Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, was projected to win the Houston mayoral race, beating out a fellow Democrat in a runoff to represent one of the most populous cities in the country. Whitmire was up against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for the mayor’s seat after the race slipped into a runoff following the…
Reps. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Ken Buck of Colorado have had enough of Congress and its disorder. The Democrat and Republican see different ways out of the dysfunction.