The results of Tuesday’s primary elections simultaneously bolstered the Republican Party mainstream and demonstrated how much ground it has yielded to Donald Trump, particularly on the volatile issue of immigration. In several key races, GOP primary voters rejected candidates who presented themselves as the most ardent acolytes of Trump, in […] Read more »
The connection that may decide 2018 isn’t what you think
In Washington, the burning debate is whether any of the legal challenges swirling around President Donald Trump will directly connect him to a criminal act. But the Democratic hopes of retaking the House, the Senate or both could pivot on whether the party can complete a very different connection: linking […] Read more »
6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Primary Elections
Primary elections in four Republican-leaning states rattled Congress on Tuesday night, as voters ejected a sitting member of the House and set up intense campaigns for the Senate in several battlegrounds. Republicans averted a worst-case scenario — the nomination of an ex-convict coal baron in West Virginia — but faced […] Read more »
Ratings Changes: Senate, Governor, House: Both parties generally avoided bad choices in Tuesday’s primaries
Republican primary voters avoided a self-inflicted wound in West Virginia when disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship (R) finished third in the GOP Senate primary. Much else went as expected Tuesday night. Five ratings changes this week affect races for Senate, governor, and House, but most importantly broaden the Senate playing […] Read more »
CNN poll: Democrats’ 2018 advantage is nearly gone
The generic congressional ballot has continued to tighten, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with the Democrats’ edge over Republicans within the poll’s margin of sampling error for the first time this cycle. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Primary elections: Blankenship loses in W.Va.; Pittenger concedes in North Carolina
Republican voters rallied behind candidates aligned with President Trump and party leaders in a trio of pivotal Senate primaries Tuesday, reinvigorating the GOP’s bid to hold and possibly expand on its majority in midterm elections. … Trump’s unpopularity in the suburbs and exurbs where Republicans have built their House majority […] Read more »