Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Dems: Mourdock Running Away From Tea Party

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats are criticizing Indiana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for removing pre-primary material from his website, ...

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DSCC Makes First 2012 Ad Buy In North Dakota Senate Race

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.30.2012

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released its first independent expenditure ad for the 2012 election cycle Monday, in support of North Dak...

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Democrats Campaign Off Oil Subsidy Debate

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.28.2012

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Democrats are taking their oil debate off the Senate floor and onto the campaign trail this week, launching a series of online ads and a petition targ...

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Senate Democrats Roll Out A Campaign Donation App

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Apparently there's an app for getting money into politics, as well. Senate Democrats have turned to a new Intuit program called GoPay...

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Politicians Won't Return Ponzi Payoffs

Michael Winship | Posted 05.09.2012

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Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted on 13 out of 14 criminal counts of fraud. But what most stories failed to mention was the large amount of his clients' cash that was spent on campaign contributions, greasing the corrupt nexus of money and politics for personal gain.

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Linda Lingle, Hawaii GOP Senate Candidate, Hosting Fundraiser With Sen. Roy Blunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hawaii GOP Senate candidate Linda Lingle held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening, and the special guest at the event was ...

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More Than $1.5 Million Wasted On Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ben Nelson's Hamlet routine ended Tuesday as the Nebraska Democrat announced that he would retire from the Senate at the end of thi...

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DSCC: President Obama Won't Impact 2012 Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will matter little to next year's Democratic Senate races, even though Republicans will try to link the poll-chal...

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Dems Say Occupy Wall Street Message Will Help Save Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats' strategy for keeping control of the Senate next year includes running on the message of Occupy Wall Street, minus the drums a...

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Oil Bash: Dems Hit GOP Again For Guarding Record Profits, Tax Breaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Democrats' Senate campaign committee is making good Thursday on its promise to try to tar several GOP contenders with their votes pr...

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Still Another Hole in our Campaign Finance Laws

Bob Edgar | Posted 12.13.2011

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We're headed into a campaign that will be largely financed by deep-pocketed companies and trade groups whose identities and agendas will be largely hidden from the voting public.

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Dems Fear Voter Suppression Could Cost Them 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats alarmed by reports that new voter laws could bar some five million people from the polls are launching an ambitious onl...

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Democratic Senate Candidates Encouraged To Tie Themselves To Obama's Foreign Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a conference call organized by the committee tasked with electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate, campaign and party staffers were enc...

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John Kerry: I'm Not Meeting With Lobbyists

Boston Globe | By Glen Johnson | Posted 11.12.2011

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As one of the 12 members of a congressional “supercommittee” charged with developing a plan by Thanksgiving for cutting $1.5 trillion from the fed...

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Elizabeth Warren Challenging Scott Brown Would Have Voters 'Thrilled': Massachusetts Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the most overt sign of political courtship to date, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Democratic Party said on Monday state voters wo...

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Cash Seeking Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Wants Some Of That Sweet, Sweet, Koch

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.07.2011

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Now, you wouldn't think that there would be much affinity between the Kochs and the establishment Democratic Party. But you'd be wrong!

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Dems To Target Lugar, Heller In 2012 Over Medicare Votes

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bullish after a win in New York District 26 this week, top Democratic campaign chairwoman Patty Murray said Thursday Democrats are linin...

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Democrats Say 'Thank You!' To Newt For Ripping Ryan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democrats enjoyed hearing GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich rip the budget plan of fellow Republican Paul Ryan (Wis.) on Sunday so ...

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Private Insurance Stays Silent, 'Neutral' On Health Care Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After Republican leadership failed to pass repeal legislation in the Senate on Wednesday night, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commi...

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Dem Who Narrowly Won Reelection To Lead Senate Campaign Arm For 2012

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats will turn to Sen. Patty Murray of Washington to steer the defense of 21 Democratic seats up for re-election in 201...

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Harry Reid Reportedly Asked Bennet To Head DSCC

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports that Bennet has declined to serve as DSCC chair. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Polit...

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Democratic Campaign Committees Losing Big Wall Street Donors

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alvin Greene: Democrats Not Ready To Engage On South Carolina Election Shenanigans

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic Party apparatus in the state of South Carolina has begun raising serious concerns that the shocking victory of Alvin Greene in the Sena...

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PHOTOS: Dems Launch New Online Comic Book, 'The Adventures Of Two-Faced Kirk'

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new poll puts Illinois Republican Mark Kirk in the lead for the Senate race, but throughout the campaign, Kirk has refused or avoided answering ques...

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Democrats Must Combat the Swiftboating of Martha Coakley

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Massachusetts special election for Ted Kennedy's seat is just over a week away, and Republicans are pulling out all the stops to win or at least come close. A Martha Coakley loss would be nothing short of devastating.

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