Official Photo - Jim Webb
8 May
2012
Race for the Senate 2012 »
Going into the 2012 elections, the Senate consists of 53 Democrats and 47 Republicans.
A total of 33 of the 100 Senate seats Read more…
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc./Jill Braaten, photographer
8 May
2012
Race for the House 2012 »
Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections. What look will the Congress that is elected in November 2012 Read more…
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
6 May
2012
Democrats Gear Up For Campaign Season »
As the campaign to re-elect President Obama gets underway, the Democratic Party as well as Obama for America are detailing Read more…
JupiterImages/Comstock Images/Alamy
11 Mar
2012
Why a donkey? Why an elephant? »
Why did the two major political parties choose a donkey and an elephant as their party symbols? Actually . . . they didn’t. Read more…
Matthew Cavanaugh/epa/CORBIS
11 Mar
2012
The Promise and Price of Citizenship »
On January 20, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States—the first African American to hold the nation’s highest Read more…