Tag: Republican Party

With his son Jack, 20, looking on, Democratic Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe addresses supporters during his election victory party in Tysons Corner, Va., Tuesday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Washington Secrets

Terry McAuliffe’s squeaker win becomes model for 2014 Democrat campaigns

Paul Bedard · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Former Vermont governor and Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, shown here while speaking at the Iowa Federation of Labor convention on Aug. 23, said Republicans are behaving like the Muslim Brotherhood on social issues.

Beltway Confidential

Howard Dean says Republicans are making the same mistakes as the Muslim Brotherhood

Charlie Spiering · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie talks to the media on Wednesday, a day after defeating Democratic challenger Barbara Buono to win his second term as governor. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Chris Christie won’t make wholesale staff changes at Republican Governors’ Association

David M. Drucker · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

The battle over Obamacare is taking on political importance as Democrats hope a successful roll-out among Hispanics will further bind those voters to the Democratic Party and undermine Republican efforts to build more support before the 2016 presidential election. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Obamacare mess weakens White House pitch to Hispanics

Brian Hughes · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

For Democrats, McAuliffe's victory in Virginia over Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli -- though only by about 55,000 votes -- could hint at how politically toxic the issue of Obamacare will be in 2014. (AP Photo)

Both parties look for lessons from 2013 that could help in 2014

Rebecca Berg · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Politico: AFL-CIO targets GOP with immigration ad blitz

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Near the end of Terry McAuliffe's winning gubernatorial campaign in Virginia, Hillary Clinton campaigned for him. AP Photo

Virginia Republican Lt. Gov. slaps his own party in Terry McAuliffe win

Paul Bedard · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Slap: Tea Party didn’t donate to Ken Cuccinelli, either

Paul Bedard · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

âI didnât seek a second term to do small things,â said Christie Tuesday night. âI sought a second term to finish the job. Now watch me do it.â (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Is Chris Christie ‘the one’ for Republicans?

Cal Thomas · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency's latest coal regulations are "devoid of common sense" and would take America "way off course from a future of abundant, affordable, clean energy." (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

Vulnerable Democrats casting wary eyes at Obamacare and 2014 election

Noemie Emery · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, right, listens to former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, center, during a rally in Richmond, Va., Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Cuccinelli faces Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Tuesday's election. (AP/Steve Helber)

VIDEO: Ron Paul closes out Ken Cuccinelli campaign

Steve Doty · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., is running for Senate in 2014, but his past controversial statements have some Republican strategists worried that he would be a weak general-election contender. (AP/David Goldman)

GOP says ‘there are no rules’ in election fight to take the Senate

Rebecca Berg · November 5, 2013 5:00 am