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Getty Images News Florida Senate Race Pits Cross-Party Friends Against Each Other
Reps. David Jolly and Patrick Murphy forged a close relationship in the House. Now, the two friends could end up running for Senate against each other—if they get past primary opponents who have critiqued them for reaching across the aisle.
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David Jolly Rails Against ‘Fake Conservatives’ in Florida Senate Run
The congressman is aggressively positioning himself against tea-party members in a crowded GOP Senate primary.
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Bloomberg AFP/Getty Where Democrats Are Outspending Republicans
In Wisconsin and Illinois, Democratic Senate outside groups have flipped the script and outspent defenders of Ron Johnson and Mark Kirk so far this year.
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AAron Ontiveroz AFP/Getty Top Republican Senate Candidate Says No to 2016 Run in Colorado
George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, announced Wednesday that he won't run for Senate in 2016.
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Bloomberg AFP/Getty Can a Democrat Still Win in Appalachia? Ted Strickland Is About to Find Out.
Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate rest partly on whether the former Ohio governor can still win the largely white, working-class communities he once carried—or whether that appeal has been consigned to the history books.
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Courtesy of Justin Smith Conservative Colorado Sheriff Justin Smith Considering Senate Race
Smith, who garnered publiclity fighting against Gov. John Hickenlooper's gun control measures in 2013, is the latest local official to mull a GOP Senate run in the state.
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Justin Sullivan AFP/Getty Maness Challenges GOP on Planned Parenthood While Readying Second Louisiana Senate Run
Unlike some tea party candidates, the 2014 third-place finisher has kept building a political operation since his first run for office.
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Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire via YouTube Conservative Nonprofit Hits Hassan on Heroin Epidemic in New Hampshire TV Ad
It's the latest in a multi-million dollar advertising campaign against New Hampshire's governor ahead of a potential 2016 Senate run.
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Mark Wilson AFP/Getty Potential Self-Funding Republican Businessman Moving Closer to Colorado Senate Race
Robert Blaha, who ran for Congress in 2012, is looking for campaign staff and preparing a campaign depending on Michael Bennet's Iran position.
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RJ Sangosti AFP/Getty Meet Republicans’ Potential Colorado Senate Candidate: The Aurora Theater Prosecutor
District Attorney George Brauchler, who just prosecuted movie theater shooter James Holmes, is now considering a run for Senate in 2016.
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Alex Wong AFP/Getty GOP Senate Candidates Steer Clear of Defund Planned Parenthood Funding Letter
Two years after a letter pledging to withhold funds from Obamacare at all costs swept through the GOP, a similar proposal regarding Planned Parenthood funding isn't gaining traction.
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National Journal Groundwork for Potential Senate Run Laid as Louisiana Treasurer Seeks Reelection
John Kennedy's former top aide is already fundraising for a Senate super PAC, as Kennedy's campaign runs expensive TV ads despite having no 2015 opposition.
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National Journal AFP Launches TV Ads Against Ted Strickland. Are They the Start of Another Big Campaign?
Two years ago, the conservative nonprofit knocked Senate Democrats on their heels with millions in TV ads. Now, Americans for Prosperity is back on the air in a big 2016 race.
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National Journal Feingold's Early Fundraising Breaks Longtime Campaign-Finance Pledge
Dating back to a 1992 campaign, Russ Feingold has always raised more money from Wisconsinites than from out-of-staters. Until now.
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Alex Wong AFP/Getty The Tea Party's Plan to Succeed Marco Rubio
Conservative groups helped put Rep. Ron DeSantis in a Florida congressional seat. Now, his campaign is pitching to establishment groups ahead of the GOP Senate primary.
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National Journal New Hampshire GOP Turns Democrats' Early Anti-Scott Brown Playbook Against Maggie Hassan
In 2013 and 2014, Democratic attacks damaged Scott Brown before he even entered the Senate race. A bevy of GOP outside groups are doing the same to Gov. Maggie Hassan now.
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National Journal The GOP's Plan to Save Itself from 'Future Shock'
With a mass of Senate incumbents running their first race in six years, the Republican campaign wing is holding crash courses in the modern election environment.
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The Liberals Who Aren't Loving Alan Grayson
National progressives love him on policy, but as the Florida representative looks to make the jump to the Senate, some key groups on the Left are keeping him at arm's length.
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Indiana Republican Establishment Divides Over 2016 Senate Race
Todd Young is raising more money and has a higher public profile, but Eric Holcomb has the backing of many of his colleagues from years of behind-the-scenes work in state politics.
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Louisiana Senate Hopeful Fleming Raises $741,000 (Including Personal Money) in the Second Quarter
It's a personal-best fundraising mark for Rep. John Fleming, who along with Rep. Charles Boustany is fundraising aggressively ahead of a potential Senate race.
