Saxby Chambliss

With all the attention on the monumental presidential contest and local eyes watching to see whether Democrats can capture the state Senate, a handful of U.S. Senate races have not received much attention in these parts. But Sen. Charles......

by James Oliphant Twelve Senate races are considered to be close this Election Day. The outcome could have a significant impact on the balance of power on the Hill. Democrats are chasing a 60-vote majority, which would allow them to......

The Dems bid for 60 filibuster-proof seats in the US Senate remains barely alive: In Georgia, Republican Saxby Chambliss' leading total dropped just below 50 percent in the final tally, so he'll have a runoff. Oregon, Alaska and Minnesota remain......

by James Oliphant Democrats may have picked off another GOP seat in the Senate. This morning, the Oregonian, Portland's newspaper, is projecting that Jeff Merkley has unseated Republican incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith. If that occurs, it would be the sixth.....

A few weeks agao, Chuck Schumer was the lead (evil) character in a web ad Mitch McConnell used to fend off a Democratic challenger in Kentucky. Now, with a Senate runoff between GOP incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin in......

Senate Democrats face long odds to reach the 60 seats they crave to make their majority filibuster-proof, but you wouldn't know it from the intensity of the rhetoric in the run-up to the Dec. 2 run-off election in Georgia for the seat currently held by...

by Mark Silva Good ole' Zell Miller. The former Democratic governor of Georgia, who delivered the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in 2004 with his passionate appeal for President Bush and stern warnings about Sen. John Kerry, has.......

by Mark Silva Remember Mitt Romney? The former governor of Massachusetts and venture capitalist who had invested millions of his own money in an ill-fated campaign for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, back in those pre-maverick days of John...

Obama cuts a radio ad for Democrat Jim Martin, who's in the runoff for a Georgia Senate seat against Saxby Chambliss:......

by Frank James Alaka Gov. Sarah Palin Georgia-bound next week to help fellow Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss who's in a tough run-off with Democrat Jim Martin. We're guessing no farm of any kind will be on her itinerary after last......

The National Republican Trust PAC, a conservative group, is betting that Obama is a liability in the runoff between Jim Martin and Saxby Chambliss:......

by Mark Silva "Going into battle one more time,'' Sen. John McCain calls it. That's his way of framing his relatively remote-control work for the reelection of Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the Republican forced into a runoff election, this......