Republicans Win House Big; Tea Party Costs Them Senate
The enthusiasm for Tea Party candidates likely helped the House Republican wave. But it also likely cost the GOP four Senate seats that it would otherwise have won — and thus the majority.
2010 Election Predictions
We’ve been talking about the 2010 elections since, oh, the day after the 2008 elections. Now, it’s time for final predictions.
Prospects Of Republican Senate Dim
It’s looking less and less likely that the GOP will gain control of the Senate, but they’re going to come awfully close,, and that might be just as good from their point of view.
Odds Of GOP Senate Takeover Less Likely After Delaware Primary
Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware Tuesday has made it less likely that the GOP will be able to take control of the Senate, but they still have an excellent shot of making substantial gains that will transform Congress’s Upper House.
Charlie Cook: The Senate Is In Play
For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.
Democrats Likely Keeping Byrd’s Seat
Democratic Governor Joe Manchin appears to have no serious challengers for the late Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.
No Election For Byrd’s Senate Seat Until 2012
Thanks to a rather odd interpretation of West Virginia law, there won’t be an election to fill Robert Byrd’s Senate seat until November, 2012.
