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A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress

Lawmakers’ deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility…

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More Black Women Run for Office, but Prospects Fade the Higher They Go

A Black woman has never been a governor, and only two have been senators. Despite progress at lower levels of…

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A New Round in the Contentious Fight Over N.Y.’s Next Top Judge

A Republican state senator filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking a full Senate hearing for Justice Hector LaSalle, Gov. Kathy…

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Can Joe Manchin Broker a Debt Deal as Republicans Try to Unseat Him?

The centrist West Virginia Democrat, who faces re-election in 2024, has made it clear he believes he can help broker…

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The ‘Reid Machine’ Rolls On

Top aides to the relentless former majority leader helped win crucial Senate seats and are now scattered through the Democratic…

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Democrat in Arizona Will Seek Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat

Representative Ruben Gallego of Phoenix is set to challenge Ms. Sinema from the left, after she resigned from the Democratic…

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Hochul v. Democrats: A Court Battle Plays Out in the N.Y. Senate

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice of Justice Hector LaSalle to become the state’s top judge has caused an intraparty Democratic battle…

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Retiring Congress Members See Rough Roads Ahead. They Won’t Miss the Gridlock.

Departing longtime lawmakers perceive little prospect of orderly business in a divided Congress. They’re taking with them decades of experience…

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2022 Review: How Republicans Lost Despite Winning the Popular Vote

There were several reasons Republicans struggled to translate votes into seats, including candidate quality and strength in the wrong places.

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Warnock Wins, and Once Again Trump Loses

The last Senate runoffs in Georgia fell on the 5th of January, 2021, which meant they were immediately overridden in…

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