David M. Drucker

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Why Mississippi’s losing Tea Party candidate has no path forward

Why Mississippi’s losing Tea Party candidate has no path forward

David M. Drucker · June 26, 2014 6:52 pm

A man straightens a Chris McDaniel signs outside the voting booths at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Miss., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Oxford Eagle, Bruce Newman)

Thad Cochran upsets Chris McDaniel in Mississippi runoff stunner

David M. Drucker · June 25, 2014 5:10 am

Oklahoma state Rep. T.W. Shannon, left, talks with U.S. Rep. James Lankford, right, following a Republican candidate forum for the open U.S. Senate seat in Lawton, Okla., in this Friday, June 6, 2014 photo. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Tea Party infighting in Oklahoma

David M. Drucker · June 24, 2014 9:00 am

Rep. Steve Scalise played a crucial role in whipping votes for a flood insurance bill that split congressional conservatives, drawing notice on Capitol Hill at a time when ambitious House Republicans are jockeying for leadership positions in 2015. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Here’s why the new conservative in House leadership won

David M. Drucker · June 20, 2014 9:00 am

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,ÃÂ suggested House GOP leaders will continue to link their fight against the health care law to a spending bill needed to avoid a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Here’s how Kevin McCarthy will differ from Eric Cantor

David M. Drucker · June 19, 2014 8:33 pm

House Republican Policy Committee member Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., joins other members of the committee for a news conference on the first day of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act March 26, 2012 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The underdog in the House majority whip race says he has 50 backers

David M. Drucker · June 18, 2014 10:07 pm

Head of conservative caucus holds lead in race for House whip

David M. Drucker · June 18, 2014 6:52 pm

Marlin Stutzman, of Indiana, was elected in 2010 as part of a freshman class that created the largest Republican majority since World War II. (AP Photo)

A new rallying cry in the House: ‘Remember the class of 2010’

David M. Drucker · June 18, 2014 2:42 pm

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks at the annual RNC winter meeting Jan. 24, 2014 in Washington. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How Republican candidates are catching up with Democrats on data

David M. Drucker · June 17, 2014 9:00 am

Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana announced Thursday that he was running for House majority whip. (AP Photo)

The conservative who could be a dark horse in House leadership fight

David M. Drucker · June 16, 2014 6:09 pm

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, speaks with the Washington Examiner at his office on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

The bafflingly simple reason Raul Labrador had trouble campaigning for majority leader this weekend

David M. Drucker · June 16, 2014 3:17 pm

If Rep. Kevin McCarthy becomes House majority leader in August as expected, it won't be the first time he's been in that kind of role. (AP Photo)

Here’s how the next majority leader handled a similar job in the past

David M. Drucker · June 16, 2014 12:27 pm