The Fix: Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn narrowly wins election to first full term
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 5th, 2010 4:37 am by HL
The Fix: Illinois Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn narrowly wins election to first full term
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D), the onetime lieutenant governor to disgraced Gov. RRod Blagojevich (D), has bested former state Sen. Bill Brady (R) to win election to his first full term in office.
Thousands of Democrats to be jobless in Washington
The Great Shellacking of 2010 will throw more than 2,000 Democratic congressional staffers out of their jobs. And it will send thousands of gleeful Republican staffer wannabes into overdrive to get those resumes up to the Hill to fill those vacancies.
The Fix: How GOP will expand majority
Republicans made huge gains in the House on Tuesday — victories supplemented by a slew of state legislative pickups that could allow the party to not only cement their majority but also add to it in 2012.
GOP grapples with how to reward tea partiers
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s bid for a top Republican post in the House received a cool reaction Thursday from Speaker-to-be John A. Boehner (Ohio), an early test of how GOP leaders will treat the tea party movement’s winners in Tuesday’s elections.
