Republican Gabriel Gomez is going up with his first advertisement of the general election cycle on Friday, an introductory spot in which he speaks Spanish and touts his military service, a campaign source confirmed to The Hill.

And Rep. Edward Markey launched a new ad Thursday night, a negative spot that invokes the Newtown shootings to highlight Gomez's positions on gun control.

Ben Jones, a former Georgia Democratic congressman and "Dukes of Hazzard" star, penned an op-ed in The Boston Globe on Thursday hammering his friend and former colleague Rep. Edward Markey (D) for barring him from a fundraiser for his Massachusetts Senate bid.

The South Dakota Republican said she'll make a decision about running for Senate in the next several months. 

A Republican poll gives state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) an 8 percentage point lead over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the race for Virginia governor, a reversal of an earlier poll released Thursday.

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has expanded his lead over Republican Gabriel Gomez in the first few weeks of the Massachusetts special Senate election, according to a new poll sponsored by the League of Conservation Voters, which has endorsed Markey.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is going up with an early ad buy in Minnesota, a sign of some early concern about her reelection chances in the Republican-leaning district. Read more...

A new poll shows Democrat Terry McAuliffe with a slim lead in the race for Virginia governor, ahead of Republican state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.

EMILY's List, a group dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, has announced its first round of top female contenders going into 2014.

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) is giving the pro-Clinton group Ready for Hillary a boost.