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After going big and bold in the 117th Congress, Democrats are playing it safe heading into 2024. With 23 Senate seats up for reelection, including in largely Republican states such as West ...
Five new polls from Pennsylvania give Democratic Sen. Bob Casey a 1- to 5-point lead in the Keystone State, while one poll from The Hill and Emerson College indicates the race is tied with a +/- 3 ...
Sometimes Congress tries to make law. But, as election season approaches, they’re often more interested in sending a message. Here’s how to spot a so-called messaging bill.
[22] Attack ads are prevalent in most Congressional races today. [23] Critics charge that candidates must spend heavily to get elected and races often cost millions of dollars. [24] In recent years, the average victor in a Senate race spent close to $7 million, and the average House victor spent over a million dollars. [13]
In 1866, Congress acted to standardize a two-step process for Senate elections. [18] In the first step, each chamber of the state legislature would meet separately to vote. The following day, the chambers would meet in "joint assembly" to assess the results, and if a majority in both chambers had voted for the same person, he would be elected.
Following the 2024 elections, the Republican Party retained its slim majority in the House, won the majority in the Senate, and with Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, have an overall federal government trifecta for the first time since the 115th Congress in 2017, which was in session during Trump's first term. [1]
Opinion: Americans don't have to like the election outcome, but we must respect the system State-by-state comparisons of the nine most critical Senate races Colin Allred and Ted Cruz will debate ...
In this year’s battle for the Senate, like so many cycles before, we have the same competing forces: The election fundamentals favor Republicans, while candidate quality appears to favor ...