Kyle Kondik

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  Aug 22, 2015

  If Hillary Crashes, Will Joe Biden Join the Race?

  It's time to ask a question, the answer to which we do not know: Will former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server scandal do fatal damage to her campaign?

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  Dec 11, 2014

  The 2016 Senate Republicans Homework to Avoid Democrat Mistakes of 2012

  After playing offense in 2014 and netting nine Senate seats to set up a 54-46 majority in the 114th Congress, Republicans will mostly be playing defense in 2016. That probably means the GOP will end up losing seats, but recent history suggests that we should not be certain about that.

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  Dec 4, 2014

  Mary Landrieu Appears Doomed In Louisiana Senate Runoff

  With just a few days left to go in the campaign, the race is barely an afterthought: Republicans have already won the Senate, and there's simply no indication that Landrieu has much, if any, chance of winning.

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  Nov 13, 2014

  14 Points on the'14 Midterm Elections

  After going over the results from last week, we had a number of bite-sized observations to offer — 14, to be exact.

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  Sep 19, 2014

  5 Reasons Senate Control May Not Be Decided on Election Day

  Think the Senate will be decided on Election Day, Nov. 4? Here are five reasons that may not be the case.

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  Aug 7, 2014

  House 2014: Handicapping the 'Drive to 245'

  A Republican at the end of 1928 could look back on the previous few decades and smile: His party was quite clearly the dominant force in American politics.

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  Jul 17, 2014

  The Hidden Barrier to a Republican Senate Majority

  If Republicans are to win the Senate, they probably are going to have to do something they haven't done since 1980: beat more than two Democratic Senate incumbents in November.

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  Jul 10, 2014

  An Above Average Year for Congressional Incumbents

  With the primary season more than half over, it's fair to say that incumbents have done just fine this cycle so far: better than fine, in fact.

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  Jun 12, 2014

  Cantor's Fall and What It Means This Election Cycle

  The Richmond Times-Dispatch called it a "political earthquake." It was the "upset of the century," added Fredericksburg's Free Lance-Star. A powerful, veteran member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia had fallen in a primary to a political upstart.

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  Jun 5, 2014

  McDaniel's 'Friends and Neighbors': The Fallout From Tuesday's Primaries

  Tuesday night featured about as dramatic a race as we've seen in recent years, which not only delighted the political hacks on Twitter but, more importantly, produced a result that suggests a victory for the more conservative wing of the Republican Party.