Recent local election stories
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Recent national election stories
Obama aspires to a transformational presidency
April 16, 2009
While running for president last year, Barack Obama sparked a tempest when he said he aspired to be a transformational leader ...
Twitter user list favors Dems in Calif. gov race
October 28, 2009
When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant ...
Rejected Minn. Senate ballots get 2nd look
February 03, 2009
The judges in Minnesota's Senate election trial threw Republican Norm Coleman a lifeline on Tuesday, opening the door to adding ...
Judges to take up Minn. Senate lawsuit
January 26, 2009
The drawn-out contest over who won Minnesota's Senate race is moving into the courtroom.
For bruised Caroline Kennedy, what's next?
January 25, 2009
Following a brief, tortuous foray into the public spotlight, Caroline Kennedy has retreated back into privacy. And if there's ...
Coleman denied request for Minn. ballot inspection
January 23, 2009
A three-judge panel on Friday rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to investigate alleged vote-counting irregularities ...
Obama backs health care reform
January 23, 2009
President Barack Obama vowed during his campaign to expand access to health insurance and reform health care. Early indications ...
Rep. Gillibrand picked to fill N.Y. Senate seat
January 25, 2009
Gov. David Paterson has picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat, an aide to ...
Questions linger after Kennedy withdraws Senate bid
January 22, 2009
At noon Friday in Albany, 36 hours after Caroline Kennedy's abrupt withdrawal from consideration, New York Gov. David Paterson ...
Kennedy confirms she won't bid for N.Y. Senate seat
January 22, 2009
Caroline Kennedy has ended her quest for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, halting a campaign that began ...
Presidential race raised student political involvement
January 22, 2009
The 2008 presidential election helped catapult today's college freshmen to a level of political involvement not seen in decades, ...
New DNC chair will rally millions of Obama backers
January 21, 2009
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, says he wants his team to win elections but his ...
Judges in Minn. Senate hear motion to dismiss
January 21, 2009
Democrat Al Franken wants the three-judge panel hearing the legal challenge in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race to rule itself ...
Renamed Obama Elementary makes inauguration the lesson
January 21, 2009
But perhaps no school in the country celebrated the historic inauguration of the nation's 44th president with more enthusiasm ...
Arizona primes for new governor
January 21, 2009
Former Gov. Janet Napolitano's appointment to head the Homeland Security Department leaves Arizona's top office in new hands ...