Only two out of one hundred sitting US Senators are Independents. With the economy struggling, congressional approval at record low, and unfavorable ratings of both parties higher than ever, independent voters could have a significant impact on the 2012 elections. This section will follow the races for Senate seats that could be filled by independent-minded representatives.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker self-identifies as an “independent Democrat.” When he declared his official entry into New Jersey’s special election to replace Frank Lautenberg’s Senate seat on Saturday, he explained that if elected, he would seek to “bring people together…actually get into the complicated difficult messy arena…
Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL and principal investor at Boston’s Advent International, has joined the special election to fill John Kerry’s Massachusetts Senate seat.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) reached an agreement Thursday night regarding new Senate rules.
With a spate of shootings in recent months, there are calls for tighter gun control and President Obama has political capital to spend.
As data continues to trickle in from last year’s election, the Center for Public Integrity released findings Wednesday that some of the biggest winners from the election, aside from Obama, were political consultants.
The election of a religiously diverse 113th Congress can partially be attributed to shifting religious attitudes in America.
During the 113th session, for the first time in the history of the Senate women will compose 20 percent of its Members.
