Republicans hope gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday will launch a comeback heading into next year's midterm elections for control of Congress. By Steven Thomma WASHINGTON — Republicans hope...
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Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his...
No matter how popular a first-term president is, modern midterm congressional elections have rarely spelled good news for his political party. Since 1946, the president's party has almost invariably suffered losses in one or...