Another coalition member, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, left Congress last week, a year after a gunman shot her and others in Tucson. Shuler, Ross and Boren all hold leadership roles within the coalition. Their retirement means only one of the...

Ga. Barrow, whose Savannah home was carved out of his 12th District seat last year, reported raising $272,266 in the last three months of 2011. That’s the most money the four-term incumbent has ever raised in the final quarter before an election year. ...

Previously considered a toss-up district, the 12th was fortified with a significant number of Republican voters during this summer’s redistricting, mostly from the Dublin area. Democrats in Savannah, including the home of John Barrow, were moved into...

If you’re a Democrat on this list who survived the 2010 GOP wave, your problems are more likely redistricting-related than anything else. This category applies to three incumbents from North Carolina—Mike McIntyre, Larry Kissell, and Heath Shuler—and...

The six Democratic “yes” votes on Wednesday came from members of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition: Reps. Jason Altmire (Pa.), John Barrow (Ga.), Dan Boren (Okla.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Jim Matheson (Utah) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.). The one...

Gene Taylor (MS) and 2008 loser Nick Lampson (TX). And while progressive candidates complain they can't even get a return call from Israel, he's busy plotting with Blue Dogs to pour virtually all the money that comes into the DCCC into shoring up...