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Tencher joining Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as Campaign Director

Ian Donnis — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:31:13 +0000

West Warwick native Paul Tencher is set to become the campaign director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The move comes after Tencher managed Democrat Joe Donnelly's winning Senate campaign in Indiana over Republican Richard Mourdock last year.

Tencher is expected to focus on aiding Democratic Senate candidates in states won last year by Mitt Romney.

By email, he says:

Small state advantage: U.S. Senate

Scott MacKay — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:09:09 +0000

The NY Times has a trenchant piece by Adam Liptak today on the outsize clout that small states have in the U.S. Senate. This will come as no surprise to political junkies and constitutional scholar types, but more casual observers of Congressional politics may be surprised to learn just how much better off small states are in the U.S. Senate, where each state is represented by a pair of senators, regardless of population.

Reed poised to chair Senate Armed Services Committee in 2015

Ian Donnis — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:34:11 +0000

Barring a Republican takeover of the US Senate, Senator Jack Reed is poised to take over the chairmanship in 2015 of the Senate Armed Services Committee. That's due to just-announced plans by the current chair, Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, to not seek re-election next year.

Jack Reed Cruises into 2014 in Enviable Shape

Ian Donnis — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:10:35 +0000

The informal launch of Senator Jack Reed's campaign for his fourth term is set to start Sunday evening with a packed fundraiser at the Providence Biltmore.

Reed + Whitehouse well-positioned to gain Senate seniority

Ian Donnis — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:06:23 +0000

With a wave of departures in the US Senate, Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse are positioned to expand their seniority -- a potent coin of the realm in Congress.

Aaron Blake reports at The Fix on the turnover:

Currently, 24 senators have called it quits between 2010 and today — just three less than the previous high of 27 retirements between 1992 and 1996.

Sen. Reed encouraged by immigration talks

Catherine Welch — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:04:56 +0000

Senator Jack Reed says it’s encouraging to see a bi-partisan plan to address immigration come out of the US Senate. The eight senators rolled out a plan that allows for more guest workers and creates a path to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants already here.

West Warwick’s Tencher at the center of white-hot US Senate fight in Indiana

Ian Donnis — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:39:51 +0000

After years of building his political credentials, West Warwick native Paul Tencher is at the center of one of the nation’s closest, hardest-fought US Senate races — the Indiana fight between Democrat