Republicans

Real Clear Politics reports: Two days after Republicans dramatically underperformed in the midterms, but even as control of Congress remains too close to call, Sen. Josh Hawley has completed his autopsy and offered it to his party’s leaders for consideration. The topline: The failure is all their fault. The Missouri populist believes the Republican Party offered voters plenty in the …

Breitbart reports: House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) endorsed former President Donald Trump’s expected bid to run for president in 2024, saying “it’s very clear” Trump is the leader of the GOP. “Republican voters determine who is the leader of the Republican Party and it’s very clear President Trump is the leader of the Republican party. What the media …

Reuters reports: Ryan Zinke, a former secretary of the U.S. Interior Department under then-President Donald Trump, who stepped down in 2018 amid ethics probes, won a U.S. House of Representatives seat in Montana, Edison Research projected on Thursday. Zinke, a Republican who served in the House from 2015 to 2017 before joining the Trump administration, beat Democrat Monica Tranel, an …

“We could go back to 2010 and 2012 where we saw a lot of these terrible first-time candidates that caused Senate races to fall by the wayside in Nevada, Delaware, Indiana, Missouri. “This is why Mitch McConnell was warning well in advance that we have a candidate quality problem. But what we’ve seen is a real intensification of this problem …

Florida Politics reports: The holiday season is coming, but U.S. Sen. Rick Scott worries that the high cost of living will mar the general merriment. In his latest denunciation of inflation under the Joe Biden administration, the Senator warns that cost spirals threaten to “crush spirits” amid “holiday preparations.” “As Americans begin holiday preparations, Joe Biden’s raging inflation crisis is …

Fox News reports: “I would say maybe not so fast. Maybe we should have a good discussion within the confines of our internal body,” Biggs said. “Look, we were told we were going to have an incredible, incredible wave. And if that would’ve been the case, any 20, 30, 40-seat margin, anywhere in there you would say, okay, Kevin is …

Politico reports: As a number of still-uncalled midterm races leave the House majority unsettled if still trending Republican, the GOP leader called different House Freedom Caucus members Wednesday to talk about their longstanding demands to change certain rules in the chamber. Those demands include strengthening the conference’s ability to force a vote on deposing the speaker. In conversations with lawmakers …

NPR reports: Two days after Election Day, many eyes are on Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, who is trailing Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by the narrowest of margins: just 64 votes, giving Frisch a lead of 50.01% of the vote to Boebert’s 49.99%. That’s as of late Wednesday night, when election workers last updated the tally. Extremely tight races like this …

NBC News reports: GOP insiders faulted Trump, who has had a toxic relationship with popular Republican Gov. Brian Kemp even though he endorsed him the day before his re-election, for costing the party control of the Senate in two simultaneous runoffs last year, after Trump lost his re-election bid to President Joe Biden and then advanced false conspiracy theories about …

The Hill reports: Newly reelected New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Wednesday told CNN he’s not considering mounting a 2024 presidential campaign “right now.” “Right now, I’m not,” Sununu told Jake Tapper when asked about his plans during an appearance on the network. Sununu, who supported former President Trump’s two successful presidential bids but broke with him by declaring …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced he will stump for Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Thursday as the campaign shifts to next month’s runoff election. Neither Walker or Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) garnered a majority in Tuesday’s election, meaning the two will face off again in a Dec. 6 runoff mandated by state law. Cruz announced …

“Father, we just claim Oklahoma for you. Every square inch, we claim it for you in the name of Jesus. Father, we can do nothing apart from you. We don’t battle against flesh and blood but against principalities and darkness. “And father, we just come against that, we just loose your will over our state right now in the name …

The Hill reports: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber. “The American people deserve a House of Representatives that can move the agenda that was promised to them on the campaign trail,” Scalise said in …

“If you’re going to win, you’ve gotta make the election about issues and not personalities. And by the way, this is a broader point. I think too many of these Republican races became personality battles. “When you have first time candidates who’ve never run, who are celebrities or, you know, coming from outside, they have no record. They have no …

“They’re trying to blame President Trump today. And I want to tell you how shortsighted and ridiculous that is, it is pathetic the people that are running out saying it’s his fault. No, that is a lazy, pathetic, wimpy, easy mindset. “They just want one thing and then they want to carry on without doing the hard work – the …

“There’s a very real likelihood it could all come down to Georgia. And what does that give you? Heebie jeebies of – it gives you the heebie-jeebies of last time around in 2020. “And let me just say this. Every ounce of Republican energy, every last ounce needs to go into that Georgia race because it could potentially be what …

The Indianapolis Star reports: Republican Diego Morales cruised to victory Tuesday despite troubling questions about his background, indicating Indiana is increasingly becoming a one-party state. Over the course of his campaign, Morales was bashed for having once been fired from the secretary of state’s office and resigning another time after questions arose about his performance. Since his victory, two women …

Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate reports: Ron Johnson won the race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat, defeating Mandela Barnes, NBC News projected on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. CNN also projected Johnson as the winner. Johnson clinched 51 percent of the vote, compared to Barnes’ 49 percent. Like fellow Democrat and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Barnes tried to make the midterm election a …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Mehmet Oz called to concede the U.S. Senate race to John Fetterman at 9:30 this morning, Fetterman’s campaign said. With 93% of the vote reporting, Fetterman leads Oz by three percentage points and was declared the winner of the race late Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Oz had said at an election party earlier on Tuesday …

“I was surprised, because I thought with the inflation rate and the price of food and the price of gasoline, with the crime rate that we have seen – I thought all those things would have made for a very big Republican night. And I have to say, much as I think it’s despicable, the Biden strategy of demonizing Republicans …