More competitive races will mean fierce battles and huge spending.
BATON ROUGE — Former state representative and state senator James David Cain died May 8. He was 85.Cain, a Republican, served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for 20 years and the Senate for 16 years. During his tenure, Cain led the Insurance and Agriculture & Natural Resources committees. He also ran for insurance commissioner in 2006, a statement from current commissioner Tim Temple said."I want to express my deepest condolences to Senator Cain’s family, friends and...
New maps affect elections for 4th state Senate District and 8th US House District.
"We tried other routes to correct this wrong quietly in the way gentlemen should handle their differences. Bart chose confrontation," Jones said.
Difficult to find cabinet secretaries when Senate keeps firing governor's appointees.
Karen Spilka says no options should be ruled out, including tolls for the Cape Cod bridges and congestion pricing in Greater Boston.
State Senator John Velis will visit West Springfield Public Library’s Tiny Tot Storytime on Wednesday.
Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads in five state Senate races they believe are key to regaining control of the chamber. The State Senate Democratic Committee said Wednesday that the buy will target races in Milwaukee’s northern suburbs, the rural areas north of Madison, the Fox Cities, Green Bay and La Crosse. Republicans currently hold a 22-10 supermajority in the 33-seat Senate, but Democrats hope new district boundaries Gov. Tony Evers signed in February will help...
The advocate said the senator grabbed him by his shoulders and shoved him.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying he was shoved twice in the state capitol building by state Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat with a history of violent behavior. Michael Carey said his confrontation with Parker took place Wednesday after he approached the senator […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — A disability rights advocate made a complaint to New York State Police saying he was shoved twice in the state capitol building by state Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat with a history of violent behavior. Michael Carey said his confrontation with Parker took place Wednesday after he approached the senator before a committee meeting and asked him to cosponsor a piece of legislation. Parker lost his temper, Carey said, after the advocate described the legislation as tackling...
Voters in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia head to the polls on Tuesday in some competitive and contentious Democrat and Republican primaries that in a couple of cases will tee up crucial general election showdowns that may decide the House and Senate majorities. The most high-profile of the May 14 primary contests is in Maryland, where Republicans are aiming to flip a Senate seat long held by the Democrats in one of the bluest states in the nation. Popular former two-term Gov. Larry Hogan...