Seth McLaughlin

Ex-Sen. David Perdue launches primary challenge against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp

Former President Donald Trump's clout is going to be tested in the 2022 primary election cycle, but nowhere is that more true than in Georgia, where he has convinced former Sen. David Perdue to launch a primary challenge against Gov. Brian Kemp.

December 6, 2021

Youngkin gets booster shot, urges others to follow suit

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin announced Friday that he got a coronavirus booster shot and urged others to follow in his footsteps.

December 3, 2021

Chris Christie urges Republicans to move on from Trump, hints of White House run

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie helped build Donald Trump up in the 2016 presidential primary and now he's trying to tear him down before the 2024 election.

December 3, 2021

Abrams dives into Georgia’s gubernatorial race, setting up possible rematch against Kemp

Stacey Abrams announced Wednesday she is running for governor of Georgia, delighting Democrats, liberals activists and setting the stage for one of the most high-profile gubernatorial races in the country.

December 1, 2021

Republicans attack Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in Spanish-language ad

Senate Republicans' campaign committee is attacking Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona in a new Spanish-language television ad that casts the Democrat as blind to the needs of his Hispanic constituents.

December 1, 2021

Massachusetts GOP Gov. Charlie Baker opts against reelection bid

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday he will not run for reelection in 2022.

December 1, 2021

Mike Pence urges Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

Former Vice President Mike Pence leaned into the culture wars on Tuesday, calling on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade on the eve of oral arguments over Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban.

November 30, 2021

House retirements reshuffle midterms, GOP sees edge

'Tis the season for House retirements.

November 26, 2021

McCarthy confronts GOP grumbling, backbiting in his quest for speaker’s gavel

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is intent on nominating former President Donald Trump to be speaker of the House if the GOP flips the lower chamber next year, suggesting there's a faction of rank-and-file Republicans who are not yet sold on promoting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

November 24, 2021

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s political future on the rocks in Arizona, poll shows

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has fallen out of favor with Arizona Democrats to the point that the lion's share of them would like to replace her with someone else in the 2024 primary.

November 22, 2021

Fate of Democrats’ $2 trillion tax-and-spend wish list in limbo in Senate

Sen. Jon Tester of Montana on Sunday said Democrats are going to have to be "open to compromise" if they hope to unify the party and pass President Biden's roughly $2 trillion social safety net bill through the upper chamber.

November 21, 2021

Winsome Sears calls out racial agitators after Rittenhouse verdict: ‘Media are complicit in this’

Virginia Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears said Sunday that it is time to "stop picking at" America's racial scabs after a jury returned a verdict of not guilty against Kyle Rittenhouse, who was accused of murder for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during racial justice riots last year in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

November 21, 2021