Jackie Wang

3 weeks ago | rollcall.com | Jackie Wang

Former Sen. Christopher S. Bond, a senior appropriator who built a reputation as a collegial, cigar-puffing pragmatist, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, the office of Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced. No cause of death was provided. Bond, best known by his nickname, “Kit,” left the Senate in 2011. He surprised supporters when he announced he wouldn’t seek a fifth term, closing a 40-year political career that made him his state’s pre-eminent GOP power broker.

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Jackie Wang

Former Sen. Christopher S. Bond, a senior appropriator who built a reputation as a collegial, cigar-puffing pragmatist, died on Tuesday at the age of 86, the office of Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe announced. No cause of death was provided. Bond, best known by his nickname, “Kit,” left the Senate in 2011. He surprised supporters when he announced he wouldn’t seek a fifth term, closing a 40-year political career that made him his state’s pre-eminent GOP power broker.

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Jackie Wang

Bob Filner, a fiery liberal with a short fuse who served in the House for nearly two decades, died on April 20 at the age of 82. Filner left Congress in 2012 to become mayor of San Diego, only to leave that post within a year amid allegations of sexual harassment. He was known equally in the halls of Congress for his volatility as he was for his advocacy for veterans.

1 month ago | rollcall.com | Jackie Wang

At age 31, Addison McDowell is one of the youngest members of Congress. It wasn’t so long ago that the North Carolina Republican was starting out as an intern. “It was much better than writing essays in college. That was real-world experience that paid off,” he says of his internship with Rep. Richard Hudson, a fellow Kappa Alpha Order member. Next he worked as a campaign and district staffer for now-Sen. Ted Budd.

2 months ago | gazettextra.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Nick Eskow |Jackie Wang

WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks one of the biggest political tests for Republicans this year, with a pair of special elections for House seats in Florida and a high-profile contest for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court that will determine whether liberals maintain their majority on the bench. The Wisconsin race, which is technically nonpartisan but has attracted millions in outside spending from partisan figures, had long been expected to be competitive.