MO: GOP jumping back on Akin bandwagon

By   /  September 27, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Featured, Federal Government, Missouri, News, Politics & Elections, Power Abuse, U.S. Senate  /  6 Comments

Cheering

By Johnny Kampis | Missouri Watchdog
ST. LOUIS — Now that Todd Akin’s staying in the U.S. Senate race, some in the Republican Party are giving the Republican candidate a figurative slap on the back rather than a kick in the behind.
Rob Jesmer, director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a political action committee focused on electing [...]

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WI: Neumann rolling with Tea Party Express

By   /  August 7, 2012  /  News, Politics, U.S. Senate, Wisconsin  /  No Comments

Mark Neumann, GOP candidate for U.S. Senate

By Ryan Ekvall / Wisconsin Reporter
LA CROSSE – Separated by a couple hours and a few miles of road Tuesday, U.S. Senate hopeful Mark Neumann campaigned in La Crosse on the heels of fellow GOP candidate Tommy Thompson’s visit.
Thompson was joined by old-school D.C. power broker Newt Gingrich.
Neumann rode the endorsement of the Tea Party [...]

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Senate Poll Released, Sort Of…

By   /  February 3, 2012  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Watchdog, State Politics, WatchBlog  /  10 Comments

The man behind a Nebraska GOP Senate poll, which finds Don Stenberg closing in on Jon Bruning, is defending the survey’s numbers.
“This is not a push-poll,” Matt Hoskins, of the Senate Conservatives Fund, tells Nebraska Watchdog.
On Thursday, Bruning’s campaign manager Trent Fellers told Nebraska Watchdog the poll “featured negative attacks” on Bruning. Today he said the poll—which [...]

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GOP Senate Poll: Stenberg ‘Surging’

By   /  February 2, 2012  /  Nebraska, Nebraska Watchdog, State Politics, WatchBlog  /  10 Comments

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 has not only endorsed [...]

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