Mark Kelly - Intelligencer

the inside game July 31, 2024

How Team Kamala Will Pick a Running MateA new inner circle is calling the shots.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

early and often July 30, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Could Harris Flip a Swing State With Her VP Pick?The evidence for a running-mate mattering in any state is weak. Harris should pick someone qualified to serve who reinforces her message.

By Ed Kilgore

early and often Nov. 11, 2022

Mark Kelly’s (Likely) Win Is an Indictment of Sinema’s PoliticsTurns out, you don’t need to sabotage your president’s agenda to win swing voters in close states.

By Eric Levitz

kyrsten sinema Oct. 5, 2021

Why Aren’t Democratic Senators More Vulnerable Than Sinema Playing Her Game?Somehow or other, Democratic senators in tough 2022 reelection races aren’t posturing and holding the Biden agenda hostage to show their independence.

By Ed Kilgore

politics June 10, 2021

Joe Manchin’s Silent Partners in the SenateThe West Virginian is happy to take the heat for Democrats who quietly oppose filibuster reform, and they are happy he’s happy.

By Ed Kilgore

2022 midterms Jan. 25, 2021

Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.

By Ed Kilgore

poll position Oct. 10, 2020

It’s Harder Than it Looks for Democrats to Win the SenateRecent polls show many newly competitive Democratic Senate candidates, but they could still fall short of a majority even if Biden wins.

By Ed Kilgore

supreme court Oct. 3, 2020

Could the White House COVID-19 Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation?That depends on how many Republicans can show up for key committee and floor votes.

By Ed Kilgore

2020 elections July 7, 2020

Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in NovemberAs many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.

By Ed Kilgore

2020 elections June 28, 2020

Biden’s Surge Could Flip the Senate — and Boost His PresidencyA rising tide from the top of the ticket may lift Democrats to control of the Senate, which would make a successful Biden administration more likely.

By Ed Kilgore

2020 elections Mar. 31, 2020

Coronavirus-Scarred 2020 Congressional Landscape Leaning DemocraticThe Senate landscape is looking slightly bluer, and COVID-19 has frozen House races in ways that will make a Republican takeover more difficult.

By Ed Kilgore

raging boehner Nov. 15, 2011