CHICAGO — Rufus Burns, a 73-year-old resident of Chicago’s West Side, voted for Brandon Johnson for Chicago mayor on Tuesday. But it was really more of a vote against Paul Vallas. “A Republican in disguise,” he said of Mr. Vallas. Ever since the resurfacing of a television interview from 2009 — during which Mr. Vallas…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Speaker Kevin McCarthy arrived at an upscale resort here this week eager to use a Republican retreat to promote the party’s policy agenda and achievements so far, working to paper over the divisions that nearly sank his bid for his job and talk about anything but former President Donald J. Trump. “I’m…
As Donald J. Trump prepares for his first public events since announcing his presidential campaign, dozens of members of the Republican Party’s governing body are expressing doubts about his ability to win back the White House and are calling for a competitive primary to produce a stronger nominee in 2024. The 168 members of the…
State Senator Matt Dolan of Ohio, a Republican, announced on Tuesday that he would run for the United States Senate against Sherrod Brown, one of the most vulnerable Democrats in 2024. It will be Mr. Dolan’s second Senate campaign, after he finished third in the Republican primary for an open seat in Ohio last year.…
Months before the November election, Mr. Garcia asked a New Mexico court to bar Mr. Peña from appearing on the ballot because of the convictions, according to The Albuquerque Journal. The court ruled in Mr. Peña’s favor, saying that a state law that bars felons from holding office unless they are pardoned by the governor…
The group’s Democratic counterpart, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, took a harder line, calling on Mr. Santos “to not take the oath of office” in a post on Twitter and challenging the R.J.C.’s integrity for not doing the same. The R.J.C. has taken a tougher stance on perceived affronts to the Jewish community before.…
The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party has always come from the ranks of his own supporters, rather than those who disliked him all along. So it’s significant that one of his earliest backers is coming out swinging against him. In February 2016, when Representative Tom Marino became one of the…
Jim Kolbe, who for a decade was the only openly gay Republican in Congress, died on Saturday. He was 80. The death was announced by Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona. The statement did say where he died or cite a cause. Mr. Kolbe, who served in the House of Representatives from 1985 until he retired…
Representative David Valadao, Republican of California, won re-election on Monday, according to The Associated Press, managing to survive politically after his vote to impeach former President Donald J. Trump, a move that cost some of his Republican colleagues their seats. Mr. Valadao defeated Rudy Salas, a Democratic state assemblyman, in a competitive district in the…
Adam Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general, has won the state’s Republican primary for Senate and will face Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, in what is likely to be a highly competitive November general election. Mr. Laxalt’s victory over Sam Brown, a retired Army captain, was declared by The Associated Press. He and Ms.…