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Senate's 16 new members arrive on Capitol Hill: Who are they?
Starting this Monday, the Senate welcomes 16 fresh faces to the Capitol’s marbled halls.
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Gallery: Pennsylvania Senate race
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Alaska's Lisa Murkowski: No. 7 on list of ousted incumbents?
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska could become the seventh congressional incumbent to lose a primary in 2010 if her too-close-to-call race with 'tea party' favorite Joe Miller stays in Mr. Miller's favor.
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Gallery: House Democrats retiring in 2010
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Rick Perry party switch: Was it unusual?
GOP front-runner Rick Perry used to be a Democrat, but he's not alone in switching parties. Crossing the aisle to the other side is fairly common in US politics.
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Senate's 16 new members arrive on Capitol Hill: Who are they?
Starting this Monday, the Senate welcomes 16 fresh faces to the Capitol’s marbled halls.
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Obama team braces for Rep. Darrell Issa, avid investigator
Rep. Darrell Issa, who is set to take over the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has made no secret of his love of hearings. He wants hundreds of them.
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The Vote
Democrats lose Obama's old Senate seat to Mark Kirk
Republican Mark Kirk won the close Illinois Senate race, despite several mistakes and President Obama's hard push hard for Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic candidate.
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The Vote
Big Republican gains in Ohio and Pennsylvania: a danger sign for Democrats
Republican candidates won the governorships in Ohio and Pennsylvania – two key swing states that could play a decisive role in the 2012 presidential election.
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Obama assails GOP as election Tuesday approaches
As the election Tuesday approaches, President Obama is increasing his rhetoric against the GOP party, though numbers still look grim for the Democrats.
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Obama told to 'shove it' in Rhode Island
Rhode Island's gubernatorial candidate, Frank Caprio, unleashed a salty outburst after learning President Obama was not going endorse him in the Nov. 2 balloting.
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The Vote
Why Republicans shouldn't take a Pennsylvania Senate win for granted
Polls suggested that Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey had a firm grip on his race with Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania. But new polls point to hope for Democrats here and elsewhere.
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Obama targets key supporters down the stretch in midterm election campaign
The President was in the key swing state of Ohio on Sunday, trying to rally the base which helped elect him two years ago.
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The Vote
GOP buying Election 2010 with foreign cash? What Obama's talking about.
President Obama is suggesting that some GOP donors in Election 2010 are using money collected abroad – which would be illegal. But there's no hard evidence yet.
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Tea party convergence: Big boost for Republicans in Election 2010
The tea party movement has evolved from a scattered insurgency into a sophisticated, organized effort. Its energy and enthusiasm about the midterm elections is helping Republicans.
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Joe Sestak distances himself from Democrats in close Senate race
The biggest problems for Rep. Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat running for US Senate, might be that he is a Democrat and a member of Congress, analysts say. National polls show Americans turning against both, and Sestak's race is local proof.
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Gallery: Pennsylvania Senate race
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In Pennsylvania, signs that 'Republican revolution' could repeat itself
In Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, a Republican challenger with little money poses a serious threat to a Democratic incumbent with deep pockets. Does the race portend a Republican revolution à la 1994?
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Alaska's Lisa Murkowski: No. 7 on list of ousted incumbents?
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska could become the seventh congressional incumbent to lose a primary in 2010 if her too-close-to-call race with 'tea party' favorite Joe Miller stays in Mr. Miller's favor.
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Bill Clinton swings through Pennsylvania to help Democrats
Bill Clinton is in eastern Pennsylvania to raise money and campaign for Democratic candidates.
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Midterm elections: not all bad news for Democrats
Midterm elections are historically difficult for the president's party. With the economy in trouble, this year will likely be no different for Democrats – but it might not be as bad as it could be.
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Gulf oil spill could mark a turning point for Obama
Beset by problems at home and abroad Obama has come across as clinical in his response to the Gulf oil spill. But if Obama is to fulfill his bright promise of "change," failed policies should be revised. Heads should roll.
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White House says it contacted Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff about jobs
Democrat Andrew Romanoff said that the White House approached hime about a possible administratio job to discourage him from running for a Senate seat.
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Sestak, Clinton, and Obama: Was it a bribe?
Bill Clinton’s offer to Joe Sestak may be unseemly, but it doesn’t appear to break federal law.
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Joe Sestak job offer? White House says it did nothing wrong.
The GOP isn't buying the White House assertion that it offered Rep. Joe Sestak only an unpaid position on an advisory board if he'd drop his effort to unseat Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter.
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Dig into alleged Joe Sestak job offer, GOP tells Justice Department
The White House backed Rep. Joe Sestak's opponent in the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania. The GOP wants to know whether it offered Mr. Sestak a job to drop out of the race.
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What do Seskak and Rand have in common? They remove all blame from Americans.
Americans love politicians that enable them to shun personal responsibility and remain in that state of denial.
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Insurgent candidates prevail in US primaries: Joe Sestak prevails in Pennsylvania
Joe Sestak and Rand Paul defeat incumbents with high-level endorsements.
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Arlen Specter out, Rand Paul advances, Blanche Lincoln fights on
Tuesday's primaries signal a restless electorate unwilling to follow the behest of either party establishment. Sen. Arlen Specter lost in Pennsylvania. 'Tea party' pick Rand Paul is GOP's Senate candidate in Kentucky. Sen. Blanche Lincoln faces a runoff in Arkansas.
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