WASHINGTON — The race in North Dakota for a Senate seat being vacated by a retiring Democrat, Kent Conrad , was supposed to be a cakewalk for Republicans. When the state’s lone House member, Rick Berg, entered the contest, leading Republicans tucked the

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels said Wednesday he will not require the Indiana Election Commission to investigate whether Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. , is voting illegally in Indiana. Hoosiers for Conservative Senate, a tea party coalition that supports

WASHINGTON — A major endorsement in the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Indiana has revived the insurgent campaign of state Treasurer Richard Mourdock and put longtime incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar on alert heading into the May Republican primary. The cons

Sen. Richard Lugar ’s (R-Ind.) path to reelection just got tougher, with the conservative Club for Growth PAC endorsing his primary opponent, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock. The Club, which generally endorses against one or two GOP incumbents every el

I also haven't run any focus groups, but I wonder if Mourdock might gain more traction hitting Lugar on an issue that's really come to life in the last week or so: his state of residence. As Indiana Democratic Party press secretary Ben Ray points out, Lu

It is interesting. We are all worried about Romney maybe losing the nomination but you would never know that reading the national papers or talking to Democrats. It is all about Romney and nothing else. Psychobabble from the Washington Post this weekend;