BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put...
A congealing conventional wisdom surrounding the 2014 elections is that Democrats had a long night because of an unfavorable...
Last Tuesday, Republicans made historic gains in the nation’s state legislatures. The GOP now controls 68 out of 98 partisan state legislative...
Mary Landrieu is the last Deep South Democrat standing after last week's midterm drubbing by the Republicans. But now that her party has withdrawn $2 million in advertising placements ahead of her...
As Tuesday night got going, most people suspected that Republicans were headed for a good night. This, after all, was what the polls strongly suggested. Instead, they had a great night. What is...
There are two basic approaches to evaluating elections. The first view holds that elections are choices: Voters evaluate the proposals put forward by the candidates, and carefully select the...
With victories ranging from the now solidly Republican state of Arkansas to heavily Democratic Colorado, the Republican Party last night secured the majority in the U.S. Senate that has eluded it in...
One of the biggest mistakes Democrats made this election cycle was benching their messenger-in-chief, Barack Obama, said the man in charge of the GOP’s Senate campaigns. “They sidelined...
The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate may have been the biggest story coming out of Tuesday night, but it wasn’t the only reason the GOP had to celebrate a midterm wave that rivaled the...
Republicans added at least 12 seats to their House majority Tuesday. If they win just a few of the 17 remaining undecided races, they’ll hold a greater advantage in the lower chamber than at...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans claimed a commanding majority in the House on Tuesday, pushing their dominance to near-historic levels as they dispatched the last white Democrats in the South and made...
For President Obama and his party, Tuesday night's midterm results were nothing short of brutal. Voters' deep misgivings about Washington and Obama's leadership put Republicans in charge of both...
