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Missouri Senate 2012: Club for Growth Backing Sarah Steelman Over Jim Talent?

Philip Klein at The American Spectator reports on a contested GOP primary that may be developing: Yesterday, Sarah Steelman, a former state treasurer and state senator, has announced plans to challenge McCaskill, setting the stage for what could be a hard fought primary. The Club for Growth came out this morning to applaud Steelman’s entrance […]

Rep. King on Pigford Reparations Vote: ‘That Debt Was Paid for in Blood’

Wow. Just freakin’ wow. “We’ve got to stand up at some point and say, ‘We are not going to pay slavery reparations in the United States Congress.’ That war’s been fought. That was over a century ago. That debt was paid for in blood, and it was paid for in the blood of a lot […]

If You Ever Feel Discouraged . . .

. . . think about Ann Marie Buerkle’s victory in NY-25. She is now six weeks away from being a member of Congress, but what about six weeks ago? It was Sunday, Oct. 17, and Pete Da Tech Guy and I were driving on our way to cover the Buerkle campaign, when I got a call from […]

NY-25: Maffei Concedes, Buerkle Wins

Got the good news via the Lonely Conservative, who got it from Robert Harding’s Tweet. With last night’s concession in TX-27, Buerkle’s win puts the incoming GOP House majority at 242 seats. A 4 p.m. press conference is scheduled. UPDATE: Auburn (N.Y.) Citizen: Maffei issued a statement this afternoon thanking the residents of the 25th […]

Oritz Concedes TX-27 to Farenthold; GOP Reaches Historic 241 Seats in House

Most House seats held by the Republicans since 1949: U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz conceded late Monday to Congressman-elect Blake Farenthold. Noting that the recount of more than 106,000 votes had been completed in the district, Ortiz said: “Therefore, with great respect and admiration in the Democratic process, I congratulate my opponent, Mr. R. Blake Farenthold, […]

Republican Buerkle Leads by 567 Votes in NY-25; Still No Concession From Maffei; UPDATE: Buerkle Campaign Says, ‘We Need to Allow the Process to Proceed’

The incumbent Democrat appears to have been defeated, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard:  Republican Ann Marie Buerkle holds a 567-vote lead over U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei in the 25th Congressional District race after Wayne County election officials released their unofficial tally of absentee votes today. Buerkle added 269 votes to her lead after getting 790 […]

Ann Marie Buerkle Win in NY-25 Would Give GOP Biggest Majority Since 1949

As noted in my last update about Renee Ellmers’ victory in NC-2, Republicans are now at 240 House seats and they haven’t had 241 seats since 1949. And Sam Foster at Left Coast Rebel reports that Ann Marie Buerkle is 411 votes ahead of Dan Maffei in NY-25 after the count of absentee ballots from […]

BREAKING: Renee Ellmers Wins Recount; Bob Etheridge to Concede; UPDATE: In Concession Speech, Dem Says He Was Victim of ‘Dirty Politics’

UPDATE 3:50 p.m. ET: Yeah, he’s a victim: “The combination of the national tide that swept the country, massive amounts of secret corporate cash funding a campaign of distortions, and dirty politics by Washington D.C. partisan operatives was just too much to overcome.” Full text of Etheridge’s statement here. (A) Etheridge outspent Ellmers about 3-to-1; […]

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