Gop Sees New Hope for Winning Senate
That track record suggests Trump has a good chance of winning the nomination. We can use a logistic regression model to estimate a presidential candidate’s chances of winning their party’s nod given their off-year August polling numbers. Based on that model, a generic presidential candidate ...
Senate Republicans feel increasingly optimistic about their chances of winning back the majority in November — as long as they don’t self-sabotage with toxic nominees. With primaries set to kick off in earnest this week, Republican senators are warning that the party could still screw up wh...
falling far short of the number needed to win the speakership. He needed support from more than half of the lawmakers who cast their ballots. With 222 Republicans in the House, he could only afford to lose a handful of votes.
In his latest forecast, statistics whiz Nate Silver gives Republicans a roughly 60 percent chance of winning control of the Senate in the November elections. “Summing the probabilities of each race yields an estimate of 51 seats for Republicans. That makes them very slight favorites — perhaps ...
Government shutdowns have never worked out for Republicans. The first “successful” shutdown in 1995was a disaster,failing not only to achieve policy gains for the GOP but also sinking the party’s chances of winning the presidency and thus the administrative state. ...
“I think it’s going to be really difficult for him,” Greene told CNN about Johnson’s chances of winning the gavel again if he cuts a spending deal with Democrats. “Eleven of my colleagues voted with me for a motion to vacate. However, you’re seeing a good number of my colleague...
"Even if we get 100% Republican votes in the Senate, we need 10 Democrat votes to get a much needed Immigration Bill," he said. Despite the president's prediction of a "Red wave" this fall, Republicans are facing an uphill battle this November as they seek to hold control of the Hous...
Bessent plans to meet with incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. John Barrasso, who is set to become the No. 2 Republican, according to Raj Shah, a Trump transition spokesperson. Punchbowl earlier reported the meetings. Since winning the hard-fought battle to...
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally handily defeated her primary challenger Tuesday, with the help of an endorsement from President Trump. Her chances of winning the ge…