Blue Dog Democrats often hold the most competitive districts, so their struggle to win is a sign that the Democratic majority is in peril. “Blue Dogs are the cusp of the majority.

The Blue Dog Coalition was formed on Valentine’s Day 1995 after Republicans took control of the House for the first time in four decades. It’s a play on the 19th century term “Yellow Dog Democrats” — ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a series of progressive policies into law while in office. Democrats hope his record is a boon to the presidential ticket, but Republicans say he's too liberal.

Congress’ influential Blue Dog Coalition is getting chopped nearly in half after an internal blow-up over whether to rebrand the centrist Democratic group. Seven of the 15 members expected to ...

Eric Koch, a Democratic consultant to several Blue Dog candidates, said the key was remaining locally-focused, pointing to the wins the group notched in Washington and Maine against very different ...

The new campaign chair wants Senate candidates who fit the cultural values of red states, just as she and Democrats did 20 years ago. The polarization of the country is much more stark now.

The Blue-Collar Democrat Who Wants to Fix the Party’s Other Big Problem Marie Gluesenkamp Perez flipped a rural red district to get to Congress. Now she wants to help her party do more of the same.

The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify themselves as ...

"I'm on the record saying that I'm a blue dog Democrat who is willing to work with anyone — regardless of political affiliation — on behalf of our students," Kinser said in a statement to the ...

Vance told a Washington Post reporter that his grandparents were “classic blue-dog Democrats, union Democrats.” His grandmother voted Democrat her entire life, and his grandfather did, except ...

Members of the Blue Dog Democrats, a centrist wing of the party, fared better in the midterm elections than expected, with a majority in the most competitive districts winning reelection or ...

Eric Koch, a Democratic consultant to several Blue Dog candidates, said the key was remaining locally-focused, pointing to the wins the group notched in Washington and Maine against very different ...