House races

The former South Carolina governor and his ex-wife are reportedly due in court two days after his congressional election.

A Democratic outside group is delaying running ads in the race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch due to the Boston Marathon attacks. Read more...

Best known as Stephen Colbert's sister, the South Carolina Democrat is facing new scrutiny ahead of next month's House election.  

Hotel executive Jim Graves (D) announced Thursday he'd take another crack at defeating Bachmann in 2014.

Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), two potentially vulnerable freshmen, are off to strong fundraising starts: each raised approximately $400,000 in the last three months.

Schneider pulled off a narrow win in a Democratic-leaning suburban Chicago district, and his 2012 opponent, former Rep. Bob Dold (R-Ill.), is looking at a rematch this election. Davis, who won a tough race for an open downstate Illinois swing seat, is a top Democratic target this election cycle.

Davis has more than $330,000 cash on hand, a substantial amount for this point in the election cycle in the inexpensive district. Schneider didn't announce how much he has in the bank. He'll need to keep up this fundraising pace — his district is in Chicago's media market, one of the most expensive in the country.

Former Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.) left the door open to running for Rep. Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) seat in 2014, which will be open due to Cassidy's bid for Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-La.) seat.
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Rep. Greg Walden blasted Obama's proposed entitlement cuts the same day that GOP leaders called for more.

Democratic House candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch said that she opposes President Obama's $1.058 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year, unveiled Wednesday.

“I respectfully disagree with the budget that President Obama is expected to present today because it simply doesn’t take the right steps to putting our fiscal house back in order – especially from my perspective as a businesswoman,” Colbert Busch said in a statement, obtained by the Washington Post. “Not only does President Obama’s plan fail to put our finances back in order, it would cut benefits for our seniors, which is wrong.”

Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert, is running against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) in a special election in the state's first congressional district. But despite backing from top Democratic fundraisers, Colbert Busch will face an uphill battle in a district that sided heavily with Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. The Democratic nominee has looked to buck party orthodoxy, saying she opposes an assault weapons ban and staking out a fiscally conservative platform.

Former Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Pa.) wants to replace Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.), who is running for governor.

Businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) opposes any new bans on assault weapons or limits on the capacity of gun magazines, a spokesman for her House campaign tells The Hill.