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Rep. Giffords polling strong for Arizona Senate
Though those close to her are tamping down speculation about her recovery toward 2012, Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains highly popular as a candidate for the Arizona Senate race, according to a new survey. Giffords, who continues to recover from a January shooting attack, leads establishment favorite Republican Rep. Jeff Flake, 48 to 41 percent [... ]
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LeMieux’s newly minted Senate campaign tripped up by social media
George LeMieux took the social media approach to promote his entry into the Senate race last week. But it was rough going.
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Murphy to run for Senate
CHESHIRE — One day after Sen. Joe Lieberman said he would not run in 2012 and announced his retirement from the Senate, former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz announced she was running for his seat.
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Former rising star Brower appointed to Raggio’s senate seat
Ten years ago, Greg Brower was considered a rising political star in Washoe County.
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Anti-abortion female Republican candidates could change political equation in Senate
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusually large contingent of female Republican candidates with strong anti-abortion views is heating up debate on the issue and could change the political equation in the next Congress.
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California’s 2010 Senate race: Close race between incumbent Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom – Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina are vying for the junior U.S. Senator seat in California in the 2010 election. The polls are tight, although the percentage for error and the percentage of undecided voters (10 percent, according to Rasmussen Reports) could translate to different story on election day.
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Carly Fiorina welcomes chamber endorsement for U.S. Senate with sharp critique of Barbara Boxer
The Republican former Hewlett-Packard CEO spent 45 minutes hammering home two favorite topics: Government must get out of the way of job growth by cutting taxes and regulations; and Boxer has done a disastrous job in her 28 years in the House and Senate.
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Senate GOP Blocks Bill to Repeal Gay Service Ban
Republican Filibuster Blocks Passage of Legislation to Eventually Overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy
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Delaware Aside, Shifts in Senate Field Favor GOP
Senate Democrats certainly got a boost this week with Rep. Michael N. Castle’s stunning defeat in Delaware’s GOP primary. But once the party’s euphoria wears off in the First State, Democrats still have to face the reality that the national political environment is still tilted decidedly against them and several races around the country continue to shift in favor of Republicans.
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U.S. Senate candidates stand by party philosophies
LAS VEGAS — Republican former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., remain in a virtual deadlock in a static U.S. Senate race where neither candidate has strayed far from their respective political base.
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