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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and his wife Donna leave the Louisiana Secretary of State's office after he signed up to run in the upcoming election, in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, August 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael DeMocker)

Democrats could win three governor’s mansions in South

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Gubernatorial candidates, from left, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, Eddie Rispone, and Gov. John Bel Edwards, face each other in the second debate, hosted by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Angelle Hall on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. (Brad Bowie /The Daily Advertiser via AP)

Pence urges Louisiana to put Republican in governor’s office

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, the 2020 Democratic front-runner, has long touted his ability to cut through partisanship. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden broadens critique of Donald Trump to include Republicans amid Ukrainian whistleblower saga

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this June 27, 2018 file photo U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Carlos Curbelo, ex-GOP congressman, urges Republicans to condemn Trump over appeal to Ukraine, China

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Gubernatorial candidates, from left, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, Eddie Rispone, and Gov. John Bel Edwards, face each other in the second debate, hosted by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, at Angelle Hall on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. (Brad Bowie /The Daily Advertiser via AP)

GOP candidate infighting grows in Louisiana governor’s race

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Evers to move date of Wisconsin’s special congressional vote

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019 file photo, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer was expected to sign a $59 billion state budget on Monday night, Sept. 30, 2019, hours before the deadline to fund state government. But wrangling over the budget is likely far from over, as she was expected to use her line-item veto power to nix some spending proposed by the Republican-led Legislature. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Michigan governor signs budget with $1B in line-item vetoes

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

From left, Eddie Rispone, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham participate in the first televised gubernatorial debate Thursday Sept. 19, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Jindal gone, but not forgotten in Louisiana governor’s race

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 file photo, Republican state Sens. Dan Soucek, left, and Brent Jackson, right, review historical maps during The Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session in the Legislative Office Building at the N.C. General Assembly, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina's congressional map is being challenged again on accusations that Republican lawmakers fashioned districts to maximize GOP seats. Democratic and independent voters sued on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 in state court, alleging extreme partisanship in how the 13 districts were drawn. (Corey Lowenstein/The News &amp; Observer, File via AP, File)

N. Carolina Congress map challenged again on partisan bias

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Blumenthal says he sees “cracks” in Trump’s GOP support

Associated Press

In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Cindy McCain pauses while presenting the inaugural John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to the People of the island of Lesbos, Greece, at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Canada. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)

Cindy McCain sees Arizona ‘going Democrat’ due to changing demographics, dysfunctional GOP

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., joined from left by, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, criticizes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democrats for launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP on political tightrope as impeachment talk heats up

By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump’s Senate Republican allies give OK to $5B wall request

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 18, 2018, file photo, Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., asks a question on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Duffy spends his final day as a member of Congress, the focus shifts to who else will run to succeed him in a rural Wisconsin district that's the heart of Trump country. Duffy's resignation Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, also clears the way for Gov. Tony Evers to announce when the special election will be to fill the seat. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Duffy serves final day in House; Evers sets January election

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Eddie Rispone, left, responds to a question as Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, and Republican Rep. Ralph Abraham, right, watch as they participate in the first televised gubernatorial debate Thursday Sept. 19, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

Eddie Rispone surges to second place in Louisiana gubernatorial race

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., poses for a photo outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Cook served 26 years as a Marine, earning two Purple Heart medals for combat wounds suffered in Vietnam. But amid his seventh year in Congress, the aching and discouraged California Republican has decided he’s endured enough (AP Photo/Alan Fram)

House retiree: Toxic politics, Trump White House, bad knees

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

North Carolina 9th district Republican congressional candidate Dan Bishop celebrates his victory in Monroe, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

House adds 2 GOP members after North Carolina election wins

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham speaks at a business event hosted by the Republican Governors Association in Baton Rouge, La. Republicans challenging Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards couldn’t match the Democrat’s fundraising pace as they ready for final advertising blitzes ahead of the Oct. 12 election. Abraham brought in $761,000 from donors. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Abraham says his aim on Edwards in Louisiana governor race

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2019, file photo, gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone arrives at the Louisiana Secretary of State's office in Baton Rouge, La., to sign up to run in the upcoming election. Republicans challenging Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards couldn’t match the Democrat’s fundraising pace as they ready for final advertising blitzes ahead of the Oct. 12 election. Rispone drew $147,000 in contributions. (AP Photo/Michael DeMocker, File)

Rispone TV ad attacks Abraham in Louisiana governor’s race

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In the end, once the smoke dissipated from Democrats’ harsh accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, it turned out there was no fire at all. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats, on Brett Kavanaugh, trying to frighten future judicial picks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times