Parties Shift Spending Patterns on the Campaign Trail
Heading into the final weeks before the Nov. 7 midterm elections, the House and Senate campaign committees of both parties are refocusing funding to give an extra boost to candidates.
View ArticleCampaign Ads Focus on Iraq, Corruption, Immigration
So far, candidates, political parties and organizations have spent an estimated $1.5 billion on television ads to boost their election campaigns. Many of these focus on where candidates stand on key...
View ArticleMissouri Debates Increasing Minimum Wage on November Ballot Initiative
Proposition B, a ballot initiative facing Missouri voters in November, would raise the state minimum wage by 25 percent from $5.15 an hour to $6.50 an hour, increasing the wages for Missouri's low...
View ArticleNew Jersey, Pennsylvania Senators in Danger of Losing Seats
In Pennsylvania, two-term Republican Sen. Rick Santorum and his Democratic challenger Bob Casey are locked in what has become one of the nation's tightest races to unseat an incumbent. Next door in New...
View ArticleOhio Republican Senate Seat in Jeopardy
"As Ohio goes, so goes the nation" has become a slogan for recent election years. In 2006, the nation's attention is focused again on the Buckeye State where two-term Republican Sen. Mike DeWine faces...
View ArticleCongress Approval Rating Slides to Lowest Point in 14 Years
A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll found that only 16 percent of those surveyed approved of the way Congress handles its job. Heading into November's elections, this could mean bad news for the Republicans...
View ArticleIraq War Remains Top Issue in Florida House Race
The coastal 22nd district in Florida is the setting for a midterm election battle, where Democratic challenger Ron Klein is using President Bush's handling of the Iraq war to his advantage against...
View ArticleDemocrats, Republicans Optimistic in Midterm Elections
Two weeks before the midterm elections, Democrats are confident they will retake control of the House and Senate. Two political analysts provide an update on the election landscape and speculation over...
View ArticleIraq Dominates Senate Races in Rhode Island, Connecticut
Two moderate incumbents in New England, Sens. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., are fighting re-election battles against challengers who accuse them of giving too much support to...
View ArticlePresident Bush Delivers Message on Iraq Before Elections
With Election Day less than two weeks away and Iraq still a top issue for a majority of voters, President Bush gave a White House press conference on his administration's policy in Iraq, saying that he...
View ArticleYounger Voters Skeptical Of Politicians, Voting
With control of both chambers of Congress in the balance, the generation of younger voters that showed up at the polls in record numbers in 2004 to vote for Democrat John Kerry could swing the balance...
View ArticleA Nation of Races Hanging in the Balance
Throughout the campaign, NewsHour correspondents have traveled the country reporting on the closely fought races. Following another look at some of the campaigns, Amy Walter of The Cook Political...
View ArticleVoters Express Concern Over Iraq, Terror Ahead of Casting Ballots
The NewsHour met hundreds of voters along the campaign trail who have expressed an array of opinions on the critical issues that will decide the election. Gwen Ifill sat down with eight likely voters...
View ArticleAnalysts Set the Stage for the Home Stretch
Having heard from voters, discussed the key races and examined the latest polls, Shields and Brooks, joined by other guests and experts offer some final thoughts about the homestretch of Vote 2006.
View ArticlePew Survey Paints Bleak Picture for GOP
Even before the first ballot is cast, dozens of political polls will have tried to predict the outcome of this closely fought midterm election. Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center, reports on his...
View ArticleAds Charge Opponents with Loose Morals, Fiscal Failures and Perversion
With the midterm election approaching and control of Congress at stake, bitterly-fought campaigns have led to a number of controversial negative ads making the news. Analysts discuss the impact of...
View ArticleStem Cells, Gay Marriage Key Issues in Midterm Elections
In several tight races this midterm cycle, both parties are using social issues as a way to rally their bases to vote. As in 2004, Republicans are banking on opposition to gay marriage to boost turnout...
View ArticleMissouri One Key to Democratic Hopes of a Senate Takeover
Considered one of the most competitive Senate races this midterm cycle, the Missouri matchup between Republican incumbent Jim Talent and his Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill could determine which...
View ArticleFight to Finish in Tennessee Senate Race
With less than a week to go, Republican Bob Corker has a slight lead in the polls over Democratic Rep. Harold Ford Jr., but the seat remains one of three Senate spots the Democrats hope to win to send...
View ArticlePolls Show Voters Favor Change of Iraq Strategy, Prefer Democrats
With the midterm elections less than a week away, polls show that voters support a change of U.S. strategy in Iraq and favor Democrats on a generic ballot.
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