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candidate stories: 18 news summaries
doug hoffman

 Conservatives to GOP: 
 Get Out of Our Way 

Upstate New York candidate wants liberal Republicans to sweat

Oct 27, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The conservatives' newest rising star has no qualms about his congressional race turning into a referendum on the GOP. "The establishment Republicans are beginning to panic," writes Doug Hoffman. They're worried that a victory by a true conservative like himself will hurt the party's political strength. But Hoffman—... More »

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Congress • Republican • conservative • candidate • congressional candidates • Doug Hoffman

gallup poll

 2010 a Toss-Up as 
 Indies Flee the Dems 

But trend and dismal 21% approval of Congress could spell Dem's demise

Oct 7, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sizable lead among registered voters Democrats have maintained since the 2006 midterm elections has eroded to almost nothing. In the latest Gallup poll, Dems have just a 2-point advantage over Republicans going into the 2010 midterms, 46% to 44%, well within the sampling error. That’s down from a... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • candidate • Democratic Party • Gallup poll • opinion polls • Election 2010 • midterm elections

Condi: Want a Terror Attack? Abandon Afghanistan

She says liberals are wrong about wanting to pull out

Sep 22, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the GOP is serious about overcoming its current status as the party of naysayers and talk-show cranks, it should try to get Condoleezza Rice back in the game, writes Nina Easton for Fortune. At a recent women's summit, Rice earned a standing ovation from a diverse crowd after proving... More »

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Condoleezza Rice • GOP • candidate • Fortune • liberal

Philly Voters,
Do You Know Where Your DA Candidate Is?

Check his site: He's
got an ankle monitor

Sep 5, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Would-be Philadelphia District Attorney Michael Untermeyer has outfitted himself with a stylish new accessory—an electronic ankle monitor, of the kind he’d like to slap on the city’s criminals, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. For the next 30 days, curious voters will be able to keep tabs on... More »

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Philadelphia • candidate • district attorney • ankle • Michael Untermeyer

(Newser) - As the 2010 election nears, GOP senatorial candidates are seeing a bump in campaign donations, the Washington Post reports. FEC filings show that in Florida, for instance, Charlie Crist pulled in $4.3 million in the second quarter, almost 4 times as much as his leading Democratic rival. Roy Blunt... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Republican Party • Charlie Crist • candidate • campaign fundraising • Election 2010

OPINION




 How Palin Can 
 Get the 2012 Nod 

Leave Alaska, grab a good staff, and be yourself

Jun 16, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don’t write off Sarah Palin as the 2012 Republican nominee: Roger Simon says she’s got what it takes to get there, with a little fine-tuning. He offers her seven steps in Politico:
  • Leave Alaska behind. Don’t run for governor in 2010; instead, hang out in the
... More »

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Republican Party • candidate • nominee • Republican candidate • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

Seeking Talks, US May Allow Taliban Political Party

Some could run for office, but power-sharing impossible: diplomat

Mar 22, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to establish a dialogue with the Taliban, the US may allow the militant group to create a political party or be represented by election candidates, the Guardian reports. Other options include removing Taliban leaders from UN blacklists, releasing prisoners, and revising Afghanistan’s constitution. But there’s... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • political party • candidate • peace talks • election • dialogue • Afghanistan war

Treasury Pick Withdraws After Vetting 'Issue'

Cohen, tabbed as deputy, is third to pull out in less than a week

Mar 12, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Staffing the Treasury Department is proving to be a pickle for the Obama administration, with the third candidate in less than a week withdrawing from consideration today, ABC News reports. H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner with law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, was considered the top choice for Deputy Treasury Secretary... More »

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nomination • Treasury Department • candidate • vetting • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • H. Rodgin Cohen • Sullivan & Cromwell

 This Time, Iraq Gets 
 Politics With Its Elections 

Stability gives candidates chance to compete more in Western democratic style

Jan 22, 09 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - If Iraq’s tumultuous 2005 elections were a trial run at democracy, the current provincial race has main-event flavor, the Washington Post reports. Greater stability has allowed town-hall gatherings, where voters grill some 14,000 candidates running for 440 seats on everything from housing to militarization. And campaign posters, T-shirts... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • Nouri al-Maliki • democracy • political party • Iraq government • candidate • election • local election • political campaign

ANALYSIS

Obama Inspires Young Black Pols to Take Risks for 2010

Candidates to abandon sure wins for ambitious positions

Jan 13, 09 2:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Young black politicians inspired by Barack Obama’s astonishingly quick ascent are pursuing riskier, more ambitious strategies for the 2010 elections, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post. Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek, for example, a 42-year-old African-American, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, though Meek... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • African Americans • House of Representatives • Democrat • candidate • President-elect Obama • Kendrick Meek • Artur Davis

OPINION

 If You Don't Know 
 Who This Is, 
 Don't Vote 

Uninformed citizens should stay home, unpopular as the sentiment might be

Oct 31, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Countless actors, musicians and other celebrities have volunteered their time encouraging young people to vote. But should they? ABC News anchor John Stossel quizzed voters on basic political knowledge at a registration-drive concert and in the nation’s capital. A shockingly high number of uninformed answers led Stossel to the... More »

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democracy • voting • candidate • electorate • Election 2008 • young voters • stupidity • new voters

Black Politicians' Rise
Signals Changing Electorate

More white voters may be growing comfortable with black officials

Oct 14, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A change in the electorate may be under way as a growing number of blacks are winning local elections nationwide—more and more often across color lines, the New York Times reports. Some 16% of black legislators represented mainly white districts in 2001; by 2007, that figure had nearly doubled.... More »

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race • candidate • electorate • white voters • African-Americans

Evangelical Dobson Softens on McCain

Given Obama 'threat,' Republican appears to be lesser of two evils

Jul 21, 08 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Dobson still won’t formally endorse John McCain, but the evangelical leader voiced support for the Republican candidate in a radio broadcast today, the AP reports. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation,”... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion • James Dobson • Republican evangelicals • candidate • Christian conservatives • evangelicals • Election 2008

Anchorage Mayor to Run
for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

40-year veteran faces corruption probe

Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Senate • Ted Stevens • Democrat • candidate • campaign • Mark Begich • Anchorage

Nader Chooses Former
SF Pol as Running Mate

Green Party stalwart Matt Gonzalez rounds out independent ticket

Feb 28, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader today selected Matt Gonzalez as his running mate, the San Francisco Business Times reports. Gonzalez, 42, was elected San Francisco supervisor on the Green Party ticket in 2000, with the famously hippy Haight-Ashbury neighborhood part of his district. A last-minute campaign for mayor in 2003... More »

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San Francisco • candidacy • candidate • Ralph Nader • independent presidential candidates • third party candidacy • presidential candidates • running mate • Election 2008 • Independent Party • Matt Gonzalez

Fred Dominates in Absentia

Thompson scored in abstentia, says Spectator's Talbin

Sep 6, 07 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Thompson's campaign counter-programming last night—announcing his candidacy on Jay Leno instead of debating GOP rivals in New Hampshire—scored with the American Spectator’s John Tabin, who notes that he dominated the debate without being there. The forum’s first question was a contest to see who could... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Law and Order • Jay Leno • candidate • Election 2008

Obama Has
GOP Crossover Appeal

Dem came in third
in recent poll of
Iowa Republicans

Aug 24, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's one race where Barack isn't trailing Hillary: the one for GOP defectors. In a recent poll, Iowa Republicans chose the freshman senator as their third-favored presidential candidate (after Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani), Salon reports. And in recent GOP focus groups, Obama’s crossover appeal was more than twice... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Republican • candidate • crossover • Election 2008

Bloomberg Denies Oval Office Bid

New York mayor vows he won't run for VP position either

Aug 21, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloomberg’s billions aren’t going to propel him on a bid for president in 2008, Reuters reports. The New York City mayor told Dan Rather that "The answer is 'no.’ If somebody asks me where I stand, I tell them. And that's not a way to get... More »

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New York City • Michael Bloomberg • candidate • Election 2008 • presidential election

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