Lucia Graves

The Republican Senate primary race to fill the seat left open by retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has been framed as Republican establishment versus Tea Party, but it may simply be a test of how conservative Texas Republicans have become.

Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst has endorsements from prominent conservatives...

Arizona Rep. Ben Quayle is ramping up attacks on his GOP primary opponent Rep. David Schweikert for allegedly sending a young woman to spy on Quayle campaign headquarters last week.

In a recent email to supporters, Quayle referred to the incident as "Spygate," telling local

Missouri Senate candidate John Brunner wants to change how things are done in Washington. Namely, he will only meet to talk about issues highlighted in the Constitution -- literally.

"When I'm in the U.S. Senate," he told KMOX radio in an interview on Wednesday, "I'm going to tell...

GOP congressional candidate Jesse Kelly still won't say why he accepted the endorsement of a controversial anti-illegal immigration group known as Americans for Legal Immigration PAC in 2010.

Earlier this week when KGUN9 News anchor Jennifer Waddell asked about the endorsement during an interview, Kelly's spokesman, John...

Mike Gravel, that rare presidential candidate who famously stared down viewers before throwing a rock into a pond in a 2007 campaign ad, has finally been outdone.

In a nearly 5-minute-long web ad, Jeff Barth, the Democratic commissioner of Minnehaha County and Democratic opponent to Republican Rep. Kristi...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is hitting back against a new campaign ad put out by his Republican opponent, Josh Mandel, charging the ad merely repeats false claims.

In the ad, Mandel accuses Brown of going negative in his own campaign ads because he's trying to hide that he "bailed out...

Seventy percent of California voters want lighter penalties for personal drug use, according to new polling data from San Francisco-based polling firm Tulchin Research.

The poll was commissioned by proponents of California state Sen. Mark Leno's new bill, SB 1506, which would reduce the penalty for personal drug possession under...

Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) didn't coast to his seat in the Senate. He was appointed by former Gov. Charlie Crist (R) -- an appointment for which he campaigned ferociously. That same intensity and political savvy is on display now as he seeks to unseat incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.),...

Army reservist Tom Cotton handily defeated Beth Anne Rankin, an aide to former-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), in Tuesday's House Republican primary in Arkansas. It's a victory too for the fiscally conservative Club for Growth, a Cotton campaign backer and longtime Huckabee foe.

Cotton, a fast-rising star in the state Republican...

Fifty-six percent of Americans think marijuana should be legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco, according to a nationwide Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters.

Asked earlier this month, "Would you favor or oppose legalizing marijuana and regulating it in the similar manner to the way alcohol and...

Army reservist Tom Cotton appears positioned to defeat Beth Anne Rankin, an aide to former-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), in Tuesday's House Republican Primary in Arkansas. If he does, it will be a victory for the fiscally conservative Club for Growth, a Cotton campaign backer and longtime Huckabee foe.

WASHINGTON -- The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday released a report dispelling the myth that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would lower gas prices. Rather, the opposite is true, findings show.

On a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, report author and NRDC attorney Anthony...

Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon says her Republican rival, former congressman Chris Shays, should quit the race so that the GOP can unify against Democrats ahead of the November election to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

“I respect Congressman Chris Shays and the many years he...

Democratic congressional candidate Andy Caffrey has made a surprising campaign promise: If he wins his election this fall, he'll smoke a joint on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

Caffrey, who's running to replace retiring Rep. Lynn Woolsey in California's second district, has lit up more than once on the...

A new political ad is on the air in Nebraska attacking the state's former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey, who is running for his old seat again this year.

Crossroads GPS, a right-leaning group backed by Karl Rove, will spend $260,000 on the statewide ad campaign knocking Kerrey for...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday officially endorsed Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), the 20-term veteran of Congress who is facing a surprisingly competitive race in California's newly drawn 15th District.

"Congressman Pete Stark is a tireless champion for all of the 15th's working families," said the president in a...

Former Sen. George LeMieux (R-Fla.) has no regrets about character attacks on his Senate primary opponent, Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.), including charges that Mack exploited the name recognition of his father, former U.S. Sen. Connie Mack III.

“He’s trying to run a campaign where people will mistake him...

For anyone who needed further evidence for the benefits of solar power: A new device being developed at Stanford University relies on solar-powered implants to help the blind, turning light signals into nerve impulses with special glasses that fire infrared signals onto an array of silicon photodiodes set in the...

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) on Tuesday coasted to an easy win, predictably crushing his 24-year-old opponent Matthew Robinson, the son of DeFazio's once and future Republican opponent, Art Robinson.

DeFazio won 90 percent of the vote in Oregon's 4th Congressional District, and led by as much as 94...

Pro-pot groups have reason to celebrate: Ellen Rosenblum, a retired appellate court judge who's been vocal in her support for Oregon's medical marijuana law, beat out former federal prosecutor Dwight Holton in the race for Oregon's attorney general in a landslide victory on Tuesday night.

Rosenblum's easy victory on Tuesday...