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GOP tries to move past Mourdock comment on rape
Embattled Senate candidate Richard Mourdock and national Republican officials said Thursday they were moving past the uproar over his comments that ...
AP Newsbreak: Dems blast $1.1M anti-Mourdock ad
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is spending $1.1 million to keep Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comments about pregnancy ...
GOP's Mourdock stands by rape, abortion remark
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock refused to apologize Wednesday for saying that when pregnancy results from rape then that is ...
Florida ethics panel confirms Rivera accusations
The Florida Ethics Commission on Wednesday found probable cause that Rep. David Rivera, who is in a tight re-election race, committed 11 violations ...
Sept. 11 an issue for ads in WI Senate race
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have suddenly become a major issue in Wisconsin's surprisingly tight U.S. Senate race. Tommy Thompson invoked Sept.
Romney's campaign says he still supports Mourdock
Republican Mitt Romney's campaign says he still supports Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after Mourdock said "God intended" pregnancies that ...
NH Sen. Ayotte cancels event with IN's Mourdock
New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte has cancelled her plan to campaign with Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, who said that when a ...
Outside group attacks Smith, boosts Casey
A Democratic political action committee began running TV ads in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to boost Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's reelection bid against ...
Mourdock: God at work when rape leads to pregnancy
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended.
Akin repeatedly arrested at 1985 abortion protests
Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in the 1980s, including at least once when police had to ...
McCaskill cancels campaigning to be with ill mom
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday canceled her campaign events for the remainder of the week in order to spend time with her critically ill ...
Wife told court Wis. spa shooter terrorized her
A Wisconsin man terrorized his wife for years, threatening to throw acid on her face, dousing her car with tomato juice and slashing her vehicle's ...
Akin aide uses profanity in shot at McCaskill
An aide to Todd Akin on Monday used a profanity in a tweet to extend the GOP Senate hopeful's weekend analogy comparing Democratic incumbent Claire ...
GOP's McMahon ad targets Conn. Obama voters
GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon is courting ticket-splitters in a new ad in which four supporters of President Barack Obama, who has a double-digit ...
Wyoming Democrat wages lonely congressional fight
Chris Henrichsen's hopeful knocking on doors only disturbed the afternoon naps of dogs in a previously quiet Casper neighborhood. Then he finally hit ...
Aggressive ads keep abortion in campaign spotlight
Though Barack Obama and Mitt Romney rarely tackle the topic of abortion head-on, the void is being filled by rival advocacy groups targeting swing ...
McCaskill and Akin largely cordial in final debate
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill cast herself as a moderate willing to work with Republicans while GOP challenger Todd Akin repeatedly linked her to ...
McMahon says she avoids specifics on some issues
Republican candidate Linda McMahon says she hasn't offered specifics throughout Connecticut's Senate race for changing Social Security and Medicare ...
Official proposes bullet tax to curb Chicago crime
As Chicago struggles to quell gang violence that has contributed to a jump in homicides, a top elected official wants to tax the sale of every bullet ...
North Dakota race comes down to ticket-splitters
Dwight Thompson is a solid conservative businessman who will be voting for a Republican for president and a Democrat for Senate. He's a ...
Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars
Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and ...
GOP's Sen. Brown sorry for remark on Warren ad
Republican Sen. Scott Brown is apologizing for suggesting Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren used paid actors in political ads defending her legal work ...
Akin rape remark highlighted in talking brochures
A pro-Democratic group is mailing talking brochures to Missouri homes with an audio clip of Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin using the phrase ...
Ex-GOP leader fights ND Election Day campaign ban
A former North Dakota Republican Party chairman who doesn't want to take down the political signs in his yard before Nov. 6 has filed a federal ...
Resurgent liberal makes Wisconsin race tight
For the last few years, the most endangered species in Wisconsin appeared to be the liberal Democrat. In one election after another, unhappy voters ...