Nancy Pelosi survived her leadership election and will continue to lead House Democrats in the next Congress. But the fact that she received a credible challenge, who was supported by one-third of her members, is yet another sign that the times have changed for the Democratic Party. For the last eight years, Democrats have enjoyed […]
Getting to know your new classmates is always an awkward experience, but a handful of new House members will have at least one thing in common: losing a race for governor. Two years ago, Democrat Anthony Brown lost the Maryland gubernatorial race to Republican Larry Hogan in an upset, 51 percent to 47 percent. But […]
Population trends are working against the Republican Party — at least that’s what we’ve been told. But a combination of the 2016 presidential results and early looks at reapportionment after the 2020 census shows that the short-term changes may not be as dramatic as once believed. Fifteen states are likely to gain or lose a […]
It might sound like fun for Republican Scott Jones and Democrat Doug Applegate to come to Washington and attend new member orientation even though they were trailing in their respective California congressional races. But one Colorado Democrat still remembers being in that same situation over a dozen years ago, and it wasn’t good. “It was […]
In the wake of elections, there’s a common refrain and an implicit mandate: “come together.” But unity might not just only be impossible under the circumstances, I’m not convinced most Americans even want it. “I say it is time for us to come together as one united people,” President-elect Donald Trump said in his election […]
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to have a narrow but distinct advantage over Donald Trump in the presidential race, but one state that President Barack Obama won twice looks to have slipped away from the Democrat’s reach. Obama won Iowa twice with little fanfare, but Trump is well-positioned to win the Hawkeye State’s […]