The moderate Democratic congressman, who was quarterback for the Volunteers in the early 1990s, is reportedly a candidate for the University of Tennessee's vacant Athletic Director spot.
Could Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., be ready to put his Tennessee Orange back on?
The moderate Democratic congressman, who was quarterback for the Volunteers in the early 1990s, is reportedly a candidate for the University of Tennessee's vacant Athletic Director spot.
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Former Rep. Brad Carson, D-Okla., won't be making a comeback bid to reclaim his old congressional district after all.
After Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., announced his retirement earlier this month, Carson immediately signaled he would run again for the seat he vacated in 2004 to make an unsuccessful run for the Senate. With two weeks to go ahead of a closer-than-expected special election to replace former Rep.Jane Harman, D-Calif., Democrat Janice Hahn is out with her second and third television ads of the campaign - each with a different spin.
One ad echoes the message of her first spot - arguing that her Republican opponent, wealthy businessman Craig Huey, is far outside the mainstream. While her initial ad compared Huey to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the latest spot, titled "Extreme," piles on a comparison with another polarizing Republican - former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose White House campaign has been faltering since its launch. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., will not run for reelection next year, the ten-term congresswoman announced from her Petaluma home on Monday.
In prepared remarks, Woolsey looked back at her nearly two decades in the House, touting particularly her opposition to the war in Iraq as well as her work on local environmental issues. The National Republican Congressional Committee ended May with double the cash on hand as their Democratic counterparts. According to monthly reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, the NRCC closed the month with $10.6 million in the bank, compared to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's $5.3 million.
The NRCC also outraised the DCCC for a third consecutive month, pulling in $4.6 million during May, while the DCCC raised $3.8 million. In April, both committees raised roughly $4 million. A resignation by Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., means there will be a special election to replace him this fall. Candidates already are lining up. By Jessica Taylor and Sean Sullivan
A controversial web ad that attacks Janice Hahn, the Democratic candidate in California's 36th District, had Democrats inflamed on Wednesday, calling for Republican candidate Craig Huey to condemn the spot, which he did Wednesday afternoon. Three top Democratic leaders all sounded calls on Saturday for embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., to resign - the clearest sign yet that support from his party has completely evaporated after the married congressman admitted Monday he had sent lewd photographs through social media to several women. Within minutes of each other, Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel sent statements all calling for Weiner to step down. While several of Weiner's other Democratic colleagues had slowly suggested Weiner should resign, the orchestrated blitz from the party's top officials is the loudest public message yet a week of private entreaties was unsuccessful. Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., is expected to file today for next year's San Diego mayoral race, theSan Diego Union-Tribune reports.
With the already-crowded contest slated for next June, Filner couldn't run for reelection to his House seat as well, making him the eleventh current representative to seek another office next cycle. |
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