When the House switched to Republican control in the 2010 midterms, it was treated as a referendum on President Barack Obama’s health care law. Two years later, the GOP set its sights on the White House. However, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was not able to beat Obama. Now, the Senate is the prize in next week’s elections.

Politicos continue to speculate on which party independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman will caucus with if he wins on Election Day in Kansas. Orman has already said he would be willing to caucus with the majority party, which would help him obtain influential committee positions and put him close to the leadership, but what if neither party has a clear advantage after all the election results are in?

Election Day 2014 is less than a week away and the season's last Field Poll for California statewide races shows Democrats leading most of the races.

Gary Miller (R), is up for grabs. Miller, who has been in Congress since 1999, announced his retirement earlier this year. The two candidates who emerged from June's nonpartisan, top-two primary are Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar (D) and former Navy Lt. Commander Paul Chabot (R).

Each year as we approach the end (or beginning) of Daylight Saving Time (DST -- Daylight Saving in the United States is the correct term, not Daylight Savings as it is usually mistakenly called), there seems to be a political debate as to the usefulness of such a scheme. Some encourage year-round DST, while others advocate totally departing from the system.

Looking to the wisdom and humor of Benjamin Franklin gives us a unique insight to his thoughts on saving daylight.

Editor's note: The initial published draft of this article said the California School Employees Association endorsed Tony Thurmund, but the organization actually issued a dual endorsement for both candidates.

With less than a week until the midterm election, Democrat Ro Khanna is closing the gap between him and incumbent U.S. Representative Mike Honda in the race for California’s 17th Congressional District -- a race only possible in the newly competitive environment that emerged from the implementation of California's nonpartisan, top-two primary.

As previously reported on IVN, In this district, which encompasses the tech-driven Silicon Valley, both Mike Honda and Ro Khanna are Democrats.

On November 4, Georgians will decide a number of statewide and local offices -- not the least of which include the state's next senator and governor.

The final debate in the U.S. Senate race in Kansas was almost two weeks ago, but incumbent Pat Roberts (R) is still having a tough time shaking off his balk at the last question given to the candidates.

Greg Orman (I) was up to answer first -- and the question (more of an instruction) was to "say something nice about your opponent."

When it comes to politics, 2014 may be remembered as the year of the improbable. In Kansas, a GOP stronghold, both the Republican governor and a very conservative senator are fighting for their political lives against a moderate Democrat and an independent, respectively.