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    RNC fundraising total falls short of low bar

    By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

    The Republican National Committee’s inability to reach its own fundraising goals for this year’s elections was more serious than its budget makers expected and the malaise has even spread to small-money donors, The Washington Times has learned. Published December 5, 2010 Comments

  • Lawyer and talk-radio co-host Blake Farenthold has beat Texas incumbent Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, who conceded Tuesday. (Associated Press)

    GOP takes two more House seats

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    House Republicans picked up two additional seats this week, winning with “tea party”-backed candidates in New York and Texas to give the party a net gain of 63 seats with two races still undecided. Published November 24, 2010 Comments

  • Strategists advise Democrats to skip the ‘tea party’

    By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

    Two top Democratic strategists said Thursday that the party would be wasting its time reaching out to “tea party” voters who played a critical role in the 2010 midterm races. Published November 18, 2010 Comments

  • 6 GOP Hispanics loosen Democrats’ grip on Hill

    By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

    As the newly elected Republican class of the 112th Congress gathers at the Capitol this week for freshmen orientation, the group boasts a record six Hispanics - loosening the Democratic Party’s long held grip on the nation’s fastest-growing minority group. Published November 15, 2010 Comments

  • Axelrod to leave in 2011 to prepare Obama’s re-election bid

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    Top White House staffer David Axelrod indicated Sunday that the first stages of President Obama’s 2012 re-election effort will start in the coming months, with Mr. Axelrod himself leaving the administration to begin the work. Published November 14, 2010 Comments

Recent Articles

  • Emanuel advances toward Chicago ballot

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel cleared two big obstacles Thursday in his bid to qualify as a candidate for Chicago mayor.

  • GOP-leaning states are winners in census

    By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

    The conservative "red" states should see their political clout enhanced as a result of the Census Bureau's announcement Tuesday that the nation's population grew 9.7 percent over the past decade to nearly 309 million, with the fastest growth centered in states that went Republican in the 2008 presidential election.

  • Anti-illegals activist to target voter fraud

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    Outside of Kansas, Kris Kobach is best known as an expert on immigration issues. He's the author of Arizona's anti-illegal-immigration law, a longtime counsel to the Immigration Law Reform Institute and a hero within the border-security movement.

  • Rangel: House censure 'embarrassing and painful'

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, said Sunday that being punished by Congress has been an "embarrassing and painful experience."

  • Poll bad news for Obama's 2012 hopes

    By Joseph Weber - The Washington Times

    Nearly half of U.S. voters say President Obama does not deserve a second term, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

  • Michigan's 'tough nerd' faces tougher test

    By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

    The nation's bumper crop of 10 Republican governors-elect, still basking in the afterglow of their victories, are already facing a reality check. And the reality facing incoming Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a one-time computer executive in his first elective office, may be as tricky as any in the country.

  • 3rd-party bid buffed Tancredo viability

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    Technically, he's no longer a Republican, but Tom Tancredo's decision to run for governor as a third-party candidate may have made him the most electable conservative in Colorado.

  • A week after vote, Connolly ekes out win

    By Bob Lewis - Associated Press

    Republican Keith S. Fimian conceded Tuesday in a narrow loss in a Northern Virginia congressional race to Democratic freshman Rep. Gerald E. Connolly after initial results and a preliminary canvass last week showed him finishing about 900 votes behind.

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