By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

LINCOLN — Nebraska Watchdog has learned that Bob Kerrey has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate.
In a personal text message to Nebraska Watchdog, Kerrey said, “I have decided not to run. I almost said yes but do not believe it’s best for my family.” (For more on Kerrey’s decision click here).
Democrats [...]

By John Hood | Carolina Journal
RALEIGH – With the increasing likelihood of Mitt Romney becoming the Republican nominee, attention will shift to general-election polling and other trends in presidential swing states such as North Carolina. But the presidential race, as important as it is, won’t be the only political story that focuses on battleground states.
Republican hopes [...]

By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog

LINCOLN — A new GOP Senate poll—arguably one likely to favor Don Stenberg—finds State Treasurer Stenberg “surging” just a handful of points behind Attorney General Jon Bruning.
At the same time nearly a third of the voters are still undecided.
The poll was trotted out today by Senator Jim DeMint’s (R-SC) Senate Conservatives Fund. DeMint [...]

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — With their newfound majority, Virginia Republicans want to resurrect a proposal that would tighten voter-identification requirements. The measure failed to clear the state Senate last year.

By Michael Noyes | Montana Watchdog
HELENA – By all accounts the Republicans will likely have already chosen a presidential candidate by the time Montana voters go to the polls in June.
“Historically speaking, the nomination is usually decided long before Montanans cast a vote,” state Republican Party Chairman Bowen Greenwood said.
That doesn’t mean Republicans in [...]