Posted February 20, 2025 at 12:09pm Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, will not seek reelection next year, the Kentucky Republican announced on the chamber floor Thursday. “I figured my birthday would be as good a day […]
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Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won’t seek a second full term next year, opening up a seat in a Democratic-leaning state that Republicans have viewed as a potential target. “This decision is not political. It is entirely personal,” the Democrat said
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Washington Rep. Suzan DelBene will chair House Democrats’ campaign arm for another two years, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced Friday. “As we build upon the foundation that we laid and continue our work to take back the House majority
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Senate Majority Leader-in-waiting John Thune plans to have the chamber in session for 10 straight weeks to start 2025. That’s according to the Senate’s 2025 legislative calendar released by the South Dakota Republican on social media Thursday. The calendar has
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Former Rep. John Fleming, now the Louisiana state treasurer, on Wednesday launched a 2026 primary challenge to Sen. Bill Cassidy, a fellow Republican who voted to convict Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial. Fleming, who served four terms in
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New Jersey Sen. George S. Helmy, who was appointed to succeed former Sen. Bob Menendez this summer, said he will resign on Sunday, allowing fellow Democrat Andy Kim to take office nearly a month ahead of other newly elected senators.
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday approved their leadership team for the next Congress, with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar elevated to the No. 3 spot as the chair of the Steering and Policy Committee. She joins New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer,
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Posted December 2, 2024 at 6:52pm Senate Democrats are scheduled to meet Tuesday to finalize their leadership team for the next Congress, with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar poised to become the party’s No. 3 leader in the chamber. Fresh off
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Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, said Friday that he will not return to Congress next year. “I’m still gonna be in the fight, but it’s going to be from
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Rep. Mikie Sherrill launched her campaign for governor of New Jersey on Monday, joining a crowded field of candidates, including one of her colleagues in the congressional delegation, hoping to succeed the term-limited Democrat Phil Murphy after next year. She
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