JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters made clear Tuesday that they’re worried about the economy, despite steady job gains, a robust stock market...
(Politicus USA) – The lazy explanation from the media and political chattering classes is that Democrats lost their Senate majority because of Barack Obama. The...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For anyone expecting postelection contrition at the White House or vows to change course after a disastrous...
The Associated Press Profiles of the new senators elected Tuesday: ARKANSAS: Republican Tom Cotton The congressman, a Harvard Law School graduate and Army veteran, unseated Democrat...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JERUSALEM — On Election Night, I usually stay awake as long as my eyelids are willing to cooperate. But this...
CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Above all else, what’s at stake in Tuesday’s midterm elections is control of the U.S. Senate. That, in turn, will shape the...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Public campaigning gave way to the privacy of the voting booth Tuesday with control of the Senate, the...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press Writer There is hope mixed with cynicism and anger vying with optimism as Americans cast ballots across the country. Seventy-one-year-old Jim Brinley...
Cooper Allen, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)—It all comes down to this. The campaign is coming to a close, and we’re now on the eve of...
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Republicans are calling on Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Barack Obama’s...
(Reuters) – U.S. voters’ readiness to face tough issues such as pension reform rather than simply kick the can further down the road will be...
BILL BARROW, Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Michelle Nunn’s difficult political balancing act as she seeks Georgia’s open U.S. Senate seat was on full display...
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By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist The closer Election Day gets, the more confused I am by the behavior of Democrats. For the past several years,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The Black vote is said to be the determining factor in whether the Democrats hold the U.S. Senate. President Obama is...
(Politico) – Democratic candidates and campaign operatives don’t want to talk about it, but President Barack Obama is quietly being deployed as a sleeper element of...
The Associated Press The black vote, health care and economic issues were among the talking points that sparked clashes during debates Tuesday ahead of next month’s...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ high hopes of mitigating House losses in a rough election year have been dashed by reality. The question...
Jeff Karoub and Catherine Lucey, ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic candidates in Iowa and Michigan for hotly-contested open U.S. Senate seats got...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The last of the Deep South’s statewide elected Democrats are hoping their seniority and famous family names...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a month away from the midterm elections, President Barack Obama’s campaign schedule is getting off to...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer From Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown and from civil rights to voting rights,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Democrats lose the United States Senate and more seats in the House of...
(Politico) – Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is in a behind-the-scenes struggle with the White House, congressional Democrats and Washington insiders who have lost...
RESTON, Va. (New York Times) — After a generation of campaigns in which Republicans exploited wedge issues to win close elections, Democrats are now on the...
