“Campaigns” on The Daily Caller

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi argued about taxes and the role of government during their first debate of the campaign Thursday evening. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a crackling campaign debate, Republican challenger Sharron Angle attacked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a career politician Thursday night who lives in a fashionable Washington condominium and has voted to raise taxes 300 times. The four-term veteran called his tea party-backed rival extreme and an ally of special interests. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obamamania that gripped college campuses two years ago is gone. (more)

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Trailing by double-digits in most polls, Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell went on the offensive Wednesday, attacking Democrat Chris Coons as a career politician with Marxist views who would raise taxes and rubber-stamp Democratic policies. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue vowed Tuesday to “ramp up” political advertising in the final weeks before the Nov. 2 election and accused the Obama administration of conducting a smear campaign against the chamber. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week is airing more than $10 million in advertising in some of the most competitive House and Senate races, a massive infusion by the business lobby against Democratic candidates in about 30 contests. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation may be waiting well beyond Election Day this year to find out who won control of Congress. (more)

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The two major-party candidates for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat took aim at each other’s recent TV ads in their first face-to-face debate on Monday, with Republican Linda McMahon saying her position on the minimum wage has been misconstrued and Democrat Richard Blumenthal saying the latest criticisms about his military record are nothing new. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell says her first priority if elected would be to help the GOP block Democrats’ priorities in a lame-duck session. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican rival Sharron Angle, both known for their verbal gaffes, are avoiding potentially unfriendly voters as much as each other. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised four years ago that Democrats would lead “the most honest, most open, most ethical Congress in history.” (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one way at least, the fight for control of Congress is grossly one-sided. (more)

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Senate candidates Republican Rand Paul and Democrat Jack Conway of Kentucky have committed to a fourth political debate, this one on Fox News in early October. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats desperately need other Democrats — to vote. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama implored black voters on Saturday to rekindle the passion they felt for his groundbreaking campaign and turn out in force this fall to repel Republicans who are ready to “turn back the clock.” (more)

Outside groups supporting Republican candidates in House and Senate races across the country have been swamping their Democratic-leaning counterparts on television since early August as the midterm election season has begun heating up. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections in Delaware, New Hampshire and New York on Tuesday are measuring the strength of the tea party movement against the Republican establishment as the primary season draws to a close. (more)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Candidate for California governor Jerry Brown apologized Monday for taking a swipe at fellow Democrat and former President Bill Clinton over his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. His apology came a day after Brown said his Republican rival Meg Whitman is using Clinton footage from the 1992 Democratic presidential primary to lie about Brown in a current campaign attack ad. (more)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Barack Obama doesn’t go there anymore. (more)

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It’s the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate. (more)