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A Kennedy seeks the Mass. Senate seat

December 9th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Congressional elections, 2010, Senate, Special elections, U.S. political history
Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Martha Coakley, winners in Tuesday's Massachusetts primaries, will have some unexpected company as they campaign for the Jan. 19 special election to fill the Senate seat that was occupied by a Kennedy family member or...


Congress honors New Hampshire for political milestone

November 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in U.S. political history
Nobody can call the New Hampshire Senate a boys' club anymore. A year ago, the New Hampshire Senate became the first statewide legislative body in the U.S. with a majority of women. Yesterday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 159, which...


Ronald Reagan stands tall in D.C. once again

June 3rd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in U.S. political history
Ronald Reagan took his rightful place of honor next to Dwight Eisenhower in the Capitol Rotunda today. His 7-foot, bronze statute was unveiled to the applause of Reagan's wife, Nancy, and his former aides. The Associated Press reports that Reagan's...


Deceased presidents more popular?

February 16th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in History, Interest groups, U.S. political history
A CQ MoneyLine analysis of the 2008 donations by lobbyists and special interests to presidential libraries found that the libraries of deceased presidents received almost 10 times more money than the libraries of living former presidents. CQ MoneyLine, a nonpartisan...

Bush to host lunch for Obama, three former presidents

December 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Bush administration, Obama administration, U.S. political history
CNN reports that President-elect Barack Obama and President George Bush are trying to arrange a White House meeting next month that includes all three living former presidents: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Bush's father, George H.W. Bush. CNN says it...

Obama’s vote sixth-highest for Democrats since 1860

December 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Presidential race, 2008, U.S. political history
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, has a new overview of the historic 2008 presidential race. Among his fun facts: President-elect Barack Obama's 52.7% of the vote was the sixth highest for a Democrat in...

Voter registration at highest level since women got the vote

November 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Republicans, Swing states, U.S. political history, Voters
The Center for the Study of the American Electorate today released its voter registration figures for this election. The increase was moderate -- 2.5% -- but the result is a record. The center, part of American University, projects that 153.1...

‘New American Heartland’ has shifted to the West

July 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Demographics, Presidential race, 2008, U.S. political history
USA TODAY's Haya El Nasser writes that the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program says that the "New American Heartland'' has moved West: