Kyle Bell

Senators Lugar and Coats, As a resident of Indiana, I must say that I am deeply disappointed with the way the Republican Party has conducted itself during the debt negotiations. Hardworking Hoosiers are being asked to sacrifice trillions of dollars worth of cuts from the federal budget, yet Republicans cannot ask the wealthiest to spare [...]

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One week after the Alaska Republican Senate primary we have a winner. Senator Lisa Murkowski conceded defeat in a phone call to her Sarah Palin-backed far-right challenger. Joe Miller, who led by 1,668 votes after last week’s primary, was leading by 1,100 votes once counting resumed today. Some 16,000 votes had yet been counted as [...]

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Joe Miller, a political unknown supported by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, is leading Senator Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican Senate primary by 3 points. With 84 percent of precincts reporting, Miller is ahead with 51.45% (45,188 votes) to Murkowski’s 48.55% (42,633 votes). While Miller is on-track to defeating Murkowski, the race remains undecided [...]

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We’re getting closer to the midterm elections. As such, I will be posting my projections more frequently. The last projection that I published looked at races in the Midwest. Now we’re going to have a look at the South: Alabama Incumbent: Richard Shelby (R) Challenger(s): William Barnes (Democrat) Prediction: Likely Republican At the heart of [...]

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If you’re a conservative Democrat in Arkansas named Blanche Lincoln, you’re probably not have a very good Easter weekend. Senator Lincoln has raised $1 million in the past three months and has $4 million in the bank. While that normally would not be a terrible haul, her Democratic primary challenger has raised twice as much [...]

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The past couple weeks we have been tracking the Indiana Senate race as former senator Dan Coats announced his plans to challenge incumbent Senator Evan Bayh. Polling showed that Bayh was far ahead 55-35% and would cruise to re-election. Yet just a day before the filing deadline, Bayh announced that he would not be seeking [...]

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Just a day after former senator Dan Coats announced his entrance into the Indiana Senate race, a poll shows that he has a lot of ground to make up before he can call himself a “current senator”. Incumbent Democrat Evan Bayh, who enjoys a 61% approval rating in the state, leads Coats by 20 points. [...]

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Former Senator Dan Coats of Indiana has made it official on a South Bend radio station. He will be challenging incumbent Democrat Evan Bayh for Indiana’s junior seat in the Senate. Coats retired in 1998 when Evan Bayh, a popular two term governor, announced that he would be running for the seat. Since leaving the [...]

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Last night the United States came one step closer to real healthcare reform when the House passed its version of the bill. The only thing standing between the American people and reform is the U.S. Senate. Since the Republican Party has promised to obstruct the President’s agenda at every corner, it will take every single [...]

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CNN is reporting that later today Republican Senator Mel Martinez of Florida will resign his seat. No word on why, but the senator has previously stated his intention to retire from the Senate after serving just one term. Previously Senator Martinez served in the Bush administration as the HUD Secretary. This resignation creates a bit [...]

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