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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Prospective Republican presidential candidates are expected to promote religious liberty at home and abroad at a gathering of evangelical conservatives, rebuking an unpopular President Barack Obama while skirting divisive social issues that have tripped up the GOP. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ted Cruz wins presidential straw poll at 2014 Values Voter Summit

Several 2016 presidential hopefuls made their pitches to the influential gathering of social conservatives over the weekend at the 2014 Values Voter Summit, with at least one past GOP presidential contender urging evangelicals to show up at the polls if they're upset at the direction of the country.

September 27, 2014
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Jindal declares ‘It’s the culture, stupid’ at Values Voter Summit

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal mixed a folksy personal history with a stinging critique of President Obama's policies at home and abroad in his address at the 2014 Values Voter Summit that could foreshadow elements of a stump speech for the would-be 2016 GOP presidential contender.

September 26, 2014
Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg can’t find enough anti-gun candidates to support

Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's gun control group announced a round of candidate endorsements this week, but his plan to pour $50 million into gun control efforts appears to be struggling to find campaigns to back in nationally watched races.

September 25, 2014
This Aug. 21, 2014, file photo shows Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as he speaks during a news conference in North Little Rock, Ark. The top prize of the November midterm elections is control of the Senate for the final two years of President Barack Obama’s administration, with Republicans needing to pick up six more seats to take over. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Tom Cotton goes first-person in new radio ad

In an Arkansas Senate race that has drawn attention for a deluge of creative advertising, Republican Tom Cotton tries to keep it simple in a new radio ad, speaking in the first person in the 60-second spot about freedom, Arkansas and "moral clarity."

September 25, 2014
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. speaks during a town hall forum in Reston, Va, Monday, Sept 8. 2014. Warner and his Republican opponent Ed Gillespie made their pitches to northern Virginia's tech community at the town hall forum. The Northern Virginia Technology Council hosted the town hall forum. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Mark Warner up 9 over Ed Gillespie in Virginia Senate race: poll

A new poll shows Democratic Sen. Mark Warner leading Republican challenger Ed Gillespie by nine points, 48 to 39 percent, among likely voters in a U.S. Senate race in Virginia that has thus far managed to stay largely under the radar.

September 25, 2014
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder walks on the field before an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Redskins owner Dan Snyder gives $25K to Virginia Gov. McAuliffe’s PAC

As some in Congress push to strip the NFL of its tax-exempt status over the Washington Redskins' team name, team owner Daniel Snyder has apparently found a political ally in Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, recently giving $25,000 to Mr. McAuliffe's Common Good VA political action committee.

September 24, 2014
File - In this Aug. 25, 2014 file photo Republican Arkansas U.S. Senate candidate Tom Cotton, right, speaks in Little Rock, Ark., after being endorsed by Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, in his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor. Arkansas voters have been bombarded with political ads for the state's Senate race that started more than a year ago when Republicans identified the race as a possible key to winning control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Cotton up five in Arkansas Senate race: poll

A new poll gives GOP Rep. Tom Cotton a five-point lead in his bid to oust incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas in one of the most closely-watched U.S. Senate races this year.

September 23, 2014
Rep. Michael Grimm, who repeatedly proclaimed his innocence and declined to resign, now finds himself leading former Democratic councilman Domenic Recchia. (Associated Press)

Indicted Rep. Michael Grimm leading Democratic challenger

Once left for dead by many on Capitol Hill amid looming federal charges, embattled Rep. Michael Grimm, New York Republican, is running neck-and-neck with his Democratic challenger in a bid for a third term amid a fusillade of attacks by national Democrats looking to flip the seat.

September 22, 2014