Print this article.. he Republican president, considered lightweight and ignoramus by many Washington, suffers in the off-year elections, losing several seats and effective control in House, while maintaining and perhaps strengthening his party in Senate. ..…
Congress will include more than 90 veterans, including swath of new female members. ..…
Voters under the age of 30, relative to their turnout, outperforming every other group, Tom Bonier, Democratic for the data firm TargetSmart, told Hill.. ..…
George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, in the primaries, the party's bosses chose supporter of Johnson's Vietnam War policies to head the ticket... ..…
Tom Wolf (D), who has been a backstop against extreme GOP anti-choice measures in Pennsylvania, won a second term on Tuesday. . ... North Carolina Republicans, who tried to eviscerate executive powers after Democrat Roy Cooper won in 2016, saw their supermajorities shattered on Tuesday,..…
In Senate, the majority has the power to schedule and Senator can slow legislation from coming to the floor for vote.. ..…
Democrats rode modest wave of anti- Trump anger to retake House of Representatives, while Trump's racist pandering to the backward, rural areas of the country helped Republicans increase their control of Senate. ..…
The gamble of nationalizing the election around his personality and his administration's harsh immigration policies cost Republicans their House majority and failed to persuade voters outside of already conservative or rural counties and states to stick with GOP. ..…