Oct 28, 2010 – Third-party candidate Tom Tancredo has been camping in Colorado Springs in recent days, courting members of his former party and trashing his two gubernatorial opponents. Asked Tuesday why he’s here so often, he offers a simple reason: “They’re called Republicans.” Tancredo says his only chance to win the governor’s...

Oct 28, 2010 – Republicans in Colorado continue to outpace Democrats in casting votes early so far this election. Republicans have now cast 40,000 more ballots than Democrats, according to numbers released Wednesday by the secretary of state's office. Republicans are also still turning out at a higher rate. So far, about 26 percent...

Oct 28, 2010 – Though polls say voters in Colorado are evenly divided between GOP U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck and his Democrat opponent, Sen. Michael Bennet, both certainly have groupies. And while the margins vary, the supporters break down in much the same way they did in Colorado's 2004 and 2008 U.S. Senate...

Oct 28, 2010 – Colorado's gubernatorial contenders diverge on key issues: managing water resources, minding population growth and balancing industry with environmental protection. One would construct new reservoirs, while another counts on conservation. One takes a hands-off approach to development, while another calls for forums to explore growth limits. One favors reasonable regulation, while...

Oct 28, 2010 – The final debate between U.S. Senate candidates Mike Lee and Sam Granato on Thursday featured testy exchanges on immigration, spending earmarks, term limits and about who of the two is really extreme or mainstream. That came as Democrat Granato, a food import business owner, painted Republican Lee, an attorney, as...

Oct 28, 2010 – On Wednesday morning, Sam Granato stepped into a Salt Lake County polling station, flashed his driver's license to a clerk, and stepped into the voting booth to cast his ballot. As the U.S. Senate candidate punched in his selection, news photographers snapped away. It was a decades-old scene common to...

Oct 28, 2010 – Alaska Senate hopeful Joe Miller focused on GOP rival Sen. Lisa Murkowski during the last debate before next week's election, as he seeks to shore up his conservative base and win over voters following a series of high-profile campaign stumbles. Miller, who beat Murkowski in the August primary, used a...

Oct 28, 2010 – On the surface, you might think Oregon Republicans would fear having support for their candidate for governor drained off by third-party candidates from the political right. After all, Libertarian Wes Wagner and Constitution Party candidate Greg Kord are promising much more dramatic reductions in government than Republican Chris Dudley --...

Oct 28, 2010 – Republican challenger Raul Labrador raised about $60,500 in the final reporting period before the Nov. 2 election, nearly reaching 1st District Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick’s $61,300. But financial parity lasted only for the Oct. 1-13 report. Since then, Minnick has raised 2› times Labrador’s take in large contributions that must...

Oct 28, 2010 – Independent groups have poured more money into the race between Sen. Patty Murray and Dino Rossi than in all but two Senate contests, a flood of spending that reflects both a tight battle and the role of large — and secretive — donors in this year's elections. Independent groups have...

Oct 28, 2010 – Rahm Emanuel concedes that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's decision not to run for mayor of Chicago will have an impact on the race, but he's not going to spend too much time analyzing it. "I think I'm going to do what I'm supposed to do, which is continue this...

Oct 28, 2010 – Rep. Charles Rangel is heading into a Nov. 15 ethics trial with no lawyers, little money and a risky strategy that may turn his trial into a political showdown, rather than a legal face-off, according to sources close to the New York Democrat. It’s not even clear if the ethics...

Oct 28, 2010 – David Kernell, the Tennessee student convicted of hacking into Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account, has asked the court to forgo a prison sentence and give him probation for his crimes. Kernell, 22, was convicted earlier this year of misdemeanor computer intrusion and a felony count of obstruction of justice. The...

Oct 28, 2010 – Gallup's latest figures on the composition of the 2010 electorate suggest that, consistent with an earlier Gallup report, those voting in this year's congressional elections across the country will be similar in gender, age, and education to 2006 voters. At the same time, they will be substantially more Republican in...

Oct 28, 2010 – About one in five likely voters have yet to solidify their 2010 vote for Congress, including 4% who currently have no preference and 15% who express a preference but say they could change their minds between now and the elections. That is a lower proportion of swing voters than Gallup...

Oct 28, 2010 – With the whole country watching, Washington's peculiar way of running elections could be on full display next week. Republicans expect to make big gains Nov. 2, taking back the House and possibly the Senate. The GOP needs to win 10 seats to control the upper chamber, which is the reason...

Oct 28, 2010 – GOP Senate candidate Mark Kirk accused his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias of “immaturity” for interrupting him in their final debate. Giannoulias repeated his claim that Kirk “is bought and paid for by the corporate special interests.” The sparring partners in perhaps the nation’s most closely-watched Senate race — for...

Oct 28, 2010 – You can forgive some Democrats for wondering why their party is not faring better in this riverside town of 17,000, a longtime stronghold of the United Auto Workers. After all, the Obama administration’s rescue of General Motors allowed the company to keep running the giant foundry here, a mainstay...

Oct 28, 2010 – Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll....

Nov 16, 2010 – Between bouts of fulmination against a Townhall contributor: ("Fontova's books simply libel our Revolution's founders!…

Nov 15, 2010 – were successful.From a Tea Party Patriots activist who attended his group's function:Guy,  I'm a Hughniverse, Weekly Standard, Townhall…

Nov 14, 2010 – Townhall has been provided with the email, which repeatedly states that TPP's Sunday program - including the DeMint panel – is entirely … Emails obtained by Townhall, which are time-stamped roughly 12 hours after polls closed on Election Day, confirm that plans for a freshmen … One Townhall source summarized, “I wouldn’t be surprised if some folks try to stop by all three events in an effort to not ruffle any…

Nov 14, 2010 – refusal to "accept" the concerns expressed about the trajectory of government spending and the pending health care legislation at townhall…

Nov 12, 2010 – Townhall readers don't seem too enthusiastic about the new GOP House majority. … Most Townhall readers don’t think that type of reconciliation is possible.…

Nov 11, 2010 – I'm not usually in the habit of posting anonymous email forwards on the Townhall blog.…