Archive for the Tag '2008'

Minnesota Third District listed among most likely party changer seats

Quick Hitter


Good Monday morning,
Washington Post politically obsessed blogger Chris Cillizza of “The Fix,” who attempts to track every race, lists Minnesota’s Third District as the third most likely of U.S. House district to change parties in the ‘08 election (which would mean from red — Republicans have held this seat since 1960 — to blue). Minnesota-3 […]

Sen. Pete Domenici to retire

Breaking news


The Republican Party must really have offended the political gods. Now six-term U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-New Mexico, is expected to announce today that he will not seek a seventh term. Health reasons.
Domenici was already in some political trouble (involvement in the scandal over the firing of New Mexico U.S. attorney David C. Iglesias) but would […]