Congressional District
Analysis: Kan. census figures herald remap battle
Washington Examiner - 7hrs 22mins agoThe release of new Census figures for Kansas last week marked the start of the State Legislature's disputes over political redistricting. The numbers confirmed that longstanding demographic trends are continuing. Nearly three-quarters of the state…
Read more >>Four states, four redistricting scenarios
UPI - 15hrs 49mins agoPublished: March. 6, 2011 at 5:25 AM While Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell controls the redistricting process in Virginia, plans will be drawn in divided legislative chambers, a Democrat-controlled Senate and a GOP-majority House. UPI/Kevin Dietsch …
Read more >>Owens on list of vulnerable Democrats
Watertown Daily Times - 1day 23hrs agoRep. Bill Owens again finds himself on a list of the country's most vulnerable House Democrats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Frontline" program supports Democratic House members who are deemed to need financial and …
Read more >>No freshman, incumbent Ohio Congressmen join 2011 House Tea Party Caucus
Examiner.com - 4 days ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - In the last Congress, the 111th, 52 Republican Congressmen were bold enough to join the brand new Tea Party Caucus of the United States House of Representatives. Pioneered last July by Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachman…
Read more >>The Big Forces at Play in 2012
The Atlantic - 5 days agoPresident Obama campaigns in Iowa in 2008. credit: TushyD/Flickr Even though political forecasts made 20 months before an election can be a dubious venture, making those forecasts provides benchmarks of what was thought at a given point in time…
Read more >>House leader “concerned” over investigation of Rep. Rivera
The Miami Herald - 5 days agoWASHINGTON -- — The investigations into Rep. David Rivera’s finances have top House Republicans worried and looking to distance themselves from the freshman lawmaker. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday he’s …
Read more >>Rick Scott loses a reason to slow Amends 5, 6
Naked Politics - 6 days ago
Three days after Rick Scott was sworn in as Governor he set about slowing down the process by which the federal goverrnment would approve of two highly popular state Constitutional Amendments, 5 and 6, concerning the way lawmkers draw leg…
Read more >>Maldonado running for central Calif. seat
Politico - 6 days agoFormer Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado doesn't know exactly what the 23rd Congressional District will look like next year, but he says he'll be a GOP Candidate for the House seat. Maldonado, who was appointed Lieutenant Governor by Gov. Arnold Schwarzen…
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