Given the extensive special election process, districts left behind when a Member of Congress calls it quits are inevitably without representation for several months.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon Democrat Suzanne Bonamici will be the newest member of Congress after a decisive victory in a special election to replace for...

Both parties have flooded airwaves in Oregon's first congressional district with attack ads ahead of Tuesday's special election to replace disgraced R...

(Reuters) - A Democratic former Oregon state legislator was favored to win a special election on Tuesday to fill the congressional seat vacated by...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Determined not to lose another friendly district because of a sex scandal, Democrats and their allies have pumped more than $1 milli...

This year we turn to the Democrats to find the winner of Destined For Political Stardom. If Elizabeth Warren manages to wrest Teddy Kennedy's old Senate seat away from the Republican usurper, she will indeed be on the road to Democratic stardom.

It's been a tumultuous year in the political world. Congress became more unpopular than ever, the Occupy movement captured the hearts and minds of man...

Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) intends to resign from congress late on Thursday night, National Journal reports. Last month, Wu signaled he would step down...

If I were a hobbit, right about now I would be wondering just how the heck I wound up at the center of this Washington intraparty political fight, personally.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Republicans on Wednesday called on Rep. David Wu to sign a resignation letter immediately and let his district get on wi...

Yet another politician fell victim to a sex scandal Tuesday, as Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced that he would be resigning in the wake of an allegati...

WASHINGTON -- Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon announced Tuesday that he will resign amid political fallout from an 18-year-old woman's allegations ...

(AP) WASHINGTON -- Rep. David Wu of Oregon was being pressured to leave Congress sooner rather than later after the House Democratic leader sought an ...

WASHINGTON — Oregon Democratic Rep. David Wu faced increased pressure Monday after House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called for an ethics inv...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is calling for an ethics panel investigation of Rep. David Wu following a published allega...

PORTLAND, Ore. — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Sunday called for an ethics panel investigation of Rep. David Wu following a published all...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Congressman David Wu, who earlier this year apologized for bizarre behavior during his most recent re-election campaign, was fa...

U.S. Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) is facing allegations of making unwelcome sexual advances, sources tell the Oregonian. According to the Beaver State-ba...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon congressman whose erratic behavior has recently prompted calls for his resignation said Sunday that some of his actio...

Dealing with government offices is already difficult enough, and this burgeoning trend of vanity resignations primarily works to throw more wrenches into the process.

SALEM, Ore. — Seven-term Democratic Rep. David Wu faced increasing pressure Wednesday to step down amid a series of bizarre revelations in recen...

Oregon Democratic Rep. David Wu has had a tough few weeks. First, the Portland Oregonian reported that just days before the 2010 election Wu's staff ...

Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) said Tuesday that he's receiving treatment following concern among his staff about his mental health. "Last October was not ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior staffers of U.S. Rep. David Wu were so alarmed over the Oregon Democrat's erratic behavior just days before the November...