Democrat Gray-Jackson enters Alaska US Senate race A Democratic state lawmaker has announced her bid for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska held by Republican Lisa Murkowski The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022
Louisiana Senate candidate burns Confederate flag in new ad A Louisiana candidate for the U.S. Senate burns a Confederate flag in his latest video ad The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022
Missouri Senate candidate Mark McCloskey disciplined by state Supreme Court after gun-waving incident KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday disciplined Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey, the lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in a widely publicized gun-waving incident during a police brutality protest in June 2020. Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Biden's ambassador to Germany; voting continues A majority of the U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Germany, Amy Gutmann. Voting on the nomination is continuing. Reuters · Feb 8, 2022
Federal judicial nomination, confirmations in first week of February The U.S. Senate confirmed three of President Joe Biden’s (D) federal judicial nominees on Feb. 1 to lifetime Article III judgeships on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio: Ballotpedia · Feb 5, 2022
U.S. Senate candidates who’ve raised the most so far The most recent campaign finance reports for federal candidates were due Jan. 31. Georgia’s Raphael Warnock (D) has raised the most of all U.S. Senate candidates this cycle at $54 million. Warnock defeated incumbent Kelly Loeffler (R) in the special Senate election on Jan. 5, 2021. Ballotpedia · Feb 4, 2022
Ohio Senate candidate suspends campaign after talking with Trump One of the nine Republicans running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio said he was dropping out of the race after speaking with former President Donald Trump and deciding that so many “Trump candidates” in the race could hurt the party’s chances of winning. Tribune News Service · Feb 4, 2022
Testimony concludes in dueling Roy Moore defamation cases Testimony has concluded in the dueling defamation lawsuits brought by former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct when she was a teen The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2022
Witnesses describe Roy Moore's character in defamation trial Character witnesses testified Monday in a trial over dueling defamation lawsuits filed by Roy Moore and a woman whose sexual misconduct allegations helped derail the Republican's U.S. Senate campaign The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022
Former Conn. House GOP leader drops out of governor’s race, running for US Senate seat HARTFORD, Conn. — In a surprising turnaround, former Connecticut House Republican leader Themis Klarides dropped out of the race for governor Sunday and is instead running for the U.S. Senate. Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2022
Biden's sagging approval could haunt Georgia Democrats ATLANTA — President Joe Biden's honeymoon in Georgia is over, and that could have disastrous implications for Democrats scrambling to hang on to a U.S. Senate seat and win the governor's race for the first time in almost a quarter century. Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022
‘RINO approach’: Conservatives turn up heat on McConnell for a Republican agenda WASHINGTON — Key conservatives are panning Mitch McConnell’s decision against offering an alternative agenda to voters if Republicans reclaim control of the U.S. Senate later this year. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 28, 2022
Ryan, not onstage, takes central focus at Ohio Senate event Democrat Tim Ryan wasn’t onstage when two of his competitors in Ohio’s U.S. Senate contest came together Thursday night for an unconventional debate, but his stature in the race featured prominently The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2022
YouTube removes Missouri Senate candidate’s campaign ad for violating community guidelines WASHINGTON — YouTube has removed Missouri Rep. Billy Long’s new U.S. Senate campaign ad, saying it violated the site’s community guidelines. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2022 Roy Moore's accuser: 2nd day of testimony in defamation case A woman who said failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore sexually touched her when she was 14 has testified for a second day at a trial involving dueling defamation lawsuits
Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022 Sen. Raphael Warnock, challenger Herschel Walker report fundraising figures in Georgia Senate race ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock raised more than $9.8 million in the last three months of 2021 and will end the quarter with roughly $23 million in cash on hand for a reelection battle that could decide control of the U.S. Senate.
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022 Herschel Walker reports $5.4M raised for Georgia Senate race Herschel Walker's campaign says the former football star raised $5.4 million for his U.S. Senate race in the last quarter of 2021
The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022 Trial begins in accuser's defamation case against Roy Moore Opening statements begin Tuesday in the defamation lawsuit filed by a woman who accused failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of molesting her when she was 14
Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022 Republican US Senate candidates unite, targeting fellow candidate on the rise in polls With just a few months left until North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, two Republican candidates stepped up their attacks on a third endorsed by former President Donald Trump and steadily moving up in the polls.
Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022 Editorial: Voting rights fails, but fight goes on Voting rights suffered a major and unfortunate blow late Wednesday when needed legislation failed in the U.S. Senate, where Republicans succeeded in blocking the legislation.
Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022 In Georgia Senate race, Walker has limited public stops but has profited from private events ATLANTA — Herschel Walker has spurned news conferences, avoided media interviews and held only a handful of public events since launching his U.S. Senate campaign. But he’s kept a busy slate of lucrative paid speaking engagements behind closed doors even after he entered the race.
Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022 NC’s Thom Tillis threatens to resign from Senate if Republicans ever change the filibuster WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis threatened Wednesday from the floor of the U.S. Senate to leave Congress if members of his party ever voted to change the filibuster.
Los Angeles Times · Jan 17, 2022 Doyle McManus: Time to start over on voting rights and election security After months of wrangling, the U.S. Senate plans to vote this week on an ambitious Democratic bill on voting rights.