Tag: Elections

Josh Hawley Running for Claire McCaskill’s Missouri Senate Seat

Andrew Egger · October 10, 2017 2:39 pm

Northam didn't so much dump him under the bus as he jacked the vehicle up on stilts, dragged him under, and dropped it on him. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Frontrunner in Virginia’s governor race, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, just admitted Terry McAuliffe snubbed the police over politics

Philip Wegmann · October 10, 2017 2:13 am

Boyd Matheson, a former chief of staff to Sen. Mike Lee who now runs a conservative think tank, is considering a run against the longtime Utah senator. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Utah Republican may run against Orrin Hatch in primary

Ariella Phillips · October 10, 2017 12:25 am

Bannon left Breitbart in 2016 to join Trump's campaign to serve as CEO. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t crown Steve Bannon kingmaker just yet

Philip Wegmann · October 9, 2017 9:10 pm

Friess backed President Trump during the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Republican megadonor Foster Friess mulls 2018 Senate run in Wyoming: Report

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 7:35 pm

Vice President Mike Pence will appear alongside Republican candidate for governor, Ed Gillespie, at a rally in Virginia, the Republican Governors Association announced Monday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Mike Pence to campaign for Ed Gillespie ahead of Virginia governor’s election

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 2:22 pm

Just under $100,000 of ads were purchased through Google, though the company has yet to figure out if trolls or Russian officials made the buys. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Google says Russians bought $100K in ads for Trump, Bernie Sanders: Report

Anna Giaritelli · October 9, 2017 12:00 pm

Many Trump supporters are put off by this hand-wringing, however. Bill Mitchell, who rose to prominence during the campaign as one of Trump's most steadfast internet cheerleaders, is still emphatically on board. "Despite all the craziness and hate from the Left, we just keeping marching on, an unstoppable force for good!" he wrote in an October tweet that garnered over 1,500 favorites.

Is Trump still the same guy who won in November?

W. James Antle III · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Democratic enthusiasm, like the Democratic electorate, is geographically and demographically clustered. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Can Democrats extend anti-Trump enthusiasm beyond their cocoons?

Michael Barone · October 8, 2017 5:58 pm

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie is keeping President Trump at arm's length. (Scott Mason/The Winchester Star via AP)

Ed Gillespie keeps Trump at arm’s length following president’s endorsement

David M. Drucker · October 7, 2017 4:01 am

Out of the 3,000 advertisements purchased by a Russian group with connections to the Kremlin, approximately 5 percent were viewed on Instagram during the 2016 election.

National Security

Ads purchased by Russian ‘troll farm’ appeared on Instagram

Diana Stancy Correll · October 7, 2017 3:19 am

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said cyberattacks on vital infrastructure should be considered an act of war, after Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2016 election. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

National Security

Hillary Clinton calls for ‘new doctrine’: Cyberattacks should be an act of war

Daniel Chaitin · October 7, 2017 12:33 am