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West Virginia Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller Will Retire
UPDATE: Rockefeller, in a speech announcing his retirement, reflected on his achievements. He menti…
Walter Hickey
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'Hillbilly Elegy' author J.D. Vance said he regrets his deleted anti-Trump tweets and asked people 'not to judge' him amid his bid for Ohio Senate seat
The GOP Senate hopeful said he regrets "being wrong about" Trump, who he thinks was "a good preside…
Erin Snodgrass
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The coronavirus infects the Supreme Court hearing as 2 Senate Judiciary Committee senators test positive for COVID-19 and Chuck Schumer calls for a halt
Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Mike Lee revealed they tested positive for COVID-19 after Presi…
Sinéad Baker
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Ashley Judd Will NOT Run For Senate In Kentucky
Democrats are likely breathing a sigh of relief at the news. Although Judd's potential switch to po…
Grace Wyler
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REPORT: Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss Will Retire In 2014
“Georgia will now offer Democrats one of our best pick-up opportunities of the cycle. There are alr…
Brett LoGiurato
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Scott Brown Is NOT Running For Senate
“When I was first sent to the Senate in early 2010, it wasn’t exactly welcome news for President Ob…
Brett LoGiurato
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Dr. Oz penned an op-ed about why he is running to be a senator from Pennsylvania. He only said the commonwealth's name once in the entire column.
Oz, a television personality and heart surgeon, announced his senatorial campaign on Tuesday in a c…
Lauren Frias,Taiyler Simone M…
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema stands by her support of the Senate filibuster, dooming Democratic plans to codify federal abortion protections
Sinema said "protections in the Senate" against anti-abortion bills "are more important now than ev…
Grace Panetta
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California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will fill Kamala Harris' US Senate seat
Padilla will be the first-ever Latino US Senator to represent California, serving out the rest of H…
Grace Panetta
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Inside The Democratic Infighting That May Cost Democrats Control Of The Senate
The clash between Schweitzer and Tester's parties expose schisms in Montana's Democratic Party that…
Brett LoGiurato
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GOP senators are privately contacting Biden, while publicly very few have acknowledged him as the president-elect
In an interview, Ron Klain, Biden's incoming chief of staff, said he's not "naming names" but that …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Senator Accidentally Tweets The Thing That's On Every Politician's Mind Every Hour Of The Day
At least one report suggested that members of Congress should devote about four hours per day to fu…
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The United States Senate Has Finally Approved A Budget - Its First In Four Years
Obama has courted Republicans in recent weeks in a bid to draw mutually acceptable outlines for def…
Agence France Presse
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McConnell said Senate GOP 'undecided' on commission to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol siege. 8 Senate Republicans voted against certifying the election after the attack.
The House is set to vote on a bill to establish a commission to probe the Jan. 6 riots - the same d…
Lauren Frias
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Cory Booker Is Crushing Senator Frank Lautenberg In A Hypothetical Primary Battle
Booker has clearly leveraged his position as mayor of Newark to an admirable degree, but whether la…
Walter Hickey
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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will lie in state in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 12
"Harry never forgot where he came from, and I will miss my dear friend and mentor greatly," Senate …
Morgan Keith
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Democratic victories in the Georgia runoffs ended Mitch McConnell's 6-year tenure as Senate Majority Leader and DC's most feared power broker
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock won the Georgia runoffs, Decision Desk HQ and Business Insider proje…
Sinéad Baker
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A New Jersey state senator-elect deletes Twitter after receiving backlash for racist, derogatory tweets
"I'm a passionate guy and I sometimes say things in the heat of the moment," New Jersey Senator-ele…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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NATE SILVER: The GOP Is On The Verge Of Gaining A Senate Majority In 2014
The three likely pickups come from vacancies in Montana, West Virginia, and South Dakota, where Dem…
Brett LoGiurato
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Democrats' Chances Of Keeping Senate Control Just Took A Brutal Hit
"Fact is Schweitzer looked at the race and realized he wouldn't win in light of how unpopular the D…