A lack of competitive open-seat House races in 2010 could complicate Republican efforts to fully maximize a favorable national environment and make large seat gains after back-to-back elections where the political winds were blowing in the opposite direction.
Although some of the suspense of Monday's Sarah Palin interview on "Oprah" was dampened by there having been enough advance leaks to ensure that people would tune in, it was still instructive to watch the superstar tete-a-tete. Some highlights:
Right after presenting himself as the best Republican candidate to take on Colorado's Democratic governor, state Sen. Josh Penry took his first step toward exiting the governor's race.
Penry dropping out of Colorado governor's race STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated Press Writer Denver, CO Colorado DENVER - Republican state Sen. Josh Penry said Tuesday he is dropping out of the race for Colorado governor in a move he believes will give the GOP a better chance of unseating Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter next year. Penry told The Associated Press he was ending his run against former U.S ...
Attorney General Martha Coakley, the presumptive front-runner in the race to succeed the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, has yet to agree to another debate with her three Democratic rivals, causing increasing frustration among the candidates in the final weeks of the campaign.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard has formally created a committee to explore entering the race for governor, a contest in which he's already regarded as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard on Friday formally created a committee to explore entering the 2010 race for governor, a contest in which he's already regarded as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
HARTFORD -- When Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced she would not seek re-election, two prominent lower Fairfield County Republicans were automatically elevated to front-runners for the party's nomination.
