Political Candidates, Speaker of the House

Florida Sends Two More Republicans to Washington

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 4/3/2025

On April 1, Florida held a special election to fill the vacant seats of former Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01) and Michael Waltz (R-FL-06), who both resigned to join the Trump administration. Republicans successfully retained...more

Cozen Currents: The Fight for the Center

Cozen O'Connor on 9/18/2024

The Cozen Lens - · As undecided voters tune into the presidential race’s post-Labor Day sprint, former President Trump and Vice President Harris are rapidly unveiling new populist economic policy proposals in a race to...more

Cozen Currents: The Best Defense is a Good Offense

Cozen O'Connor on 11/29/2023

The Cozen Lens- •President Biden and the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, former President Trump, both have high unfavorability ratings, setting up next year’s election as a choice between the lesser of two...more

Cozen Currents: All the President’s Men and Women

Cozen O'Connor on 11/15/2023

The Cozen Lens - • More focus has been on former President Trump’s chances of winning in 2024 than on what a second Trump term would look like. • While Democrats did very well in last week’s elections, it remains to be...more

Cozen Currents: Is There No Shame?

Cozen O'Connor on 10/6/2023

The Cozen Lens- • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made it through the shutdown showdown but has perpetually been at risk of losing his gavel. The best thing he has going for him though is that any successor might have...more

Cozen Currents: The Limits of Trump's Domination

Cozen O'Connor on 6/22/2023

The second indictment against former President Trump this year may be the talk of the town, but has done little to change the political or governing dynamics in DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) successfully kept...more