Aug 06 Kansas GOP Sen. Roberts defeats tea party candidate By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts edged out Milton Wolf in Kansas' primary Tuesday night as mainstream conservatives dealt another blow to the tea party movement. A GOP businessman swamped a first-term Michigan congressman, upending his re-election bid. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch Why winning Georgia is crucial for the GOP’s Senate hopes By PBS News Hour In Georgia, voters selected David Perdue as the Republican candidate for the Senate election in November. His Democratic challenger, Michelle Nunn, is a fellow political novice and the daughter of a well-known former senator. Political editor Domenico Montanaro joins Judy… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Shields and Ponnuru on House GOP vs. Obama, missing IRS emails By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including how incumbents held their ground against the tea party in last Tuesday’s primaries, Rep. John Boehner’s threat to sue President… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch After Cantor’s upset, incumbents hold their ground in close primary races By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch After Cantor’s loss, incumbents brace for primary challenges By Ariel Min Voters in seven states will head to the polls Tuesday for another set of primary elections. Since House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s loss in Virginia’s Republican primary two weeks ago, incumbents all over the country are scrambling to secure victories. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Brat topples Cantor in show of grassroots enthusiasm over GOP establishment By PBS News Hour The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor by David Brat shakes the stability of a more fragile GOP establishment. Gwen Ifill is joined by former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks and Ed O'Keefe of The Washington… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch House GOP’s second-in-command to step down after primary upset By PBS News Hour Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., announced his decision to step down from his leadership post less than 24 hours after he became the first House majority leader to be defeated in a primary. Cantor was ousted by David Brat, a virtually… Continue watching
Jun 04 Five big takeaways from California’s primary elections By John Myers, KQED 1. The Brown Bomber: No one received more votes on Tuesday than Gov. Jerry Brown, and it’s hard to see the veteran Democrat biting his fingernails about the fall contest to come. Neither of his main GOP challengers came… Continue reading
Jun 02 Watch ‘Pork’ ad raises public profile of Iowa GOP primary challenger By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 23 Watch Shields and Gerson on conservative candidates, Shinseki under fire By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist MIchael Gerson join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including primary election contests in Kentucky, Oregon and Georgia, and calls from some lawmakers for Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down after… Continue watching