Outside the Beltway

Turnout to date for the 2014 primaries is at record lows, but its unclear what that tells us about November.

A somewhat surprising win in Georgia.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

Native American names are everywhere.

Parties do not own voters, and the job of campaigns is to attract voters.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Incumbency is a powerful advantage.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

The unequal distribution of social capital may be more important than the unequal distribution of income.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

Market Watch presents this infographic of “the most and least expensive states to live in the U.S.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

JR is from Texas wants you to know that Texas is big. No, bigger than that.

An appeal declined, but an issue that remains outstanding.

In an ideal world, we would be more tolerant of leaders who held controversial positions. We don’t live in that world.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Ted Cruz keeps putting his own party in difficult situations, mostly because he has only his own ambition at heart.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Last night, Speaker John Boehner showed that he can beat the Tea Party wing of the Caucus he heads. That has important consequences for the future.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

A partial setback for the pro-life crowd out of Texas.