2012 Election
-
Mike Huckabee stands by embattled Todd Akin in Senate bid, solicits donations
Comment
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is standing by embattled Missouri Congressman Todd Akin and soliciting donations for his Senate campaign.
-
Todd Akin not quitting Missouri Senate campaign, vows to fight on
Comment
Rep. Todd Akin told Mike Huckabee Tuesday that he will continue his bid against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in a race long targeted by the GOP as crucial to regaining control of the Senate.
-
Twisted Sister frontman asks Paul Ryan to stop using song
Comment
Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has asked Republican vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan's camp not to play his hit song, "We're Not Gonna Take It."
-
Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan differ on abortion
Comment
"I'm proud of my pro-life record. And I stand by my pro-life record in Congress. But Mitt Romney is the top of the ticket and Mitt Romney will be president and he will set the policy of the Romney administration," Paul Ryan said.
-
Race for the White House is a tight one, poll shows
Comment
For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate has not altered the race against President Barack Obama. The campaign remains neck and neck with less than three months to go, a new AP-GfK poll shows.
-
Paul Ryan also campaigning for Congress
Comment
Wisconsin law allows Paul Ryan to seek two offices at once. He usually wins by comfortable margins, but his district tilts Democratic in presidential races and, this year, Ryan won't have the luxury of much time back home.
-
Sarah Palin endorses Dan Bongino, Maryland GOP senate candidate
Comment
Maryland Republican Senate candidate Dan Bongino is announcing he has been endorsed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
-
Romney, Ryan blast Obama's Medicare plan in New Hampshire
Comment
"Medicare should not be a piggy bank for Obamacare," Paul Ryan told about 3,000 people at an outdoor rally Monday in New Hampshire where he joined Romney for the first time in a week.
-
Democratic National Convention 2012: Martin O'Malley scheduled to speak
Comment
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has a high profile in the party, frequently appearing on national television shows. O'Malley also is the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.
-
DNC hosts D.C. area lawmakers, among others
Comment
The D.C. area will be well-represented during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina the week of September 3, 2012.
-
Paul Ryan speaks with ABC7
Comment
GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaks candidly about life on the campaign trail, how he still fits in his P90X daily workout and how he and his family are adjusting to the presidential campaign spotlight.
-
TV ads shape Virginia politics map
Comment
How much of it can you believe? Who's behind the claims you're hearing? And how much are they paying to broadcast it all into your living rooms several times an hour?
-
2012 presidential election: Mitt Romney calls Obama rhetoric 'demeaning'
Comment
In the midst of a campaign during which attacks between the camps behind Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have increased dramatically, Romney said Wednesday that the president is "running just to hang onto power."
-
First Lady Michelle Obama profile
Comment
How much of First Lady Michelle Obama's image is real, and how much is the kind of strategy that's behind every first lady's image? Can it be both?
-
Welfare-to-work: Mitt Romney hammers Barack Obama in new ad
Comment
Mitt Romney's hitting President Barack Obama again for what the Republican presidential candidate calls "gutting welfare reform."
-
Paul Ryan choice increases focus on policy, analysis says
Comment
In naming Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney wed himself far more closely to proposals that have made the 42-year-old House Budget Committee chairman a hero to tea party and other conservative activists and anathema to Democrats.
-
Democrats seize upon Romney's choice of Ryan
Comment
Less than two hours after Romney introduced Ryan as his running mate, the Obama campaign released a 90-second Web video showing footage of the men appearing together. The ad calls Ryan the "mastermind behind the extreme GOP budget plan."
-
Paul Ryan profile
Comment
At 42, Paul Ryan has spent almost half of his life in the Washington fold, the last 14 representing a southern Wisconsin district that runs from the shores of Lake Michigan through farm country south of Madison.
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
-
Team up with the Home Team afternoons at 4 on ABC7
"Katie" weekdays at 4pm on ABC7 followed by Leon Harris and Alison Starling on ABC7 News at 5. Click here to find out more about "Katie!"
