She would also make history as the first woman in her twenties to be elected to Congress. Crowley had been mentioned as a potential candidate for Speaker of the House, should Democrats retake the House of Representatives. The congressman came under fire this week for sending a proxy on ...
Boebert has said that her intractable politics — stonewalling the January 2023 vote to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker for a series of concessions, for example — are promises kept on the campaign trail. “The swamp, they thought I would fail, but you all welcomed me to ...
"There are a lot of factors that is in no way a bellwether of what's going to happen this fall," Johnson said. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a closed-door GOP caucus meeting, at the Capitol, Feb. 14, 2024, in Washington.J. Scott Applewhite/AP But...
Representative Bobby Bright, a conservative Alabama Democrat in a tough fight for re-election, became the first incumbent member of his party to say definitively that he would not support Nancy Pelosi for speaker next year if the Democrats retain control of the House. His statement illustrated ...
Torres, who defeated Republican candidate Patrick Delices, is heading to the House to represent the South Bronx,CBS News projects. "We are going to have a United States Congress that is every bit as diverse and dynamic as America itself," Torres, who is Afro-Latino, said after w...
Born on June 5, 1941, in Eagle Lake, Maine, Martin began his political career in 1964 when he was first elected to the Maine House. He quickly became a key figure and powerbroker within the Maine Democratic Party, eventually serving as Speaker of the House from 1975 to 1994. ...
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Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, who is expected to formally declare his candidacy next month, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has said he hasn't decided if he will run, were both included in the poll, conducted between March 21-31. ...
McClain Delaney used personal funds to bolster her campaign, outspending her opponent by a significant margin. She received endorsements from big-name Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin. In a last-minute attempt to garner more votes...
Trump held a closing campaign rally a few weeks ago at a packed Madison Square Garden, where a speaker sparked controversy by calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” He also held a rally to reach Black and Latino voters in the South Bronx in...