Via Sunlight Foundation Blog comes news of an interesting new project called RaceTracker. It looks like Politics1 on steroids. (But Politics1 has other offices listed.) The RaceTracker project on the OpenCongress wiki tracks every election for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state governor. RaceTracker is a free, open-source, fully-referenced, and non-partisan public resource.
Category: Senate
Sen. Burris Faces Questions
The Post discusses some of the questions surrounding the appointment of Sen. Burris to President Obama’s old Senate seat.
Political Spouses and Potential Conflicts
The Post examines how what an officeholder’s spouse does for a living is a legal and political issue. The husbands and wives of elected officials long have been considered fair game, especially those in high-profile, high-paying jobs. But now, with the rise of bloggers and the march of 24-hour news, they’ve never been more visible — or […]