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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga. Barrow and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with voters in Republican-leaning states. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Internal wrangling marks Dems' Senate campaigns

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlighting both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with ...

FILE - In a Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel speaks to reporters after casting her ballot in the Georgia runoff election in Roswell, Ga. Handel said Friday May 17, 2013 she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, said Friday that she will run for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. The announcement, hours before the state GOP convention, will likely shake up an already ...

Slew of wide open races animate Georgia GOP convention

Beware of flying elbows this weekend in Athens, as the annual Georgia GOP convention will feature candidates and their backers jockeying for position in a cavalcade of wide-open races across the state. The man who started the dominoes is U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who will not run again in 2014. ...

Ga. businessman Perdue to explore US Senate bid

Georgia businessman David Perdue, cousin of former Gov. Sonny Perdue, says he's exploring a bid for U.S. Senate. The Republican is the former CEO of Dollar General and Reebok. Perdue said Tuesday he has formed an exploratory committee and will be meeting with voters over the next few weeks as ...

Homeland Security ups number of illegal immigrants ‘re-detained’

There are times when Washington resembles nothing so much as a bad, but unfinished divorce. The combatants will talk to anyone but each other. On March 7, five Republican members of Congress from Georgia – Doug Collins of Gainesville, Lynn Westmoreland of Coweta County, Tom Graves of Ranger, Phil Gingrey ...

U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Augusta, in a 2011 file photo. AP/Stephen Morton

John Barrow decides not to look back

When at the wheel of a car, it is entirely possible that John Barrow doesn’t bother to use the rear-view mirror. The 57-year-old Augusta congressman certainly tried his best not to look backwards on Wednesday. Twenty-four hours earlier, he’d shocked Georgia Democrats with his announcement that he would pass on ...

U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Augusta. AP file/John Bazemore

Democrats set out to find another recruit after Barrow’s decision

For months, many Georgia Democrats have believed their best shot at taking an open U.S. Senate seat was Rep. John Barrow, the battle-tested campaign veteran who has the conservative profile that could have given him a statewide shot. But Barrow ended months of speculation Tuesday when he announced he would ...

Barrow says he won't run for open US Senate seat

Rep. John Barrow, the last white Democratic congressman from the Deep South, ended months of speculation about his political future Tuesday by announcing he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Saxby Chambliss. Barrow, 57, of Augusta took a hard look at a 2014 Senate ...

Your daily jolt: Common Core, the Senate race, and how to talk to black people

The Saturday morning of the Cobb County GOP was a many-layered thing. The big draw was state School Superintendent John Barge, who was there to head off a Republican grass roots revolt over something called Common Core – an attempt to create national curriculum standards for K-12 students. Over the ...

Elizabeth Colbert Busch, left, and former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. AP/Bruce Smith and Mic Smith

The impact Mark Sanford's fate may have in Georgia

Charleston, S.C. -- As Election Day has crept ever closer, the pile of humiliations heaped upon Mark Sanford has grown deeper and deeper. Pornographer Larry Flynt has “endorsed” him as a sexual hero. A website that advertises itself as a discrete dating service for adulterers has put the former South ...

Your daily jolt: Jack Kingston promises no 'laugh lines for Jay Leno'

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, concluding a series of appearances announcing his entry into the U.S. Senate race, was looser – and at his most candid – when he appeared before the home folks in Savannah on Thursday. From Russ Bynum and the Associated Press: "We need common sense government," Rep. ...

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston greets supporters in Savannah, Ga., Thursday, May 2, 2013 before announcing that he's joining the race for retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss' 1st District seat. (AP Photo/Savannah Morning News, Steve Bisson) THE EXAMINER.COM OUT; SFEXAMINER.COM OUT; WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM OUT

Kingston promises 'common sense' in Senate race

Georgia's longest-serving Republican congressman announced his intention to run for the U.S. Senate Thursday with a speech focused on jobs, spending and defense that also included a single line aimed at two fellow U.S. House members who are now his political rivals. "We need common sense government," Rep. Jack Kingston ...

Your daily jolt: Nikki Haley stands up -- silently -- for Mark Sanford

Charleston, S.C. – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley appeared at a high end fundraiser with predecessor Mark Sanford, in an attempt to give a boost to his shaky bid to return to Congress. But she didn’t want to talk about her last-minute assistance. From this morning’s Post and Courier: Haley ...

Rep. Kingston to announce US Senate bid

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah said Wednesday he is joining what's turning out to be a crowded 2014 race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia. Kingston, 58, confirmed his plans in interviews with Atlanta media outlets. He planned to officially launch his campaign Thursday in Savannah. The Republican congressman ...

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston

Kingston’s in the Senate race, and he won’t be outflanked

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston has a message for his conservative challengers for an open Senate seat: He won’t be outflanked on the right. In announcing Wednesday that he’s joining the race for retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ seat, the Savannah Republican told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he’s a workhorse who ...

Your daily jolt: 'Argentina' and 'Nancy Pelosi' become S.C. shorthand

Charleston, S.C. – The District 1 congressional race between Elizabeth Colbert Busch and former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has reached a fever pitch, with auxiliary armies on both sides dipping in. House Majority PAC, a Democratic super-fund, on Tuesday came out with a new TV ad to make sure ...

Kingston plans statewide events amid Senate talk

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston has political events planned across Georgia this week after months of speculation about whether the Savannah Republican will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Kingston, 58, has scheduled news conferences Thursday in Savannah and coastal Brunswick, both key ...

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad delivers the annual Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party’s best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP’s post-2012 soul searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. GOP top national Senate campaign strategists tried again, in vain it turns out, to persuade Branstad to run for Senate instead of seeking another gubernatorial term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states

Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington. It's a potentially troubling sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching could spill over into next year's congressional elections. The vote is more than 18 months away, ...

 Rep. Paul Broun makes a formal announcement to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Saxby Chambliss. Broun made his annoucement at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

Ron Paul backs Broun’s Senate bid in Georgia

U.S. Rep. Paul Broun’s Senate campaign got a potentially lucrative and energetic jolt Thursday with the endorsement of former presidential hopeful Ron Paul. Broun’s libertarian voting record and penchant for carrying a Constitution in his pocket jibes with Paul’s political profile, and the endorsement could bring Broun a new national ...

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama watch as former first lady Barbara Bush gives the thumbs up to guests during the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center on Thursday in Dallas. AP/David J. Phillip

Your daily jolt: ‘We’ve had enough Bushes,’ says Barbara Bush

What’s a young man to do when Mom says no and Dad says yes? From the Associated Press: Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library, former first lady Barbara Bush is brushing aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House. Appearing in ...

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