Proposed legislation to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour and increase exemptions on the estate tax was blocked in the Senate on Thursday night, August 3. The action taken prevented the bill from being brought to the Senate floor for a vote.
Although the gap has narrowed since late May, Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano still maintains a double-digit lead over the Republicans who want her job.
There’s no big change in the Arizona race for U.S. Senate. That’s good news for the incumbent Republican, who continues an apparent glide to reelection.
Democratic Governor John Baldacci's thin advantage in our mid-June poll, which showed him leading Republican challenger Chandler Woodcock 45% to 43%, has grown by four points. In the latest Rasmussen Reports election poll, Baldacci now leads Woodcock 43% to 37%.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has a six-point lead over Phil Angelides (D) 47% to 41% in the latest Rasmussen Reports election poll.
In the sunshine state's competitive gubernatorial contest, Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist is still polling better against two Democrats than is Republican State Chief Financial Officer Tom
Gallagher.
After months of slowly climbing in the polls, Republican Dick DeVos now leads incumbent Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) 48% to 43%.
Unlike the U.S. Senate race in the state, Ohio's gubernatorial contest is not showing much movement.
Here we go again. For the second time in three consecutive election polls of Ohio's competitive race for U.S. Senate, the Democratic challenger has edged ahead of the Republican incumbent.
Immigration is an issue clearly on voters’ minds according to the results of a recent Rasmussen Reports poll.
Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill (D) has moved ahead of Senator Jim Talent (R) in the latest Rasmussen Reports election survey to lead the incumbent 45% to 42%.
On the heels of her campaign’s first statewide television ad campaign, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell’s poll numbers have improved for the first time in months.
Florida's gubernatorial race may be competitive and fluid, but there is still scant movement in the lopsided race for U.S. Senate here.
Incumbent Republican Senator George Allen continues to draw support from a majority of Virginia voters in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
Our latest survey of Arkansas's gubernatorial race shows state Attorney General Mike Beebe (D) still in the lead, but no longer by the double-digit margin Rasmussen Reports noted in previous months.
With Tennessee's primary election coming up August 3, our new poll of the Senate race shows Republican Bob Corker drawing the strongest support when matched against Democrat Harold Ford.
Today’s Hillary Meter places Senator Clinton a net 52 points to the left of the nation's political center. Two weeks ago, she was 51 points to the left of center.
When comparing Job Approval ratings between different polling firms, it’s important to focus on trends rather than absolute numbers. One reason for this is that different firms ask Job Approval questions in different ways.
President George W. Bush’s veto last week of legislation that would increase federal funding for embryonic stem cell research marked another milestone in the ongoing debate over the moral and political implications of this emerging field of research.
The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows incumbent Governor Rick Perry (R) maintaining his lead over three opponents seeking his job.
