Gop Senate

Speaker Johnson shuts the door on transgender women using Capitol’s female bathrooms

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(From left) former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former state Chief Justice Roy Moore, Rep. Bradley Byrne and Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville are all running for the GOP senate nomination.

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While former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush stumps for GOP Senate candidates, he also is stoking speculation about his own ambitions. (Associated Press)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks June 12, 2012, to reporters on Capitol Hill following a political strategy session with other GOP Senate leaders. (Associated Press)

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Ted Cruz, a GOP Senate hopeful, talks with his father, Rafael Cruz, as he works at the campaign's phone bank in Houston on Tuesday. Mr. Cruz, a former Texas solicitor general and the son of a Cuban-American immigrant, is banking on getting into a one-on-one runoff with the longtime lieutenant governor. (Associated Press)

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Sharron Angle, the GOP Senate candidate, reminds the media that voting is supposed to be private as she casts her vote in Reno.

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Sharron Angle, the GOP Senate candidate, reminds the media that voting is supposed to be private as she casts her vote in Reno on Tuesday. Mrs. Angle's gaffes included her remark to Hispanic high school students that some of them looked Asian and that the 9/11 terrorists entered through the Canadian border.