By Alan Fram, May 13th 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Republicans are hunting district-by-district for just the right candidates — women and minorities in many cases — to help them recapture the House six months after a political tidal wave swept Democrats into control of the most diverse majority in history. Among the recruits are…

BY, ALANA ABRAMSON  5:58 AM EDT MAY 9th 2019 Representative Elise Stefanik can pinpoint the moment that crystallized the issue for her: It was the week after the midterm elections, and the newly elected members of the House of Representatives lined up for a photo. Representing the Democratic side of the aisle were more than 30…

Female Republicans are stepping up to run earlier than last cycle Posted May 8, 2019 5:05 AM, By Simone Pathé Stephanie Bice is a Republican from a deeply conservative state that’s only sent three women to Congress. But the election of a record-breaking number of female freshmen to the House in 2018, all but one of them…

Democratic nominee Allen Thomas will have general election campaign to himself for two months By Simone Pathé Posted Apr 30, 2019 10:08 PM The first special election primary of the year is heading into overtime, with two of the 17 Republicans in North Carolina’s 3rd District advancing to a July 9 runoff for a seat that’s likely…

Primary bid from former Rep. Michael Grimm is expected to get cool reception from some in his party By Kristina Peterson April 28, 2019 10:00 a.m. ET STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—Former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm knows party leaders will be rooting for Nicole Malliotakis in the race to take back the Staten Island-based district Republicans lost…

Bridget Bowman Posted Apr 29, 2019 7:38 PM House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is wasting no time backing his preferred candidate in California’s 39th District, endorsing former assemblywoman and congressional aide Young Kim, who launched her House campaign on Monday.  “Young Kim is a fierce campaigner and one of the top recruits in the country for House Republicans….

By Emily Tillett, Published On: April 30, 2019 / 3:27 PM / CBS NEWS Along the shores of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a crowded field that includes more candidates than the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, is vying for the seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Walter Jones in North Carolina’s third congressional district….

ByBridget Bowman Posted Apr 10, 2019 11:59 AM Indiana Rep. Susan W. Brooks made a point of telling her Republican colleagues this week about several new candidates who are women and people of color.   “It’s important that we, as a conference, do a better job of looking like America, and better representing the very diverse country that we have,” Brooks, the…

By MELANIE ZANONA 04/02/2019 05:04 AM EDT, Updated 04/02/2019 08:54 AM EDT House Republicans are racing to combat accusations that the party is anti-woman as they face increased pressure on a series of Democratic-backed bills focusing on women’s issues. The GOP, which is still bruised from brutal midterm elections that decimated its ranks of female lawmakers, has…

The pink wave wasn’t very red. by Rebecca Gale Mar 25, 2019 When Elise Stefanik, a Republican member of the House of Representatives looks around the House chamber, she sees a wave of new female faces—nearly all of whom sit on the Democratic side. Of the 102 women who currently serve in the House, all but 13…