“Election 2010” on The Daily Caller

With South Carolina’s Republican Primary for Governor less than three weeks away, State Representative Nikki Haley, coming off a fresh endorsement by Sarah Palin, now leads the GOP pack. (more)

House Republicans in line to chair important committees want less-stringent earmark spending rules next year, when they hope to be in control of the chamber. (more)

In a stunning move, the Staten Island Republican Party’s executive committee voted to nominate former Rep. Vito Fossella — who declined to run for reelection to his seat in NY-13 after a DWI bust in 2008 exposed the married congressman’s second family — to run against Democratic incumbent Rep. Mike McMahon this fall. (more)

Kentucky GOP Senate nominee Rand Paul made peace with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday. (more)

The commander of Connecticut’s Veterans of Foreign Wars organization blasted Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal Tuesday, referring to his prior statements of service in Vietnam as “outrageous.” (more)

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is undecided on whom to endorse in his state’s Senate race — and he has good relationships with the major candidates on both sides of the aisle. (more)

LOUISVILLE – Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson unleashed a withering attack on the surging Senate candidacy of Rand Paul, calling him a grand-standing leader who will struggle in the general election because his views are out of the mainstream with Kentucky voters. (more)

Charlie Crist received a bounce in the polls when he left the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent. New numbers suggest that the bounce for the governor is over. (more)

LITTLE ROCK — Determined to outwork Sen. Blanche Lincoln on the eve of a Democratic primary that, polls say, he is unlikely to win, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter embarked on a 25-hour campaign swing Monday morning that will take him across the state and back again. (more)

If the Congressional election were held today, 42 percent of voters would back the Republican candidate in their district, while 40 percent would support the Democrat, according to the latest Fox News poll. (more)

Despite a favorable electoral climate for Republicans and former Rep. Rob Portman’s huge funding advantage over his Democratic opponent in the contest for Ohio’s U.S. Senate seat, polls show the race in a dead heat. (more)

As rumors continue to crop up about disgraced former Rep. Vito Fossella’s (R) possible interest in a political comeback, an internal poll shows his successor, Rep. Mike McMahon (D), on solid footing in New York’s 13th district. (more)

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will turn its attention from healthcare to immigration reform ahead of the 2010 midterm elections. (more)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid placed a phone call late last week to Florida’s newly independent Senate candidate, Gov. Charlie Crist, and some Crist allies are taking it as a sign of cooperation to come. (more)

Wisconsin Democratic leaders have rallied behind state Sen. Julie Lassa as their favored nominee to run for the seat of retiring Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.), according to several Democratic sources, a move that could enable the party to avoid a contentious primary election. (more)