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Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations
Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It was a cost that surpassed $2 billion and sometimes came with the cloak of anonymity for billionaire donors.
Neb. state Sen. Flood exits 2014 governor's race
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Flood leaving race for Nebraska governor
Nebraska's outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is bowing out of the governor's race less than a month after he declared he was running.
Perriello not running for gov; McAuliffe opens bid
Terry McAuliffe eased into the governor's race Wednesday by branding himself as a pro-business pragmatist and his Republican foe as an apostle of "socially divisive issues," after a potential rival for the Democratic nomination decided not to run.
Rubio tests waters for 2016 presidential bid
Ken Vogel, Chief Investigative Reporter for POLITICO
SD US Sen. Johnson opens possibility he won't run
U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota on Wednesday left open the possibility he will not seek re-election in 2014.
Ryan, Rubio plot party future as 2016 talk starts
Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio, two potential 2016 presidential candidates, laid out policy prescriptions for their Republican Party on Tuesday night, nudging a party still smarting from Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama to reach out to a broader audience.
Official: Warren likely headed to Banking Panel
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee.
Colorado senator to head DSCC
Colorado's junior senator has a new responsibility _ helping Democrats maintain their hold on the U.S. Senate in 2014.
Ryan and Rubio look to 2016
Jim VandeHei, executive editor, POLITICO. More on POLITICO.
Obama wants Wasserman Schultz to stay on at DNC
President Barack Obama wants Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stay on as his party's chairwoman.
Mo. Republican Emerson leaving Congress in Feb.
Republican U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri says she is leaving Congress in February to become president and CEO for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Romney's big loss leaves GOP with no clear leader
Mitt Romney's shadow looms over a Republican Party in disarray.
Va. police budgets take hit from campaign visits
Four Richmond-area police departments and Virginia State Police racked up more than $350,000 in costs to provide security for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney during their multiple campaign visits.
Son's woes weigh heavily on the Rev. Jesse Jackson
In the cluttered office where he's met with some of the nation's top politicians and preachers, penned rousing speeches and planned civil rights marches, the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks so softly _ and with so little enunciation _ that one strains at times to hear him.
Bolling's exit could create schism within Va. GOP
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's exit from the governor's race could tear a chasm within the Republican Party between conservatives and moderates just weeks after the party suffered disappointing losses at the polls and just ahead of next year's high-profile gubernatorial contest.
Va. gubernatorial race shaping up to be nasty, expensive
James Hohmann, national political reporter for POLITICO
Last House race brings 2012 election to an end
The last undecided House race has been called for the incumbent Democrat, bringing an unofficial close to the 2012 campaign more than three weeks after Election Day.
Former SD Gov. Rounds announces run for US Senate
Former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds announced plans Thursday to seek South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat, setting up a 2014 battle between two men who have never lost an election _ a campaign that figures to draw widespread national attention as Republicans and Democrats jockey for control of the chamber.
Bolling says no to independent run for Virginia governor
A day after bowing out of the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial race, Lt. Gob. Bill Bolling questions the ability of the likely Republican nominee to serve in the state's highest office. Bolling also offered more hints at how he would continue to serve the state.
Local Election News
- Md. Lt. Gov. Brown announces bid for governor
- McAuliffe kicking off campaign for gov in Va
- DC Council to consider moving mayoral primary to June
- D.C. primary election date could be pushed back to June
- McAuliffe, unchallenged, is Va Dem nominee
- McAuliffe and Cuccinelli in dead heat in Va. governor's race
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