Women In Politics

Conservative Democrat jokes that Pelosi might die
An Alabama Democrat insists he was joking when he said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might get sick and die before he has to decide whether to vote for her as leader again next year.

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Incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln talks up earmarks in Arkansas Senate race
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Ignoring Republican complaints about wasteful federal spending, Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln is reminding voters — in dollars — of what’s she’s done for Arkansas during nearly 16 years in Washington.

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Sen. Ben Nelson is first Democrat to oppose Kagan
WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan saw the first crack Friday in a so-far solid base of Democratic support for her virtually certain confirmation next week, when centrist Sen. Ben Nelson said he would vote “no.”

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Sharron Angle was registered as a Democrat during much of the Reagan years
WASHINGTON (AP) – Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative’s conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show.

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In Tough Stance, Democrat Finds Few Allies
Senator Blanche Lincoln wants to rid banks of derivatives operations, but opposition is rising from regulators and fellow Democrats, as well as Wall Street.

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In W.Va., Pelosi is target for Democrat
Polls suggest that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s job may be in jeopardy after this fall’s midterm elections. In one West Virginia congressional district holding its primary Tuesday, that could be true even if the Democrat wins. In one of the more creative expressions of anti-incumbent fever, state Sen. Mike Oliverio is giving 14-term incumbent Rep. Alan B. Mollohan a stiff challenge in the 1st …

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Democrat Gaertner drops out of Minn. gov’s race
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Prosecutor Susan Gaertner left the Minnesota governor’s race Monday, saying she didn’t want to be “a spoiler” in Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s quest to become the first woman to win the job.

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