Kendrick Meek

Republicans count on gains in Senate by riding either tea party or establishment candidates. In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.

Republicans count on gains in Senate by riding either tea party or establishment candidates. In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.

Florida GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio's father dies at 83; illness had postponed debate. The father of Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio has died after a long illness. He was 83.

POLITICAL INSIDER: Christie joins other GOP leaders in fending off Castle challenger. Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who rode voter anger to office in New Jersey last year, is endorsing Mike Castle's bid to win the GOP primary in Delaware and is joining a pack of party leaders trying to block a tea party-backed candidate's bid.

POLITICAL INSIDER: Pawlenty compares Washington spenders to drug dealers. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is likening the federal government to a drug dealer.

GOP to help Rubio's Senate race in Florida with $2.5 million for ad spending. The Republican Party is supplying $2.5 million in advertising support to Marco Rubio's Senate campaign in Florida, a sizable commitment to a candidate the party once tried to push out of the contest.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has not decided whether it should resurrect a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said on Sunday.

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows. Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows. Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Outsider Republicans keep winning, and desperate Democrats hope it will save them this fall. A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

US Senator John McCain claimed an easy primary victory Wednesday in a key electoral test of Americans' anti-incumbent fervor, ahead of November's nationwide vote to determine which party will control Congress.

Incumbent GOP Sen. Murkowski struggling in primary; newcomer wins Fla. GOP governor's race. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski fought to save her job Wednesday, locked in a stunningly tight Republican primary race against a political novice backed by Sarah Palin and tea party activists. The outlook was far brighter for another incumbent, Sen. John McCain, who won handily in Arizona.

US Senator John McCain claimed an easy primary victory Wednesday in a key electoral test of Americans' anti-incumbent fervor, ahead of November's nationwide vote to determine which party will control Congress.

US Senator John McCain claimed victory in an Arizona primary, easily fending off a challenge seen as a test of the country's anti-incumbent mood as Americans decide in November who controls Congress.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Representative Kendrick Meek won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will square off against Governor Charlie Crist and conservative Republican Marco Rubio in the closely watched November 2 election.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Representative Kendrick Meek won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday and will square off against Governor Charlie Crist and conservative Republican Marco Rubio in the closely watched November 2 election.

US Senator John McCain claimed victory in an Arizona primary, easily fending off a challenge seen as a test of the country's anti-incumbent mood as Americans decide in November who controls Congress.

US Senator John McCain claimed victory in an Arizona primary, easily fending off a challenge seen as a test of the country's anti-incumbent mood as Americans decide in November who controls Congress.

US Senator John McCain easily claimed victory in an Arizona primary, fending off a challenge seen as a test of the country's anti-incumbent mood as Americans decide in November who controls Congress.

Arizona voters were to decide the fate of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain in one of several closely-watched US races seen as a test of the country's anti-incumbent mood.