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Armenia's presidential hopeful on hunger strike
Doctors worried about condition of Armenian presidential candidate on hunger strike
Ark. lawmaker changing 'heartbeat' abortion bill
Arkansas lawmaker changing 'heartbeat' abortion ban proposal to require abdominal ultrasound
NM, Nev. governors head GOP minority recruiting
New Mexico Gov. Martinez, Nevada Gov. Sandoval head GOP effort to recruit minority candidates
Israel's Netanyahu hits snags in building team
Israel's Netanyahu hits early snags, tough choices in putting together new ruling coalition
Ex-Mass. Gov. William Weld says no to Senate run
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld says he will not run in the special election to succeed John Kerry in the U.S. Senate.
Scott Brown says he won't seek Kerry's Senate seat
Former Sen. Scott Brown said Friday he would not run in a special Senate election in Massachusetts, dealing a setback to Republican hopes of winning the seat being vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry.
Lynch launches bid for Kerry's US Senate seat
Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch has officially launched his bid for John Kerry's U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts.
Ex-adviser to Mass. gov is new US senator
As Massachusetts' newest U.S. senator settles into his temporary job in the post previously held by Democrat John Kerry, attention is turning to a special election this summer when voters will pick Kerry's successor.
Open Senate seat presents GOP rare chance in Iowa
The announcement that veteran U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin would not run for re-election came as such a shock that neither his own party nor the Republicans had given any thought to who might succeed him.
Failing to move campaign signs could get costly in Fairfax County
Fairfax County wants to crack down on campaign signs that proliferate at intersections and along area roads.
Dems agree on candidate to challenge NJ's Christie
You might not have heard of New Jersey state Sen. Barbara Buono, though you've probably heard of the man she's itching to take on in the November election _ Gov. Chris Christie.
GOP voting bills aimed at party hegemony in Va
Virginia's not the only electoral battleground with a Republican-ruled legislature where President Barack Obama mopped up last year en route to re-election. But it is the first to act on an ambitious menu of Republican legislation aimed at preventing another Democratic triumph.
Once GOP stronghold, West veers into Dems' column
A political generation ago, the West signaled the nation's rightward swing, from the emergence of Ronald Reagan to the success of tax-limitation ballot measures in California and Colorado.
GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change
A bill that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards votes by congressional district is expected to fail this year.
GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change
The prospects appear doomed in Virginia this year for Republican-backed legislation that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards one vote to the winner of each congressional district.
Reince Priebus re-elected GOP national chairman
Reince Priebus has been elected to lead the Republican National Committee for another two years.
GOP senators will oppose Va electoral change
A Republican-backed bill to convert Virginia's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electors to one that awards electors one-by-one by congressional districts is likely doomed for the year.
Jindal: GOP must stop being 'stupid party'
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to "stop being the stupid party" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes to help stave off future losses.
Facebook's CEO holding fundraiser for Christie
Facebook's CEO has friended New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie again.
NJ senator takes digs at mayor's interest in seat
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, at age 88 the oldest sitting U.S. senator, said Tuesday that the mayor of the state's largest city is surely entitled to run next year for the seat he now holds _ but he did not yet reveal his own plans.
Local Election News
- Md. Lt. Gov. Brown announces bid for governor
- McAuliffe kicking off campaign for gov in Va
- DC Council to consider moving mayoral primary to June
- D.C. primary election date could be pushed back to June
- McAuliffe, unchallenged, is Va Dem nominee
- McAuliffe and Cuccinelli in dead heat in Va. governor's race
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