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In a much-less covered race than those in upstate New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi is cruising to victory by close to a 20-point margin, keeping a longtime Democratic seat firmly in the blue column.

Interpreting the election may be more difficult than even the most seasoned political pundit may be willing to admit. Democrats won huge in New York 23. Republicans won (arguably) even bigger in New Jersey. And both parties fared just about as expected in both Virginia and the California 10th...

Four marquee elections in New Jersey, New York, California, and Virginia are set for Tuesday. Republicans- looking to define the contests as indicative of a shift in the national mood in their favor- need to win to prove it...

When Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut ran as an independent against Ned Lamont, the man who won his state's senate Democratic primary back in 2006, many of his colleagues in Washington distanced themselves from the party's 2000 Vice Presidential nominee...

After state legislator Tom Ammiano (D - San Francisco) told a crowd that Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could "kiss [his] gay ass," Schwarzenegger returned the jab with one of his own. But the veto of a bill supported by Ammiano wasn't the only message.

According to a report from the New York Post, Democratic New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has sent word to friend and potential 2010 rival Rudy Giuliani that he will challenge incumbent Democratic Governor David Paterson for their party's nomination for Governor in 2010...

New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate faced public calls for his resignation after he was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault, in the criminal trial involving an alleged attack on his girlfriend Karla Giraldo...

If you're planning on heading to the bookstore to pick up the upcoming Sarah Palin book, be careful to read the title closely...

Last week, the Republican Party unveiled the result of hundreds of man hours that went into the redesign of its website, which is now complete with Michael Steele's blog, "Change the Game" (formerly, "What up?" until someone pointed out that might be mildly patronistic)...

He looked like a runaway horse out of the gate when he announced his candidacy to replace retiring Florida Republican Mel Martinez in the Senate...

Senator Susan Collins, a moderate Republican of Maine, has joined her fellow "Pine Tree" stater Olympia Snowe, indicating that she could support Democrat-led health care reform efforts under the right conditions...

If getting Maine Senator Olympia Snowe to offer some semblance of Republican (and hence, bipartisan) support for the health care reform bill was an almost impossible task, wait until you see the gargantuan mountain Democrats have to climb now: keeping Snowe on board.

The all-too hasty response to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Award seems to focus on the wrong aspect: "but he'd only been president for 11 days at the nomination cutoff!" and "he hasn't done anything of value on the internationl stage since becoming president!" Republicans love to take aim at the...

Creigh Deeds, the former state senator and current Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, is falling further behind Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell. Though the Democrat has trailed for much of the race, he'd closed the gap at various points...