat).
Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman pleaded with […]
Lack of opposition in the Democratic primary, a moderate voting record on cultural issues of concern to Tennessee voters and the political excitement of potentially being the first black Southern Senator since 1874 could combine to put Democratic Congressman Harold Ford in Bill Frist’s seat in the Senate. A recent poll conducted by his campaign […]
Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (Republican) saw some improvement in his poll numbers against Democratic rival Bob Casey, Jr. in the latest Quinnipiac University poll. Casey still holds a 12 point lead over Santorum, a very unusual position for a challenger running against a sitting Senator.
Mr. Santorum also made a slight dent in […]
The GOP Governor’s Conference met last week in California, at a golf resort in the congressional district of Randy “Duke” Cunningham who pled guilty earlier this month to bribery and tax evasion charges. The location is symbolic of problems, ranging from public unrest with the war on Iraq to a multitude of GOP politicians […]
Pundits across the political spectrum are predicting a rough year in 2006 for Republican Senate and House candidates. From the war in Iraq to division within the party, there are serious issues. Fortunately for most incumbents, “all politics is local”, so a strong focus on local issues and constituent service is likely to secure […]
President Bush wasn’t just stumping for his administration’s new immigration proposals in Arizona Monday. He was also raising money for Arizona Senator Jon Kyl (Republican) at a 1,300 person dinner. The event is expected to raise more than $1.4 million for Kyl’s 2006 reelection campaign.
“I, fortunately, have had my fill of campaigns, but […]
