A debate between a pair of Republican Senate candidates in Nebraska took a weird turn on Tuesday, when one accused the other of trying to follow his 14-year-old daughter on Twitter. At the debate in Gering, Neb., Jon Bruning, the state#39;s attorney general, accused his opponent, Treasurer Don Stenberg, of requesting to follow his daughter [...]

New York#39;s Conservative Party nominated a strong social and fiscal conservative, Wendy Long, as its Senate candidate on Monday -- handing Long#39;s Republican Party bid a significant boost but also threatening to divide Republican voters. The endorsement from the small but influential party was a coveted prize sought by all three Republican candidates, who will face off in a June 26 primary. The ...

Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale on Friday allowed Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey to remain on the state’s May 15 primary ballot, overruling objections by the state Republican Party that Kerrey had repeatedly failed to meet state residency requirements.

U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra is on record supporting the federal bailout of two Detroit automakers when he was a Michigan congressman.

As a U.S. Senate candidate from Connecticut, William Tong doesn#39;t have major, statewide name recognition like his two main rivals for the Democratic nomination. But the son of Chinese immigrants has picked up supporters from across the country as the only Asian-American candidate for Senate this year in the continental U.S.