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State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is the Republican nominee for governor. Brady ended up topping state Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) by 193 votes, according to final, official results of the Feb. 2 primary certified this morning by the Illinois Board of Elections.

The Republican race to unseat Barbara Boxer was always volatile, with a multimillionaire businesswoman and a scrappy candidate embraced by the "tea party" movement competing for the right to challenge the three-term senator. But former Rep. Tom Campbell's late entry into the Republican primary seven weeks ago has markedly altered the dynamics of the race.

Lawmakers in both parties are contemplating for the first time the possibility that the Republicans might recapture the Senate this year, though it's an uphill climb in which the GOP would have to win states that have ...

Challenged by by J.D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.

The White House fired back this morning at a move by Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, who placed a “blanket hold” on dozens of President Obama’s nominees awaiting confirmation before the Senate.

The newly elected Republican from Massachusetts is formally put in the Senate to replace Edward M. Kennedy.

Republican Scott Brown won a bitter Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, dealing a sharp blow to President Barack Obama's legislative agenda and casting doubt on the fate of his sweeping healthcare overhaul.

Congressional Republicans on Wednesday plan to mount a last-ditch challenge to the health care bill moving through the Senate, arguing that a key provision is unconstitutional.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, encouraged by many Republicans to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers....

Carly Fiorina, former adviser to Senator John McCain's presidential campaign and former C.E.O. of Hewlett-Packard, is announcing she'll seek the Republican nomination to oppose Senator Barbara Boxer.