Paul Kane

@pkcapitol

Old guy covering a Hill. Current: The Washington Sun. Formerly: WashPost, Roll Call.
Forever: Philly sports, Springsteen and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.

Capitol Hill, DC washingtonsun.com Joined December 2012

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Paul Kane @pkcapitol 1d

The “durable majority” that @chuckschumer believes is the path to big Dem wins & his own future as majority leader.

My sitdown with CES for @washingtonsun

Give a read.

washingtonsun.com/congress/schum…

www.washingtonsun.com Schumer Plots a 'Durable Majority’ That Flirts With 60 Seats First he must quiet internal critics and decide on his own 2028 reelection.

Paul Kane @pkcapitol 1d

I forgot I tweeted this last year till someone reminded me. Aged well.

Paul Kane @pkcapitol Sep 3, 2025

Any path Democrats have toward durable Senate majority requires making Mississippi a swing state. Yes, Mississippi.

Trump won there by almost 21%, but its population is 38% Black (with lower voter turnout).

Maybe not 2026, but they have to start now.
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Paul Kane @pkcapitol 3d

Not exactly a new Young Guns era for House Rs.
Either Jordan (20 years in office) or Scalise (18 1/2) will become longest tenured newly elected R minority leader or speaker since Bob Michel, who had 24 years of service in 1981.
Johnson shifted Rs into new era, now going back…

Paul Kane @pkcapitol 4d

Blumenthal turns 81 in February, he won reelection to 6-year term in 2022 at the age of 76. He will be up for reelect in 2 years.
Now calling for "new energy & ideas".

John Craven @johncraven1 4d

🚨NEWS: @SenBlumenthal declines to endorse @SenSchumer as the next Senate Majority Leader

Blumenthal just told reporters: "We need a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas"

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Paul Kane @pkcapitol 4d

How random are some of these newly arriving Dems, how little did they expect to win?

“I literally didn’t even know the salary of a congressman yesterday,” Rep.-elect Zack Mullock told @avanidkalra Sunday. Amazing.

Read it in The Sun Cast:

washingtonsun.com/newsletters/ju…