President Bush, in the second half of a Southwestern fundraising trip Friday, backed the candidacy of Republican Pete Olson, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Nick Lampson in Texas' 22nd congressional district.
Democrats are climbing out of the political graveyard in Texas where George W. Bush buried them. But winning local and legislative races is a far cry from delivering the state for their presidential nominee.
Dean Barkley - lawyer, political kingmaker, and bus driver - has spent 62 days in the U.S. Senate, which he calls "the most prestigious club on earth."
Five congressional incumbents easily routed challengers Tuesday after light turnout in Georgia's party primaries, but two Democratic contenders for U.S. Senate were headed for a runoff.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura halted his political comeback before it began, using a national TV platform to announce that he won't launch a third-party bid for the U.S. Senate "at this moment."
Democratic and Republican governors' groups are raising record amounts of campaign cash for their candidates, and say a strong turnout for supporters at the state level can only help their parties' presidential candidates.
U.S. Rep. John Barrow is working the lunch crowd outside a barbecue shack when he grabs the hand of a woman who says she recognized him instantly.
In a year when the battle for the White House has pumped up political passions, Georgia's five-man race for the chance to challenge Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss has been a sleeper.
House Democrats have reserved millions of dollars worth of television advertising in 31 congressional races in all corners of the country, according to documentation that provides an early roadmap of the party's drive to strengthen its majority in the fall elections.
John McCain tried Monday to relaunch his campaign with a pledge to use broad-based tax cuts to revive the ailing economy - and a string of barbs contrasting his views with Barack Obama's.
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