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Will GOP back Scalise after supremacist speech scandal?House GOP leader Steve Scalise gains the support of party leaders in an ongoing controversy surrounding his speech to a white supremacist group.
Mia Love, first black Republican woman in Congress, is 'solid gold' for GOPMia Love is one of three newly elected black Republicans heading to Congress, increasing the number of elected black Republicans in Congress to ... three.
Do women voters favor women candidates? Not really, Iowa shows.Republican Joni Ernst and Democrat Staci Appel are trying to become the first women to be elected to Congress from Iowa. But their different approaches to the milestone point to an underlying truth for women in politics.
Charlie Rangel holds slim lead in a changed House districtWith about 2,800 absentee ballots yet to be counted, US Rep. Charlie Rangel appears to have eked out yet another close victory in a district that is now majority Hispanic. His chief opponent has yet to concede.
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Rep. Charlie Rangel woos Harlem for 23rd time. Are voters smitten anew?Charlie Rangel is a new man on the campaign trail – energetic and everywhere as he pursues one last run for Congress. Tuesday's vote will tell if it's enough to overcome an image of a once-censured, tired, Capitol Hill insider.
Could Charles Rangel get 'Cantored'? Powerful Democrat faces primary fightPowerful Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel (D) is facing a tough primary challenge, but no one's talking about a Democratic insurgency. It's just politics as usual.
Democratic loss in Florida special election: omen for November?Republican David Jolly won Tuesday's special election for a US House seat. The Florida race was essentially a referendum on Obamacare, and its outcome signals that Democrats don't yet have a strong answer to GOP criticism.
Did shutdown really give Democrats a shot at retaking the House in 2014?More Republican seats are considered to be 'in play' than the 17 that Democrats need to win to retake the House in 2014, but several factors make that unlikely, despite the shutdown.
Tea party firebrand Michele Bachmann to quit House next yearRep. Michele Bachmann (R) of Minnesota said Wednesday she will not seek reelection to a fifth House term. The tea party standard-bearer and former GOP presidential hopeful did not disclose her future plans.
House race: Mark Sanford win crushes Democrats' hope of red-state toeholdDemocrats spent $1 million to elect Elizabeth Colbert Busch in true-red South Carolina. But Republican Mark Sanford won handily with a message of fiscal restraint, despite ethical and moral lapses while governor.
In Mark Sanford race, a test of how much infidelity matters in SouthVoting is under way Tuesday in Charleston, S.C., where Mark Sanford (R) hopes to prevail over Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) for a US House seat. The Republican is usually a shoo-in, but the former governor's 'Appalachian Trail' tale of infidelity raised doubts.
Appalachian Trail not forgotten: Women voters still wary of Mark SanfordMonday's debate in the South Carolina congressional race between former Gov. Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch underscored Sanford's problems with women voters.
Good news for Chicago Democrats? Robin Kelly is not Jesse Jackson Jr.In the election to replace Jesse Jackson Jr., Illinois State Rep. Robin Kelly boasts an endorsement by President Obama, backing from New York Mayor Bloomberg, and a political record that is scandal-free.
Why South Carolina special election is no big dealWith a quirky cast of characters, the special election in South Carolina for a seat in the US House is more idiosyncratic than most – but it's still likely to go Republican.
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