Tag: Republican Party

The Democrat faces an electoral abyss in a red state that Trump carried by 19 points.

Beltway Confidential

‘He had no choice’: Rep. Luke Messer dismisses Sen. Joe Donnelly’s vote for Gorsuch

Philip Wegmann · April 12, 2017 5:04 pm

Lawmakers want Justice to consider prosecuting Lerner for her role in the IRS' targeting of conservative groups. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Republicans want Sessions to take a ‘fresh look’ at Lois Lerner prosecution

Joseph Lawler · April 12, 2017 5:00 pm

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul took aim at the "one-sided" contract that airlines give its customers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul mocks United contract: We will ‘bloody you’

Daniel Chaitin · April 12, 2017 4:38 pm

Republicans have every reason to be alarmed by last night's outcome. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Beltway Confidential

If every House election went like last night’s, Dems would win a 314-seat House majority in 2018

David Freddoso · April 12, 2017 2:59 pm

Estes won the special election race to replace former Rep. Mike Pompeo, who took over as CIA director. (April 11, 2017)

Republicans hold Kansas House seat with late Trump support

Al Weaver · April 12, 2017 2:49 am

GOP congressional candidate in the 4th district Ron Estes votes at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Wichita, Kan. The special election Tuesday between Democrat James Thompson and Estes to fill the seat vacated by CIA Director Mike Pompeo is being watched across the nation for signs of a backlash against Republicans or waning support from Trump's supporters. (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

Republicans hope to fend off Democratic surge in Kansas

David M. Drucker · April 11, 2017 8:45 pm

Former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie is polling behind both Democratic hopefuls for governor of Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Virginia, where Republicans are weak and the Dems are turning Left

David Freddoso · April 11, 2017 5:47 pm

America’s Astonishing Antifragility

Andy Smarick · April 11, 2017 3:58 pm

President Trump endorsed the Kansas Republican candidate in the race to replace Mike Pompeo in the House by saying he needs Ron Estes in Congress to help advance his plans. (Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle via AP)

Trump urges voters to send Kansas Republican Ron Estes to Congress

Kyle Feldscher · April 11, 2017 1:25 pm

Amash said the conservative House Freedom Caucus wouldn't have been the only group of Republicans opposed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justin Amash: 50 to 80 Republicans would have voted against House healthcare bill

Kyle Feldscher · April 11, 2017 1:18 pm

Rep. Chris Collins of New York, right, summed up the Tuesday Group's negotiation strategy, telling reporters that when the Freedom Caucus calls to talk policy, he and his colleagues "just hang up." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Club for Growth targets centrist Republicans on Obamacare repeal

Nicole Duran · April 10, 2017 10:11 pm

New justices' law clerks will be tasked with reviewing all petitions in search of cases warranting the high court's notice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Gorsuching

Robert H. Bork Jr. · April 10, 2017 5:35 pm