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 Megan Poinski | Maryland Reporter
ANNAPOLIS – As national politics slides into ultra-partisan mode, causing endless arguments and political stalemates, what is a frustrated citizen to do in an election year?
Maryland native and Ruck.us founder Ray Glendening works on his website, which focuses on uniting people on common causes.

Maryland native Ray Glendening is raising a [...]

By Rob Nikolewski | New Mexico Watchdog
SANTA FE — We’ve written how it looks like Republican Gov. Susana Martinez has no choice but to seat a Democrat and president of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Lisa Curtis, to serve out the final year of the term of state Sen. Kent Cravens (R-Albuquerque).
Cravens resigned his post to become a [...]

By Steven Greenhut | CalWatchdog
SACRAMENTO — Over the summer, Calwatchdog published a series of articles documenting the way that the political Left exploited the redistricting process to assure strong gains for the Democratic Party. The report included an exclusive interview with a redistricting commission member who alleged partisan behavior by his supposedly non-partisan commission colleagues, but [...]