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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele is all smiles with polls showing the GOP holding the upper hand with less than six weeks to go before the midterm elections.
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Associated Press photographsI IN TANDEM: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and RNC chief Michael S. Steele are collaborating on GOP fundraising.
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, voted against advancing the bill that would have repealed "don't ask, don't tell" because Democrats would not agree to extend debate so that her GOP colleagues could weigh in on other issues. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Associated Press CREW SOCKS: Christine O'Donnell, Delaware GOP nominee for Senate, is under fire by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Kelly Ayotte, celebrates with her husband, Joe Daley, after learning she won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Concord, N.H. The former state attorney general defeated tea-party-backed conservative Ovide Lamontagne in the GOP primary on Tuesday.
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Illustration: Sore GOP by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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In Washington state, Clint Didier (shown), who lost the GOP senatorial primary to party favorite Dino Rossi despite the support of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said Mr. Rossi must meet a list of policy demands before he will endorse him. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPH
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Associated Press photographs House Republican leader Rep. John A. Boehner (left) outlined a GOP alternative to President Obama's proposal for more economic stimulus spending.
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Associated Press photographs West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III (left), a Democrat, leads in polls for a Senate seat, but his GOP rival, businessman John Raese (right), has closed the gap. One analyst calls it a "race worth watching."
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Associated Press California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has spent more than $100 milllion of her own money on her campaign.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS President Barack Obama rallies the crowd Monday in Milwaukee, where he proposed more spending to create jobs and berated the GOP as the "party of no."
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ASSOCIATED PRESS SHINING BRIGHT: Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, chief sponsor of Arizona's immigration legislation, has become a GOP kingmaker.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Shining bright: Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's immigration bill, has become a GOP kingmaker.
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Associated Press Rep. Michael N. Castle, Delaware Republican, is taking his GOP rival for the nomination for Senate more seriously after a Republican senator was denied renomination by an insurgent in Alaska.
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SENATE SKIRMISH: GOP ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (top) is set to take on Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak for a Senate seat from Pennsylvania.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, trails little-known challenger Joe Miller (right) by 1,668 votes in the GOP primary with about 14,000 absentee and early votes still to be counted this week.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Supporters of U.S. Senate hopeful Linda McMahon (center) celebrate winning the GOP nomination in May. Though early polls showed Mrs. McMahon trailing considerably behind Democratic rival Richard Blumenthal, an August poll shows Mrs. McMahon behind by only 10 percentage points.
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Associated Press Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (right), a former Republican, had $8 million in his campaign coffers for his independent bid for Senate as of Aug. 4, nearly double that of his GOP rival.
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CORPORATE CAMPAIGNING: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Snyder, who has shocked many with his sucess, is among the several businesspeople who have entered the political spectrum this year. (Associated Press)