D.C. Wire Archive: GOP
Allen West to keynote GOP dinner
U.S. Rep. Allen West, the hard-charging freshman congressman who is a making waves in conservative circles, will deliver the keynote speech at the D.C. Republican Committee gala March 31.
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Tim Craig
| February 23, 2011; 4:14 PM ET |
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Norton seeks to keep 'Committee of the Whole' vote
With Republicans set to take over control of the House in January, the prospects for District voting rights don't look great. So D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) is trying to keep one of the few legislative privileges she does have.
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Ben Pershing
| November 16, 2010; 12:15 PM ET |
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Graphic campaign ads are headed for local TVs -- but not YouTube
The graphic television ads created by Missy Reilly Smith, a GOP candidate for the District's congressional delegate seat, will probably start hitting television sets across the region this week.
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Washington Post Editor
| October 18, 2010; 3:02 PM ET |
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Thune: Republicans can win in local D.C. races
If District Republicans work hard enough, the overwhelmingly Democratic capital city can be just like Massachusetts. That was message U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) delivered Tuesday night at the D.C. Republican Committee's annual Lincoln-Douglass Dinner. Noting the GOP is fielding a record four candidates for council seats this year, Thune...
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Tim Craig
| March 24, 2010; 1:19 PM ET |
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Republican DeMartino plans run against Wells in D.C. council race
In the first of several expected announcements from Republicans hoping to break the Democratic Party's grip on the D.C. Council, Jim DeMartino says he will file Friday afternoon to challenge Council member Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) in the November election. A lawyer and former Marine Corps officer, De Martino is...
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Tim Craig
| March 12, 2010; 1:06 PM ET |
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GOP Congress members wade into same-sex marriage debate
Thirty-nine congressional Republicans, including House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.), have filed an amicus brief in D.C. Superior Court calling for a voter referendum on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. In the filing, U.S. senators James Inhofe (Okla.) and Roger...
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Washington Post Editors
| January 6, 2010; 3:20 PM ET |
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