Women In Politics

Ad bashes Angle on unemployment
LAS VEGAS — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., unveiled another TV ad on Tuesday using the words of Republican rival Sharron Angle, a former assemblywoman, against her.

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In Alaska, Sen. Murkowski concedes GOP primary bid
With absentee and provisional ballots still being counted, the favored incumbent acknowledges she cannot make up enough votes to defeat ‘tea party’-backed Joe Miller. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded the state’s Republican primary to her “tea party”-backed rival Tuesday night, an outcome that illustrated voters’ anger with the Washington establishment and the power of former Gov. Sarah Palin …

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Reid quietly chooses campaign stops
Stampeding stallions couldn’t keep U.S. Sen. Harry Reid away from a recent get-together with sportsmen competing in a clay shoot up north in Reno.

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Reid-Angle race called a ‘must-win’ by Dem chair
Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Thursday in Reno that the race between Republican challenger Sharron Angle, a former assemblywoman, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is the most important political race in Washington, D.C., this election cycle.

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Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle speaks to Colo. conservative group
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada says her race against Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has gotten close because she has been building a financial “war chest” to fight over the air waves.

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Angle Speaking to Colo. Group
U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is in Steamboat Springs to speak to a conservative group during its annual conference.

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Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle speaking to Colo. conservative group
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — U.S. Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle is in Steamboat Springs to speak to a conservative group during its annual conference.

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Angle stance draws Reid fire
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Harry Reid cashes in on star power
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is raking in the celebrity cash this year in his tight reelection battle. Read more…

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2012 Project takes aim at recruiting female candidates
Washington Post WASHINGTON — Despite a number of high-profile female candidates this year, women have yet to break through in politics the way they have in the rest of the work force. Only 17 percent of members of Congress are women, and women make up just 24 percent of state lawmakers. Now, a group of activists and academics hopes to train a new generation of female candidates in time for the …

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