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One last journey down Roll Call’s Jersey Turnpike

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted September 19, 2024 at 12:02pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Many House members are vulnerable. Here’s the Top 10.

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:00am
Banners and bunting decorate the outside of the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile hotel as Chicago gears up for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday.

DNC-adjacent: Stories in the convention’s orbit

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted August 15, 2024 at 12:11pm

At the Races: Meanwhile, on the House battlefield

By Herb Jackson, Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 1, 2024 at 2:30pm
Aaron Regunberg, a member of the Pass the Torch Steering Committee, leads the crowd in a chant urging President Joe Biden to drop his bid for reelection at a demonstration outside the White House on Saturday.

Crowd worried about Trump urges Biden to drop out

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 20, 2024 at 5:34pm, Updated at 7:10pm
Montana Sen. Jon Tester, one of the most vulnerable Democrats on the ballot, raised $10.6 million in the second quarter.

FEC reports show Democrats with tough races ahead building cash

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted July 16, 2024 at 6:43pm
President Joe Biden delivers a nationally televised address from the Oval Office of the White House on Sunday about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday.

Biden condemns attempted Trump assassination, calls for ‘unity’

By Herb Jackson and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 14, 2024 at 3:02pm, Updated at 8:24pm
Louisiana Republican Rep. Garret Graves will not seek reelection this year.

Graves decides not to run after Louisiana district redrawn

By Herb Jackson
Posted June 14, 2024 at 5:32pm
Being former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Iceland wasn’t enough for Jeff Gunter to earn Trump's endorsement, as he went on to lose the GOP Senate primary in Nevada.

When being ambassador to Iceland isn’t enough

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted June 13, 2024 at 1:08pm
Reps. William R. Timmons IV and Nancy Mace face competitive challengers in Tuesday's Republican primaries in South Carolina.

Ohio vacancy, challenges to Timmons and Mace top Tuesday’s races

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Herb Jackson
Posted June 7, 2024 at 3:21pm, Updated June 10, 2024 at 10:55am
California state Assemblymember Vince Fong, a Republican from Bakersfield, appears with then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, left, at a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., on June 16, 2023.

Eight questions for elections in five states on Tuesday

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted May 17, 2024 at 5:34pm

At the Races: And the winner is … the target of this attack

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted May 16, 2024 at 2:30pm
Rep. David Trone, D-Md., has put nearly $62 million of his own money into his campaign for Senate.

Millionaires making election moves in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted May 10, 2024 at 5:09pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., did not raise much money for his reelection campaign, but he did for his legal defense. Still, he might run anyway in November, potentially upending Garden State politics.

Meanwhile, in non-Trump, non-impeachment and non-speaker news

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted April 19, 2024 at 9:00am
Rep. David Trone, a Democrat vying for Maryland’s open Senate seat, has loaned his campaign $41.8 million this election cycle.

Fundraising shows Democrats prepping for battle in both chambers

By Herb Jackson, Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Ryan Kelly
Posted April 16, 2024 at 5:53pm
Bernie Moreno, Republican candidate for Senate, speaks at the Columbiana County Lincoln Day Dinner in Salem, Ohio, on March 15.

When the most powerful people get what they want

By Jason Dick, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted March 22, 2024 at 6:08am
Rep. Mike Bost shouts at Rep. Matt Gaetz during a debate over choosing a House speaker on Jan. 6, 2023. Gaetz campaigned for Bost’s opponent in Tuesday’s Republican primary in Illinois’ 12th District.

Eight House races to watch in Tuesday’s primaries

By Herb Jackson
Posted March 18, 2024 at 10:49am, Updated March 20, 2024 at 1:15pm
Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker won the Republican nomination for a third full term on Tuesday.

Mississippi’s Ezell, Wicker win Republican primaries easily

By Herb Jackson
Posted March 12, 2024 at 9:35pm
In a primary featuring, from left, Democratic Reps. Katie Porter, Adam B. Schiff and Barbara Lee, only Schiff made it to the November ballot.

Key results from congressional primaries on Super Tuesday

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Herb Jackson
Posted March 6, 2024 at 5:14am, Updated March 8, 2024 at 9:04am
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, is one of seven House members with primaries next week who have no opponents in either party this year.

Some members of Congress not sweating reelection this year

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 29, 2024 at 5:00am
Republican candidate Scott Baugh, who narrowly lost a race in California’s 47th District in 2022, has the most money of any candidate ahead of the March 5 primary.

FEC reports shine light on Super Tuesday primaries

By Herb Jackson, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 23, 2024 at 4:46pm
Former Sen. Bill Bradley, seen here during his playing days with the New York Knicks in October 1973 at Madison Square Garden in New York, has a new documentary one-man show, "Rolling Along," about his life.

A sense of where he is: Bill Bradley and his one-man show ‘Rolling Along’

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted February 5, 2024 at 10:45am
New York Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former House member vying in the Feb. 13 special election for his old seat, at a September 2020 news conference at the Capitol.

Suozzi laps Pilip in fundraising ahead of New York special election

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 2, 2024 at 11:14am
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat who flipped a Washington district in 2022, had $2.2 million in her campaign account on Dec. 31.

House disclosures show both parties gearing for battle

By Herb Jackson, Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:43pm, Updated February 7, 2024 at 2:58pm
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., took in $3.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2023, but his likely opponent had total receipts of $5.5 million.

Most Democrats dominate Senate fundraising, but tough year looms

By Herb Jackson, Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 1, 2024 at 11:32am, Updated at 3:28pm
Facing indictment, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., saw his fundraising evaporate as legal fees spiked in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Menendez legal fees spike as donors disappear, FEC filing shows

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 1, 2024 at 5:46am
One big story the Political Theater crew is following is whether Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., seen after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, will run for re-election and whether she will be able to collect more than 40,000 signatures from registered independents to qualify for the ballot.

What’s the big idea? The big political stories beyond the headlines

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted January 25, 2024 at 11:23am
A special investigatory subcommittee appointed by the House Ethics Committee will review allegations against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla.

Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick faces House ethics probe

By Herb Jackson
Posted December 27, 2023 at 4:51pm

At the Races: Expect Trump on Colorado ballot

By Herb Jackson, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 21, 2023 at 2:30pm
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., speaks during an early voting rally in Prince William County, Va., on Sept. 24, 2022.

Spanberger running for Virginia governor instead of another House term

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Herb Jackson
Posted November 13, 2023 at 8:16am
Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., announced Sunday he will resign in February.

Higgins to resign in February, calls pace of Congress ‘frustrating’

By Herb Jackson
Posted November 12, 2023 at 5:27pm
Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., is seen on the House floor before a vote on making Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the speaker on Tuesday.

Lawmakers, challengers echo talking points after speaker vote

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted October 17, 2023 at 6:44pm
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., faces an opponent next year who has nearly $3 million more than her to spend at this point in the campaign.

House GOP fundraising edge does not cover everyone

By Herb Jackson, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 16, 2023 at 5:35pm
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, raised $5.8 million during the third quarter.

Senate FEC roundup: Cruz outraised, Brown bragging rights

By Herb Jackson
Posted October 16, 2023 at 12:02pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., paid more in refunds than he got in contributions during the third quarter, new disclosures show.

Defendant caucus: FEC filings show Santos ailing, Menendez trailing

By Herb Jackson
Posted October 16, 2023 at 6:18am
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., couldn't manage the GOP Conference. Now the race to replace him is on.

The fall of the House of … Representatives

By Herb Jackson, John Bennett and Jason Dick
Posted October 6, 2023 at 10:40am
Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, conducts a House Judiciary Committee hearing in June.

Trump backs Jordan, adding to GOP speaker drama

By Herb Jackson
Posted October 6, 2023 at 8:04am, Updated at 12:37pm
Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, has been named to fill the remainder of the late California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term in the Senate.

Butler, the newest senator, worked to elect and defeat many colleagues

By Herb Jackson and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 2, 2023 at 7:50am, Updated at 4:17pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is facing calls for his resignation as he fights federal corruption charges. Political Theater discusses his rise in politics, previous cases against him and the current predicament he is in. And pork rolls v. Taylor Ham.

Bob Menendez: Born to run under indictment?

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted September 27, 2023 at 2:18pm
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., paid himself $400,000 from donor contributions in May to reduce the outstanding balance of loans he made to win elections in 2010 and 2016.

Some members of Congress using donor money to repay themselves

By Herb Jackson
Posted August 14, 2023 at 5:00am
From left, Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pose for a picture to mark National Seersucker Day in the Capitol on June 8.

Big shoes filled as Senate appropriators spread earmarks wealth

By Herb Jackson and Peter Cohn
Posted August 2, 2023 at 10:49am
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., topped the list of House members with earmarks in fiscal 2024 appropriations bills, sponsoring $273.3 million worth of projects.

Republicans hoover up earmarks in House spending bills

By Peter Cohn and Herb Jackson
Posted July 24, 2023 at 12:15pm

At the Races: Anti-woke appropriating

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted July 20, 2023 at 2:30pm
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff's campaign for California's open seat in the Senate raised more than $4 million in the second quarter, when House Republicans voted to censure him for comments about former President Donald Trump.

House GOP well funded for ’24, but Schiff censure opens cash spigot

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 17, 2023 at 5:30am, Updated at 11:01am

At the Races: Survey says what?

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted May 25, 2023 at 2:30pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on April 18.

Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators

By Aidan Quigley and Herb Jackson
Posted May 17, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Mike Lawler is among a group of New York Republicans who won in 2022 in districts who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, a dynamic that has landed them on Roll Call's most vulnerable incumbents list.

The most vulnerable 2024 incumbents, so far

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted May 12, 2023 at 3:14pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., wants money to build a naval aircraft hangar in his district.

House GOP tops list of earmark seekers under new regime

By Aidan Quigley and Herb Jackson
Posted April 28, 2023 at 11:51am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is setting up a legal defense fund after spending more than $230,000 from his campaign account for legal and related expenses.

Sen. Bob Menendez sets up legal defense fund, again

By Herb Jackson
Posted April 18, 2023 at 1:54pm
New York Republican Rep. George Santos, whose race next year is rated a Toss-up, raised just over $5,000 from January through March.

From highs to lows, FEC reports offer an early 2024 temperature

By Herb Jackson
Posted April 17, 2023 at 8:00am, Updated at 4:18pm
Actor George Clooney, center, appeared in April 2006 at the National Press Club for "SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide" with Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and Sam Brownback, R-Kan. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

The National Press Club, explained

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted April 13, 2023 at 10:41am
Former Rep. John A. Boehner holds up his congressional voting card back in 2009. CQ has tracked members’ votes and analyzed them for its annual vote studies for several decades.

Yes, they look at ALL the votes

By Jason Dick, Herb Jackson and Ryan Kelly
Posted March 24, 2023 at 3:33pm
Former Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., right, had $6.1 million left in campaign accounts he controls on Dec. 31, while former Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., had $1.3 million.

Not couch cushion money: Former members sitting on $54 million

By Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted February 6, 2023 at 5:00am
GOP Rep. Randy Weber of Texas, who secured $287.5 million in earmarks, was among the lawmakers who voted against the omnibus spending measure.

GOP omnibus opponents bring home billions of earmarked dollars

By Peter Cohn and Herb Jackson
Posted December 23, 2022 at 6:59pm
Sen. Richard Shelby procured $1.2 billion in earmarks during the 117th Congress, including $10 million for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to create “an institute on public service and leadership.”

Once again, Shelby stands alone when it comes to earmarks

By Herb Jackson and Peter Cohn
Posted December 22, 2022 at 6:00am
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz put $26.8 million of his own money into his losing campaign in Pennsylvania.

Closing the books on the 2022 midterm campaign

By Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted December 9, 2022 at 5:01pm
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said Friday she will register as an independent, leaving the Democratic Party.

Sinema leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent

By Daniela Altimari and Herb Jackson
Posted December 9, 2022 at 7:38am, Updated at 10:43am
New York Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney attends the Met Gala at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. 13.

Ethics office raps Rep. Carolyn Maloney over alleged Met Gala solicitation

By Herb Jackson
Posted November 21, 2022 at 5:28pm
Senate candidate Cheri Beasley speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday. Beasley, a Democrat, raised $13.4 million during the third quarter, nearly $8.6 million more than her Republican opponent.

Congressional fundraising climate favors Democrats

By Herb Jackson, Kate Ackley and Ryan Kelly
Posted October 17, 2022 at 5:50am
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., participates in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 21. Johnson has been on Roll Call's list of 10 most vulnerable senators for the 2022 midterm cycle.

We love it when you’re vulnerable: Swing districts, members vs. members and more

By Jason Dick, Herb Jackson, Kate Ackley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 21, 2022 at 3:24pm
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, the defending champion in the National Press Club spelling bee, was knocked out this year on “whangdoodle.”

Press wins spelling bee after politician flubs ‘whangdoodle’

By Herb Jackson
Posted September 15, 2022 at 12:11pm
New York Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney easily won his primary for another term in New York's 17th District.

Who won the key races in Florida, New York and Oklahoma

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski, Kate Ackley, Stephanie Akin and Herb Jackson
Posted August 23, 2022 at 7:39pm, Updated August 24, 2022 at 5:43am
Sen. Mazie Hirono, left, donated to the winning Democrat for Hawaii's open 2nd District seat ahead of Tuesday's primary, in which fellow Sen. Brian Schatz, right, was also renominated.

Progressive Jill Tokuda nominated for Hawaii’s open 2nd District seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Herb Jackson
Posted August 14, 2022 at 9:51am
Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler's lead over a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump has narrowed as votes continue to be counted in Washington's 3rd District.

Newhouse declared winner while Herrera Beutler’s lead narrows

By Herb Jackson, Kate Ackley and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 6, 2022 at 8:40am
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is seen at the Senate steps of the Capitol on June 9. Warnock, in a competitive race for reelection, has raised a prodigious amount of money for his campaign.

Previously on the 2022 primary show: Crazy cash, ISIS brides and representatives prohibited from representing

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted July 21, 2022 at 12:29pm
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., had $15 million more in his campaign account on June 30 than his opponent.

New FEC filings show no sign of donors abandoning Democrats

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 18, 2022 at 11:41am
Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, has a lot to smile about so far in this year's appropriations process.

House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks

By Peter Cohn and Herb Jackson
Posted June 28, 2022 at 11:30am
Voters chose nominees Tuesday in five states.

Key results from Tuesday’s primaries

By Herb Jackson and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 17, 2022 at 9:16pm, Updated May 18, 2022 at 6:04am
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., center, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, seen here on April 5 in the Capitol, raised a combined $25 million in the first quarter for their reelection campaigns.

Cash rules all politics? Maybe, maybe not. Our look at the latest FEC fundraising numbers

By Jason Dick, Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted April 21, 2022 at 10:54am
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., brought in more money than her Trump-backed Republican challenger in the first three months of 2022.

Trump targets outraise challengers, unlike some other incumbents

By Herb Jackson
Posted April 20, 2022 at 5:00am
Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., was responsible for $548 million in earmarks in the omnibus spending bill signed by the president on Tuesday.

In the game of earmarks, Shelby has no peers

By Peter Cohn, Ryan Kelly and Herb Jackson
Posted March 16, 2022 at 5:00am
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., attends a meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol on Dec. 1.

Kinzinger to keep fight against Trumpism going after House, but hedges on 2024

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 28, 2022 at 8:00am
Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J., plans to retire after his current term ends.

Rep. Albio Sires to retire, back Sen. Bob Menendez’s son for seat

By Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted December 20, 2021 at 3:50pm
North Carolina Rep. G.K. Butterfield is one of 13 Democrats added to the House GOP campaign arm's target list for 2022.

Democrats assess blame as GOP reacts to election by expanding 2022 target list

By Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted November 3, 2021 at 10:43am, Updated at 4:42pm
People evacuate the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, after the hijacked AA Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. At center is Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley.

Two staffers who opened their Capitol Hill homes to colleagues on 9/11

By Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted September 8, 2021 at 5:00am
From right, Reps. Al Green, D-Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Martin Luther King III, participate in the March on for Voting Rights on Saturday. The event was held on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Biden, Manchin singled out as voting rights rally demands end to filibuster

By Herb Jackson and Tom Williams
Posted August 28, 2021 at 4:51pm
New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer was among the Democratic moderates who battled with Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the timing of a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Standoff by moderates highlights Democratic rift, but will it affect 2022?

By Herb Jackson
Posted August 24, 2021 at 4:41pm

At the Races: So much for infrastructure week

By Herb Jackson, Stephanie Akin and Bridget Bowman
Posted August 19, 2021 at 2:30pm
The partisan balance is very close in the House this Congress, making special elections and their timing even more important.

What’s so special about special elections?

By Jason Dick, Herb Jackson and Evan Campbell
Posted August 9, 2021 at 2:13pm
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney raised $1.9 million the second quarter as she battles for her political survival as a top Republican target of former President Donald Trump.

Targeted by Trump for opposing his ‘lies’ about election fraud, Rep. Liz Cheney raises $1.9 million

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 13, 2021 at 5:47pm
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and other supporters of the S 1 elections overhaul rally outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday to call for the bill’s passage.

Will Democrats go to war on voting rights?

By Herb Jackson
Posted June 14, 2021 at 10:30am
From Six PAC to Steer PAC to all kinds of acronyms, new lawmakers are getting in on the fundraising name game. Above, House Republicans pose for a new member photo on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 4.

Leadership PACs are often overlooked. These corny names can’t be ignored

By Herb Jackson
Posted April 20, 2021 at 6:00am
As Donald Trump calls for his defeat in 2022 because of his vote for impeachment, Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger saw his fundraising last quarter grow by more than 250 percent compared with the same period last cycle.

How the Jan. 6 riot is affecting campaign fundraising

By Kate Ackley, Bridget Bowman and Herb Jackson
Posted April 16, 2021 at 5:48pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and others look on as President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses depart the Capitol on Inauguration Day. The inauguration marked the first day of unified control of government under Democrats since 2011.

Governing in a hurry: The fleeting nature of unified control

By Jason Dick, Herb Jackson and Evan Campbell
Posted March 31, 2021 at 3:28pm
Donations from Comcast’s corporate PAC, one of the most active in the 2020 cycle, dried up in January as the company and many others examine donation policies in the wake of the Capitol riot.

Corporate PAC donations to parties and candidates plummet after Capitol riot

By Kate Ackley and Herb Jackson
Posted March 16, 2021 at 5:30am
Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski is the only Republican senator who voted to convict Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial and has an election in 2022.

Maybe everyone just wants to move on

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell, Bridget Bowman and Herb Jackson
Posted February 17, 2021 at 3:34pm
Voters stand in line on the last day of early voting at Lenora Park Gym in Snellville, Ga., on Oct. 30, 2020.

Voter turnout was a 2020 bright spot, but it might not continue

By Herb Jackson
Posted February 1, 2021 at 10:30am
Trump supporters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Wednesday.

The Transition: President Trump’s death rattle

By Jim Saksa, Evan Campbell, Niels Lesniewski and Herb Jackson
Posted January 8, 2021 at 6:25pm
Trump rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6, 2021.

Capitol riot: What our Hill reporters and photographers saw

By Herb Jackson, Caroline Brehman, Chris Cioffi, Katherine Tully-McManus and Tom Williams
Posted January 6, 2021 at 7:04pm
Former Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was pardoned by President Donald Trump shortly before he was due to report to prison.

Trump pardons ex-Reps. Duncan Hunter, Chris Collins

By Lindsey McPherson and Herb Jackson
Posted December 22, 2020 at 8:21pm
Iowa Democrat Rita Hart plans to file a petition with the U.S. House regarding her close 2nd District race.

Iowa Democrat Rita Hart to appeal 2nd District results to House

By Bridget Bowman and Herb Jackson
Posted December 2, 2020 at 3:15pm
Vice President Joe Biden walks by Electoral College ballot boxes during a joint session of Congress to tally ballots for president and vice president on Jan. 6, 2017.

What happens when a state can’t decide on its electors

By Herb Jackson
Posted October 26, 2020 at 10:30am
Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said earlier this month his Democratic challenger, Jaime Harrison, would raise $100 million. His projection was low, by $9 million.

Latest reports show more money surging against GOP in Senate battleground races

By Herb Jackson and Ryan Kelly
Posted October 23, 2020 at 10:42am
Democrat Jaime Harrison broke the quarterly fundraising record in his race against South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Fundraising surges for Democratic Senate challengers, reports show

By Bridget Bowman, Herb Jackson, Kate Ackley and Ryan Kelly
Posted October 16, 2020 at 11:51am
Republican Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, one of the most vulnerable House members seeking reelction, said President Donald Trump did not do himself any favors with his debate performance.

Hill Republicans in tough battles not thrilled with Trump debate style

By Stephanie Akin and Herb Jackson
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:20pm
Bad actors could try to exploit delays in counting mail-in or absentee ballots, and . one way to fix that is to not wait until Election Day to start processing ballots, Jackson writes.

The case for counting mail-in votes early

By Herb Jackson
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:00am
The Kennedy name was a factor in Tuesday’s primary win for Amy Kennedy — here with her husband, former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, and family in 2019 — as were a slew of mail-in ballots.

New Jersey’s machine takes a rare loss on primary day

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 13, 2020 at 10:30am
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton has no Democratic opponent in November even as a new poll shows independent voters in Arkansas starting to break toward Democrats.

As Tom Cotton courts controversy, he runs unopposed in Arkansas

By Herb Jackson
Posted June 22, 2020 at 10:30am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol in May.

Democrats split over choice to challenge McConnell

By Herb Jackson
Posted June 9, 2020 at 1:21pm
Republicans are targeting Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb in November.

New normal? Pennsylvania waits for election results

By Herb Jackson and Bridget Bowman
Posted June 3, 2020 at 7:14am