Outside the Beltway

As suspected, Cynthia Nixon is not shaping up to be much of a challenge for Andrew Cuomo.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

Mitt Romney staked out a position on DACA that is to the right of the President, and to the right of a majority of Utah voters.

If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

A gadfly candidate who has denied the truth of the Holocaust won a GOP primary in Illinois because nobody ran against him.

Sometimes, it’s all in the framing.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

A feel-good story is unlikely to have a happy ending.

Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

The 80-year-old Mississippi Republican, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978 after serving six years in the House, has been in poor health.

Texas has an unusually named (and, well, unusual) candidate for the GOP nomination for governor.

Both parties are up compared to 2014, but Democratic votes are way up.

Democrats appear to have regained momentum in the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The octogenarian failed to get her party’s endorsement for a sixth term.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

To the surprise of nobody, Mitt Romney entered the race to succeed Orrin Hatch in the Senate. He’ll probably win.

Despite what his own intelligence chiefs are saying, President Trump still does not believe that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Intelligence officials are warning that the Russians are set to seek to influence the 2018 elections just as they did in 2016. Despite this, the Trump Administration refuses to acknowledge this publicly while the President seeks to undermine the investigation into past Russian interference.

Women voters are turning decidedly against Donald Trump, this could pose problems for Republican in 2018 and beyond.

Administration officials are admitting that it’s likely that Russia will try to interfere in the midterm elections just as it did in 2016, but they don’t seem inclined to do anything about it.

Recent polls have caused Republicans to become more optimistic about their chances in this year’s midterms. That optimism is both premature and misplaced.

Michele Bachmann asked God if she should run for the U.S. Senate. Apparently, she got an answer.

A newly released poll has encouraging signs for Democrats in 2018, but there are several caveats.

Will Joe Arpaio cause the GOP to lose an otherwise winnable Senate race?

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. And, yes, he’s running.

After spending much of 2017 trying to do it, Republicans are giving up on any effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act before the midterms.

Chelsea Manning is running for Senate, but she may be violating military regulations by doing so.

Embattled New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has dodged a bullet, but still faces uncertain prospects for reelection.

Three women who attended Annapolis together are running for seats in Congress.

Despite mounting evidence and outrageous behavior, Republicans nationwide and on Capitol Hill continue to do the Administration’s dirty work. They’ll most likely live to regret it.

The deal that led to the end of the Federal Government shutdown isn’t sitting well with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

That “Romney for Senate” campaign seems pretty much inevitable.

The numbers aren’t looking good for Republican prospects in this year’s midterm elections.

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

After forty years in the Senate, Orrin Hatch announced that he will not seek re-election this year, thus opening the door for Mitt Romney to succeed him.

More good poll numbers for Democrats as we headed into 2018.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama is bringing out into the open a civil war that has been going on for seven years now.