Military veteran Matthew Corey has won the Republican primary to face Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy in the fall. Corey, who owns a bar in Hartford, Connecticut, was runner-up in the state GOP’s nominating convention in May. He previously lost to Murphy in 2018. He defeated insurance agent and small-town official Gerry Smith, who was...
Businessman Eric Hovde won the Republican nomination for Senate in Wisconsin on Tuesday, setting up a competitive general election between himself and Democrat incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Hovde was endorsed by former President Trump in his primary race and has already spent a seven-figure sum on his campaign. He defeated lesser-known challengers Charles Barman and...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., successfully fended off her primary challengers Tuesday and is advancing to Minnesota’s general Senate election in November. The North Star State’s senior senator is seeking a fourth term, having first been elected to Congress in 2006 as the first woman from Minnesota to hold the job. She chairs the Senate Rules...
A former professional basketball player has won the Republican primary to take on three-term Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in the fall. Royce White, who played with the Sacramento Kings in the NBA in 2014, bested a crowded field of candidates in the North Star State, armed with key endorsements from former President Trump’s circle. That...
Republicans have a favorable map, but Democratic candidates are on top in several battleground states. It is anyone’s game in the first Fox News Power Rankings for the Senate this cycle. Ticket splitting will make the difference If you know one fact about the 1984 presidential election, it’s that Ronald Reagan won in a landslide....
Former Hawaii state lawmaker Bob McDermott, a Marine Corps veteran, won the Republican Senate primary in Hawaii on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. McDermott initially won his seat in the Hawaii House of Representatives by roughly 150 votes, according to his campaign website. He was the only candidate in the race promoted on the...
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, easily won her primary race on Saturday, setting Democrats up for a likely victory in November. She was up against Clyde Lewman, a wood products salesman, and Ron Curtis, a retired engineer. Curtis was last up against Hirono in 2018 as the Republican nominee for her Senate seat. He lost to...
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says he’s stepping up his efforts on the campaign trail this year because “this is our golden opportunity” to win back the Senate majority. “It’s kind of really a make-or-break moment for Republicans in the Senate. If we don’t get it done this time, the next two...
GLENDALE, Ariz. – With Arizona front and center in the 2024 election, introductory speakers at Vice President Harris’ rally in Glendale made overtures to moderate Republicans by invoking one of the GOP’s past presidential nominees. Rep. Gregory Stanton, D-Ariz., who represents the eastern Phoenix suburbs, called on “John McCain Republicans” to support the Harris-Walz ticket,...
A summer breeze has swept across Capitol Hill over the past two weeks. Not the “Summer Breeze” Seals and Crofts sing about, but a political summer breeze which made lawmakers “Run Like the Wind” for the exits. To quote Gino Vannelli, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle declared “I Just Wanna Stop” – and...
