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  • July 2008

    • Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 25, 08 6:43 AM CDT

      Catastrophic Loss for Brown in Scottish Vote

      (Newser) - Gordon Brown suffered a potentially fatal blow to his leadership when Labour lost a once rock-solid seat to the Scottish National Party in a special election early this morning. In one of the most stunning upsets in years, the separatists seized the constituency of Glasgow East as more than 22% of voters who went Labour at the last election abandoned the party.  "We are in trouble," one minister admitted to the Guardian . More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Scotland  • special election  • Scottish National Party

  • May 2008

    • GOP Worries Mount That Boehner Lacks 'Killer Instinct'

      Politico  |  May 21, 08 3:14 PM CDT

      GOP Worries Mount That Boehner Lacks 'Killer Instinct'

      (Newser) - After three stunning special-election losses, Republicans foresee and ugly November—and John Boehner is taking the heat. The House minority leader refused to push aside National Republican Congressional Committee chair Tom Cole, and many worry it’s too late for the impassive Boehner to change the game anyway, Politico reports. “This has all become about Boehner now, how he runs things,” said one insider. More »

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      John Boehner  • Tom DeLay  • Tom Cole  • NRCC  • special election

    • Key Mississippi Loss Rattles Republicans

      New York Times  |  May 15, 08 6:57 AM CDT

      Key Mississippi Loss Rattles Republicans

      (Newser) - This week's mauling of the GOP candidate in a special Mississippi election marked the third time this year that a "safe" Republican seat was lost to the Democrats, and GOP bigwigs are sweating about how that bodes for November, the New York Times reports. The party had banked that the Barack Obama connection would turn voters off Democrat Travis Childers, but found President Bush was a far greater liability for GOP candidate Greg Davis. More »

    • Democrat Nabs Unlikely Miss. House Seat

      Politico  |  May 14, 08 7:36 AM CDT

      Democrat Nabs Unlikely Miss. House Seat

      (Newser) - Democrats scored a shocking upset last night, nabbing a House seat in a deeply conservative Mississippi district. Democrat Travis Childers prevailed 54% to 46% in the special election, Politico reports, soundly overcoming a nearly $2 million GOP campaign. Coming from a county that threw Bush 62% of its support in 2004, the results are panic-inducing for the GOP. More »

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      Republicans  • Mississippi  • Democrat  • Trent Lott  • special election  • Travis Childers

  • March 2008

    • Dem Physicist Nails House Seat in Ill. GOP Stronghold

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 9, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Dem Physicist Nails House Seat in Ill. GOP Stronghold

      (Newser) - Little-known Democratic physicist Bill Foster beat Illinois Republican Jim Oberweis yesterday in a special election to fill Dennis Hastert's vacated seat in Congress. The Democrat's victory in the GOP suburban stronghold west of Chicago may herald more trouble for Republicans during fall elections, writes the Chicago Tribune. "Voters are ready for a change. They want new leadership in Washington," said Senator Dick Durbin. More »

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      John McCain  • Congress  • Illinois  • special election  • Dennis Hastert

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