Track-It Sarah Palin

By Ross Ramsey Texas’ Republican primary for U.S. Senate is close — and could be headed for a July 31 runoff — with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst holding a single-digit lead over former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, according to the...

Convention organizers are just starting to tackle one of the trickiest elements -- selecting speakers.

Convention organizers are just starting to tackle one of the trickiest elements — selecting speakers.

Scrap the conventional wisdom.

For the first time in a dozen years, no one is quite sure where the Alaska Republican Party is headed. As a new chairman makes plans to take over, the…Click to Continue »

People sure have a lot to say about Charlotte these days.Click to Continue »

When an unheralded state senator, Deb Fischer, rose from nowhere last Tuesday to win Nebraska’s Republican Senate nomination, she beat more than just the state’s attorney general, Jon Bruning, and its treasurer, Don Stenberg.She also...

(Cross-posted, with permission, from The Prairie Blog.) A wise friend of mine, the late Rod Tjaden, used to say this about organizations governed by volunteer boards of directors: At any board meeting, there should be just two motions. The first...

For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political background might hold him back.

Front-runner Dewhurst in for a fight Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:56 p.m., Saturday, May 19,...