Outside the Beltway

Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff is leading in a race that Republicans should be winning easily.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

With just over three weeks before Election Day, efforts by top Republicans to disavow their party’s nominee are quite clearly too little, too late.

In a sign that the ongoing F.B.I. investigation into her use of a private email server and handling of classified information is coming to an end, the former Secretary of State was interviewed by Federal Agents today.

As with each previous committee that investigated the 2012 attack on the U.S outpost in Benghazi, the House Select Committee finds that mistakes were made but no evidence of wrongdoing or cover-ups.

A campaign shake up at Trump Tower, but it’s unlikely to change fundamentals.

The man who was brought in to clean up the I.R.S. after the alleged targeting scandal became public is facing censure and possible impeachment. Proving that there really is such a thing as a thankless job.

Top Republican donors are becoming increasingly concerned that Donald Trump isn’t paying enough attention to raising money for the General Election campaign.

To the surprise of no one, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already falling apart.

Bernie Sanders swept the Western Caucuses on Saturday, but Hillary Clinton remains in control in the delegate count.

President Obama told a group of Democratic donors that the Sanders campaign is nearing its end and that they need to start uniting behind Hillary Clinton.

The eighth Democratic debate raises the question of whether we really need this many debates.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both released strong fourth quarter fundraising reports, as did Republicans Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.

Democrat John Bel Edwards scored an easy victory over Senator David Vitter last night in Louisiana, and Vitter announced that he’d be leaving the Senate after his term is up.

Marco Rubio has won the support of a top Republican donor and bundler, giving a much needed boost to his campaign.

Paul Ryan has never really wanted to be Speaker Of The House, but he’s take the job if House Republicans meet the conditions he’s set out.

Jim Webb’s campaign for the Democratic nomination has been largely forgettable, so now he’s apparently threatening to run as an Independent.

Quietly, Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been moving close to the front f the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is doing a reset in the face of declining poll numbers and bad press.

The reports about Vice-President Biden possibly entering the Presidential race continue to persist.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formally entered the race for President, but can he overcome his flip-flops and a turn to the hard right?

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

To nobody’s surprise, Jeb Bush has entered the race for President.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

The Senate went home last night without passing a bill to renew the PATRIOT Act, which expires at the end of the month.

The Republican debate stage in 2016 is going to be even more crowded than it was in 2012.

It’s complicated. And probably not a scandal.

Two Duke University academics make an incredibly weak, ultimately unpersuasive, argument in favor of eliminating midterm elections by changing the length of Congressional terms.

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

Yesterday’s apparent terrorist shooting in Ottawa reveals again a phenomenon that seems difficult if not impossible to stop in advance.

The Administration’s policy in the President’s war against ISIS has no coherent plan, and that virtually guarantees escalation.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

(Absolutely nothing).

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

The GOP is going to have to come up with a lot more than just age if they end up facing off against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

When does politics become the “primary activity” of a 501(c)4?

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

The reaction to President Obama’s comments about Kamala Harris raise interesting questions about propriety in the modern world.