Tag: Republican Party

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie gestures as he delivers a concession speech during an election party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Gillespie lost to Democrat Ralph Northam. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

No surprise here: Ed Gillespie got Trump-like numbers for a Trump-like campaign

Kristen Soltis Anderson · November 8, 2017 4:15 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie delivered his concession speech during a party in Richmond, Va. Tuesday night. Gillespie lost to Democrat Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

For GOP, Virginia reveals dangers of Trump and a do-nothing Congress

David M. Drucker · November 8, 2017 3:29 am

Before President Trump delivered a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, he tweeted "Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me" after Gillespie lost in his attempt to become Virginia's Republican governor. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Disappoint-ED: Trump should have been more generous to Ed Gillespie

Tom Rogan · November 8, 2017 3:00 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie pauses as he delivers a concession speech during an election party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017. Gillespie lost to Democrat Ralph Northam. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Ed Gillespie’s loss raises the question: Is it the Trump Party or the Republican Party?

Emily Jashinsky · November 8, 2017 2:44 am

"I am looking forward to spending more time in Texas, especially with my 12 grandkids who have all been born since I was first elected to Congress," he added. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rep. Ted Poe will not seek re-election in 2018

Diana Stancy Correll · November 7, 2017 11:59 pm

Republican candidate for Virginia governor Ed Gillespie has attempted to distance himself from President Trump during the campaign, but that hasn't stopped Trump from voicing his support for the candidate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Virginia voters get robocall from Trump vouching for Ed Gillespie

Diana Stancy Correll · November 7, 2017 11:58 pm

The poll from CNN/SSRS claims only 37 percent of Americans favor the Democratic Party, compared to the 44 percent who held that opinion back in March of this year. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Democratic favorability reaches lowest mark in years: Poll

Joe Nuziale · November 7, 2017 8:20 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., took to "The Daily Show" Monday night to criticize President Trump's "game." Calling adversaries names, the senator said, is not sustainable "a governing philosophy." (screenshot)

Jeff Flake: Calling opponents names is a ‘game,’ not governing philosophy

Diana Stancy Correll · November 7, 2017 5:28 am

It will be even more so if the Republican wins. (AP)

The Virginia governor’s election is just like the 1988 presidential race

Noemie Emery · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

Some Democrats see similarities between Clinton and Northam as candidates, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie's bare-knuckled television campaign ads have borrowed a page from President Trump's pugilistic playbook. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP)

Shades of Clinton and 2016 have Democrats nervous about Ralph Northam

W. James Antle III · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

Women who hold conservative beliefs are either cringing victims of the patriarchy or cynical climbers willing to throw their sisters under the bus in exchange for cash, according to Jessica Valenti, writing in Marie Claire last week. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Hey Marie Claire: Women are sick of your attacks on conservatives

Inez Feltscher Stepman · November 6, 2017 11:03 pm

"The state of Virginia economy, under Democrat rule, has been terrible. If you vote Ed Gillespie tomorrow, it will come roaring back!" Trump tweeted. (Erica Yoon/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Trump: Virginia’s economy will come ‘roaring back’ if Ed Gillespie elected as governor

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2017 10:09 pm