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A top GOP ad firm's split took a litigious turn earlier this month, when Rex Elsass, the CEO and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, filed suit against his company's former president, Nick Everhart.

Republican nominee for governor, Ken Cuccinelli, right, is joined on stage with the other members of the ticket, E.W. Jackson, left, his wife, Theadora, second from right, attorney general candidate Mark Obenshain, his wife, Suzanne, center, and Tiero Cuccinelli, second from right, at the end of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond on ... (more)

The candidates lining up to enter the Georgia senate race won't cause the Republican Party's Akin-breakin' heart to swoon.

Sen. Claire McCaskill is among the female senators on the Armed Services Committee leading the push against sexual assault in the military , and the Missouri Democrat is now mobilizing her campaign supporters behind the effort.

DGA VIDEO GOES AFTER CUCCINELLI ON WOMEN'S ISSUES: The week Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will be officially nominated as his party's candidate for governor, national Democrats are out with a game show-themed video painting him as "farther to the right" than failed 2012 candidates Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock and Rick Santorum on social issues.

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Let me begin this response to Melissa McEwan by citing Ann Coulter, not because she is a woman - certainly not one of those "liberal women constantly talking about their vaginas suddenly pretending to be offended by the word 'slut'" - but because Coulter dared to tell the truth about Max Cleland's Vietnam war injuries.

The race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli isn't as bleak as the fight between Godzilla and Moth-Ra , but it's close.

The latest came in March from Celeste Greig, leader of the conservative faction of the California Republican Party, who dismissed pregnancy as a risk from rape.

The race between Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli isn't as bleak as the fight between Godzilla and Moth-Ra , but it's close.

Only a week ago, operatives were preparing Sanford's political obituary. But internal and public polls showed the race closing - and suddenly his return to the Palmetto State's congressional delegation has become more than a possibility.

The leader of a conservative faction within the California Republican Party has been ousted after dismissing pregnancy as a risk from rape in comments earlier this year.

Republican National Committee Chair and former head of the Wisconsin Party Reince Priebus says the GOP is making efforts to be more inclusive as they aim to bring more voters into the fold.

Gov. Mike Pence could give more Sagamore of the Wabash awards in one year than former Gov.

Imagine you've been raped. Given 1 out of 5 women experience rape in their lifetime , this is not a far reach.

My friends over at Prairie State Blue have been doing some great work on freshman Congresswoman Cheri Bustos.

When Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo. suggested in September 2012 that women couldn't get pregnant from "legitimate rape," I legitimately wanted to jump off the Cliffs of Moher.

Sen. Claire McCaskill raised about $250,000 in the first three months of 2013, her latest campaign finance filing s show.

Former Bush adviser and GOP strategist Karl Rove says Republicans have a good chance of taking the Senate from Democrats in 2014 if they avoid nominating the types of candidates who stumbled badly in once competitive 2012 races.

A lot of Republicans are in high anxiety these days, looking to "re-brand" the party and rejigger its message after losing the White House and failing to make gains in the Senate last year.