House races

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) has donated to former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's (R) House primary opponent, making him the first House member to help Attorney Curtis Bostic (R) in the race.

Harris gave $1,000 to Bostic's campaign through his leadership PAC.

It's somewhat unusual for congressmen to get involved in their parties' primaries, especially to oppose a former member of Congress (Sanford served from 1995-2001). Harris's office did not respond to questions about the donation.

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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is throwing his weight behind Attorney Curtis Bostic (R) in his primary runoff election against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R), making him the most prominent Republican so far to oppose Sanford in the contest.

"I am pleased to announce our endorsement of Curtis Bostic in South Carolina's first congressional district," Santorum said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Curtis' groundswell finish to a runoff spot signals a win for the strength of his grassroots supporters and his robust conservative values. We must continue that momentum for Curtis into the runoff election, and I look forward to joining conservatives across South Carolina in helping to elect Curtis Bostic to the U.S. House of Representatives," he added.

Santorum is headed to South Carolina to stump in the district with Bostic on Wednesday.

Sanford's bid for a political comeback could be thwarted by the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, according to a poll.

House Democrats are hoping to parlay the president's popularity into midterm gains.

The vice president attacked the GOP at a conference hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC working to elect Republicans to the House, is out with its first ads of the 2014 cycle, targeting Reps. Joe Garcia (D-Fla.) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) for the lack of a balanced budget in Washington.

Mark Sanford’s lone remaining opponent for the Republican nomination in a special House election Thursday won the endorsement of the race’s sixth-place finisher.

But two days after Sanford lapped the field in the first round of the GOP primary, there’s not yet any organized effort by other failed candidates to rally against the former governor.

Former South Carolina state Sen. John Kuhn told The Hill he planned to endorse attorney Curtis Bostic in the April 2 runoff election against Sanford for the GOP nomination.

Kuhn, who finished sixth in a field of 16 contenders, said he’d work hard to help Bostic win.

“I think that Curtis Bostic is a great guy. He's honest, he's honorable and he's hard-working, a strict constitutionalist. I got to know him on the campaign trail and like him a lot," Kuhn said. "I'm definitely throwing my support behind Curtis Bostic.

“I will not back Sanford under any circumstances including in the general [election]. That doesn't mean I'd vote for the Democrat either, but I would not back Sanford under any circumstance. I think he's lied too many times to the public of South Carolina.”

As Democrats work to make Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget the centerpiece of their 2014 offense, two top Democratic targets sought to inoculate themselves from the attack by voting against the bill on Thursday.

South Carolina state Sen. Larry Grooms has officially conceded he doesn't have the votes to catch attorney Curtis Bostic, clearing the way for Bostic to face former Gov. Mark Sanford in a Republican runoff election for the state's 1st congressional district. Read more...

While supporters applaud his determination to rehabilitate his image, many Republican activists say his candidacy is a gift to Democrats.