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Pat Toomey
2022 midterms
Nov. 22, 2021
Trump’s Senate Candidate in Pennsylvania Quits After Losing Child-Custody Case Sean Parnell had been the GOP front-runner in a crucial Senate race. But now Dr. Mehmet Oz could become Trump’s new favorite.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Nov. 19, 2021
Doctor Oz Mulls Republican Senate Run in Pennsylvania He’s not really from the state and has no real background in politics. But he does have name ID and money — and Trump’s candidate could implode.
By Ed Kilgore
Sununu Passes on Senate Race, Giving Democrats a Break The popular New Hampshire governor was a key part of the formula for a Republican takeover of the Senate in 2022. Now it gets tougher for the GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Oct. 18, 2021
Are Fears of 2022 Losses Driving House Democrats to Retire? Sometimes senior House members bail in anticipation of their party losing the majority. A wave of 2022 retirements could be a bad sign for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
The Midterms Could Give the Senate a MAGA Makeover Retirements and primary challenges could decimate the Senate’s Establishment Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
Could the Atlanta Spa Shootings Break Congress’s Gun-Control Impasse? The Georgia killings add fresh urgency to two gun bills that just passed in the House, but the GOP Senate filibuster still stands in the way.
By Ed Kilgore
republicans
Feb. 17, 2021
Republican Impeachment Supporters Catch Hell Back Home Going against Donald Trump remains a deeply risky maneuver.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Feb. 13, 2021
Senate Acquits Trump; 7 Republicans Joined All 50 Democrats in ‘Guilty’ Vote Mitch McConnell spoke after the verdict to denounce Trump’s conduct while insisting his trial was unconstitutional.
By Ed Kilgore
McConnell and Most Republican Senators Vote to Dismiss Trump’s Impeachment It’s a sure sign there’s not remotely enough support to convict the ex-president.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump? With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans Remember to Care About the Deficit at the Worst Possible Moment After taking a few years off, Republican austerity warriors are trying to shrink the stimulus bill at the last possible moment and hamstring Biden.
By Ed Kilgore
covid-19 stimulus
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second Check Trump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
By Ed Kilgore
senate republicans
Nov. 30, 2020
How Biden Could (Maybe) Fix His Senate Problem With One Weird Trick Pennsylvania’s Republican senator plans to retire in 2022. Biden should consider offering him a taste of executive power on his way out the door.
By Eric Levitz
Two Career Non-Democrats Could Fight for the Democratic Presidential Nomination Sanders and Bloomberg have spent a lot of time avoiding identification with the party whose presidential nomination they seek — much like Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans’ Love of Guns May Cost Them Votes in the Suburbs Being a slave to the NRA is not the safest position to be in heading toward a 2020 election in which suburban voters are already leaning Democratic.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
June 24, 2019
Just What the Democratic Primary Needed: A 25th Candidate Joe Sestak’s reputation for not taking party Establishment advice probably helped him decide on a longest-of-long-shots candidacy.
By Ed Kilgore
The GOP Is Serious About Impeaching P.A. Judges for Reversing Their Gerrymander Republican legislators in Pennsylvania have the power to impeach and remove judges. But could that backfire in the court of public opinion?
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Senator Explains Party’s Disarray: Nobody Expected Trump to Win Pat Toomey spills a secret: Republicans didn’t have a policy plan because they didn’t think they’d have the power to enact it.
By Ed Kilgore
profiles in courage
Oct. 14, 2016
Nonconformist Senator Bravely Refuses to Endorse Trump or Not Endorse Trump For Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, it’s a complicated situation, and he just needs a little more time to figure out his stances.
By Jesse Singal
Donald Trump Is Making All (Republican) Politics Local Again Purple-state GOP senators are keeping their messages focused on local, non-ideological concerns.
By Eric Levitz
gun control
Apr. 11, 2013
By Margaret Hartmann
early and awkard
Apr. 10, 2013
By Dan Amira
Frank Rich: GOP Shamed Out of Guns Filibuster Even if background checks pass, it will be a small step forward for gun control.
By Frank Rich
super friends
Aug. 10, 2011
By Dan Amira
stuck in the mittle
July 5, 2011
By Dan Amira
america’s sweetheart
Nov. 16, 2010
Three Ways to Evade the Question ‘Is Sarah Palin Qualified to Be President?’ It’s a skill that Republicans must continue to hone for at least the next year or so.
By Dan Amira
early and often
Nov. 2, 2010
By Avi Zenilman
the midterm snapshot
Oct. 26, 2010
The Midterm Snapshot: October 26 A look at races around the country.
By Dan Amira
the midterm snapshot
Oct. 22, 2010
The Midterm Snapshot: October 22 A look at what’s happening in races around the country.
By Dan Amira
early and awesome
Apr. 28, 2009
Arlen Specter Gives Democrats 60 Seats Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter, one of the few true moderate Republicans in the Senate, has announced that he will switch to the Democratic Party.
By Dan Amira
