Results: Kaine beats Allen for U.S. Senate seat
RICHMOND In the end, Tim Kaine didn’t need presidential coattails to win election to the U.S. Senate. With the outcome of the presidential vote still uncertain in Virginia late Tuesday, Democrat Kaine...
View ArticleResults: McCaskill wins Missouri Senate race
WASHINGTON Sen. Claire McCaskill has won re-election in Missouri, holding off Rep. Todd Akin who came under fire for saying women had ways of preventing pregnancies in the case of “legitimate rape.”...
View ArticleKaine says he'll strive to work across the aisle
RICHMOND With a hard-fought election behind him, newly minted U.S. Sen.-elect Tim Kaine on Wednesday pledged to find common ground with his new Washington colleagues on the nation's fiscal and policy...
View ArticleElection advertising adds up in Hampton Roads
Hardly anyone near a TV in Hampton Roads escaped the barrage of political ads that took over the airwaves in the months before the Nov. 6 elections. But just how intense did the bombardment get?...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Hagan of N.C. says she'll run in 2014
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina said Tuesday she intends to run for re-election in 2014. Hagan, a Democrat, was first elected to the Senate when she beat Elizabeth Dole in 2008. Speaking on a...
View ArticleA top priority, Kaine says, is to balance budget
VIRGINIA BEACH During his hard-fought U.S. Senate campaign this summer, Tim Kaine woke up one morning from a vivid dream. And it wasn't pretty. Shaking hands at a county fair in his dream, he felt...
View ArticleKaine sworn in as Virginia's new U.S. senator
WASHINGTONTim Kaine was sworn in shortly before noon Thursday as Virginia’s newest U.S. senator, expressing hope that he and other new legislators can create a climate more open to compromise on the...
View ArticlePanel rejects measure to require photo IDs for voting
RICHMOND State lawmakers signaled Tuesday that they are willing to go a little further – but not much further – to tighten Virginia’s voter identification requirements.read more
View ArticleN.C. House Speaker says he'll run for U.S. Senate
RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina state House Speaker Thom Tillis said Thursday he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan next year, making him the first high-profile...
View ArticleSenate Dems who backed Obamacare doubling down
ATLANTA Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are reinforcing their support for the overhaul...
View ArticleU.S. Senate control hinges on fate of Southern Dems
WASHINGTON Republicans are counting on some Southern comfort to win Senate control next year.read more
View ArticleN.C. minister plans U.S. Senate bid to challenge Hagan
RALEIGH, N.C. The Rev. Mark Harris said Thursday he'll run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate next year, adding a favorite of the party's social conservatives to the list of potential...
View ArticleHagan to get help from Vice President Biden in N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. Vice President Joe Biden will visit North Carolina later this month in part to raise money for U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's re-election bid.read more
View ArticleSen. Hagan, Republicans release fundraising totals
RALEIGH, N.C. U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan raised $1.8 million during the past three months, her campaign announced Tuesday as the Democratic incumbent continued to squirrel away money for an expected fierce...
View ArticleJoe Biden postpones trip to N.C. for Hagan fundraiser
RALEIGH, N.C. Vice President Joe Biden has postponed a visit to North Carolina for early next week that included a Durham fundraiser scheduled in part to help U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's re-election bid next...
View ArticleNew TV ad in N.C. aims at Tillis in Senate race
RALEIGH, N.C. A political committee supporting Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has started running North Carolina television commercials aiming at state House Speaker Thom Tillis, a potential Republican...
View ArticleN.C. Democrats seek Hagan win, legislative seats
RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina Democrats sapped of ruling power in North Carolina state government over the past three years are cautiously optimistic their fortunes will improve in 2014, thanks to what...
View ArticleMore ads running in U.S. Senate race in N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. More ads are going on the airwaves in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race in the new year, including the expected first by a candidate in the campaign: Republican Thom Tillis. The...
View ArticleGillespie weighs a challenge to Warner
NORFOLK Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, said Saturday he's not ready to say whether he'll seek the GOP nod to run against Sen. Mark Warner this year. But he's getting...
View ArticleEx-Shelby mayor to run for U.S. Senate in N.C.
SHELBY, N.C. The former mayor of a western Piedmont city announced Monday he's joining North Carolina's U.S. Senate race this year, bringing the total number of Republican candidates in the race to at...
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