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Judge hears arguments on campaign restrictions

AP News 14 days ago

Federal judge to decide whether to put campaign finance challenge on faster track It's now up to a federal judge in New Orleans to decide whether to put a challenge to campaign finance restrictions on a faster track to the U.S. Supreme ...

Put down the tea bags

Las Vegas Sun 17 days ago

Suggestions that elections indicate a sea change in politics are premature Relishing TuesdayÕs GOP victories in the governors races in New Jersey and Virginia, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele declared Wednesday, ÒThe Republican renaissance has begun.Ó The editors of the conservative ...

Conn. anti-war candidate weighs run for governor

AP News 18 days ago

After nearly ousting Lieberman from Senate, Conn. anti-war phenomenon weighs run for governor Ned Lamont, the anti-Iraq war political phenomenon who nearly knocked Joe Lieberman out of the U.S. Senate, has turned his attention to next year's race for the Connecticut governorship. ...

Fiorina's record at HP will be key to Senate race

AP News 18 days ago

How to define Fiorina's record at Hewlett-Packard will be at center of Calif. Senate campaign Carly Fiorina's claim to fame — her five-and-a-half years as chief executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. — could also be her greatest vulnerability in next year's U.S. Senate ...

GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ

AP News 19 days ago

Republicans sweep governor races in Virginia, New Jersey _ troubling sign for Dems, Obama Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New ...

Obama popularity tested in off-year polls

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

The Republican opposition hoped to draw blood Tuesday in three off-year elections seen as testing US President Barack Obama's popularity 12 months after his Democratic party swept to power. Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia and an intriguing battle for a ...

Obama popularity put to test in off-year polls

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

The Republican opposition hoped to draw blood Tuesday in three off-year elections seen as testing US President Barack Obama's popularity 12 months after his Democratic party swept to power. Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia and an intriguing battle for a ...

McDonnell And Deeds Face Off In Virgina Gubernatorial Election

Getty Images 21 days ago

RICHMOND, VA - NOVEMBER 03: People start to arrive at a polling station at Rivers Edge Elementary School on November 3, 2009 in Glen Allen, Virginia. Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell is ahead in recent polls against Democratic challenger Creigh Deeds ...

NY Republican abandons election bid

AFP American Edition 23 days ago

A moderate New York Republican abandoned her bid for the US Congress on Saturday, days before an election that pitted her against a more conservative rival and divided the country's political right. With a poll showing her support dropping to 20 percent, ...

Abdullah poised to boycott Afghan run-off

AFP South Asian Edition 24 days ago

Abdullah Abdullah was poised Saturday to boycott Afghanistan's run-off presidential election unless incumbent Hamid Karzai has a last minute change of heart and bows to a series of demands from his rival. Officials in Abdullah's campaign team said the former foreign minister ...

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