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Glenn Nye

Glenn Carlyle Nye III (born September 9, 1974) is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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What Democrats Wish For

In a January strategy session with a handful of endangered incumbents, President Obama took exception to the notion that brewing public opposition to his party's landmark legislative victories somehow portended massive Democratic losses this fall.

Republican-fomented speculation that the 2010 midterm election would mirror the 1994 midterm elections, which famously robbed President Bill Clinton of his majority in the House of Representatives, the president insisted, was greatly overblown.And unlike sixteen years before, the president told his concerned colleagues the "big difference" would be "me." The problem for Democratic candidates, according to a new Gallup survey, is that their base prefers the man who presided over the last great Democratic electoral loss than the man likely to preside over the next.Fifty-three percent of Democratic voters say they would be more inclined to vote for a given candidate if the former President Clinton campaigned on that candidate's behalf, whereas o...

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  1. Virginia Republicans Seek Candidate to Unseat Freshman House Democrat

    Race to Watch: 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary -- Scott Rigell vs. Scott Taylor vs. Jessica Sandlin vs. Ben Loyola vs. Bert Mizusawa vs. Ed Maulbeck Fr...

  2. White House Seeks Cure to Health Law Blues

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama once told Democratic lawmakers they'd be proud to campaign on historic health care legislation. Six months later, the only Democ...

  3. Republicans Win House Majority, Make Senate Gains in Wave Election

    Riding a wave of voter frustration over the economy and the federal government itself, the Republican Party sailed into the majority in the House of Representatives ...

  4. Virginia Lawmakers Blast Gates Plan to Cut Major Military Command

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday announced a plan to shed a major military command in Virginia as part of his effort to strip billions from the Pentagon budg...

  5. Some Dems Campaign Against ObamaCare While Others Stay Mum

    While President Obama touts the new health care law everywhere he goes, some members of his party are saying just the opposite in re-election ads, making sure their ...

  6. Virginia GOP Rep. Goode Defeated in Late-Decided Election

    RICHMOND, Va. -- Challenger Tom Perriello defeated Republican Rep. Virgil H. Goode by 745 votes out of more than 316,000 cast to help Democrats regain a 6-5 majority...

  7. Former Lawmakers Struggle to Find New Jobs

    They're out of Congress and still out of work.A handful of incumbents who lost last fall have yet to land new full-time jobs.They include former Reps. Christopher Sh...

  8. Obama Looks to Undecided Dems on Health Bill

    WASHINGTON -- A small number of House Democrats who opposed health overhaul legislation on the first go-round may be President Barack Obama's most important constitu...

  9. Congressmen Voice Opposition to Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

    WASHINGTON -- A group of 22 congressmen called on Congress on Thursday to reject amnesty for illegal immigrants and enforce employment restrictions on non-citizens.T...

  10. Political Weather Patterns

    Farmers sometimes fret about a late spring. After the first, hard frost this fall, people will begin talk about "Indian Summer." Mark Twain once quipped that the col...

  11. Too Close to Call in VA Congressional Race: Will Tea Party Help or Hurt Republican Challenger?

    Midterm elections are just weeks away and outside Washington, DC the race for a Congressional seat in a competitive district of Virginia is heating up. Located in Vi...

  12. VA Congressman-Elect Backed by Tea Party won’t commit to House Caucus

    Tuesday's election swept a host of new House Republicans into office, including Congressman-elect Scott Rigell, who unseated freshman incumbent Congressman Glenn Nye...

  1. Virginia Voters Pick Nominees in 5 GOP Primaries

    RICHMOND, Va. -- State Sen. Robert Hurt's easy primary victory on Tuesday means he'll face a first-term Democratic incumbent tied closely to President Obama and a co...

  2. Republicans to Take Majority in House of Representatives

    Republicans were celebrating their return to power in the House of Representatives Tuesday night as they were projected to gain 60 seats, catapulting them to a stron...

  3. Blue Dog Democrats Use Health Care Overhaul as Campaign Punching Bag

    When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi let 30 Blue Dog Democrats break ranks to vote against the controversial health care overhaul in March, she probably didn't expect the...

  4. Third-Party Bids, Write-Ins May Tip Handful of Close Races

    Whether they are sore losers or never-say-die patriots, third-party candidates threaten to tip a handful of congressional and gubernatorial races to contenders who o...

  5. Races to Watch: East Coast Closings Could Indicate National Trend

    Kentucky and Indiana are the first polls to close Tuesday on Election Night, followed by four states with competitive races that could provide a first glimpse at whe...

  6. Obama, White House Promotes Health Care Law on 6 Month Anniversary

    President Obama sought Wednesday to reintroduce his signature health care bill to skeptical voters who don't like or understand it six months after it became law.Jus...

  7. Republicans Capture House in Historic Wave, Claim 'Mandate' to Shrink Government

    Republicans thundered into the majority in the House of Representatives Tuesday night, making historic gains by a proportion not seen in more than 70 years. The part...

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