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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: re-election

re-election stories: 13 news summaries
ANALYSIS

50% Approval Rating Just Another Number: Silver

Obama likely to win re-election, Dems to keep House majority with current numbers

Aug 31, 09 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Much has been made of President Obama’s 50% job-approval rating, but that number in and of itself is “not particularly newsworthy,” writes Nate Silver for FiveThirtyEight.com. Obama could probably win in 2012 even with approval below 50%: George W. Bush was re-elected with the approval of... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • House of Representatives • Harry Truman • approval ratings • George W. Bush • re-election • Nate Silver

Cash-Poor Bunning Won't Run in 2010

Ky. Republican blasts party for campaign 'to dry up my fundraising'

Jul 28, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - An irate Jim Bunning said last night he won't run for a third term in the US Senate because his fellow Republicans "have done everything in their power to dry up my fundraising" amid pressure to step aside, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. Bunning, 77, has focused his ire on... More »

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GOP • Kentucky • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Republican Party • re-election • US Senate • Jim Bunning • fundraising • Trey Grayson

 Ensign: I Won't Quit, 
 and I'll Run Again 

Disgraced senator says supporters don't want him to resign

Jul 14, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. John Ensign says he’ll stick with his job and run for reelection despite news of his affair and his parents’ $96,000 payment to his mistress’ family, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The Republican says his supporters are telling him he shouldn’t resign, and “I fully... More »

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Senate • Senate Republicans • resignation • affair • John Ensign • political scandal • scandal • senator • re-election

(Newser) - Roland Burris made it official this afternoon: He won't run for a full term next year, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I love serving the people of Illinois,” the current holder of President Obama's old Senate seat said. But “political races have become far too expensive... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Chicago • Senate • Senate Democrats • Illinois • Democratic Party • Rod Blagojevich • re-election • Election 2010 • Roland Burris

(Newser) - President Obama jetted to Las Vegas yesterday for a glitzy fundraiser for Harry Reid, the Washington Post reports. Aides estimate the shindig, which cost revelers between $50 and $2,400, pulled in $2 million for Reid’s contentious reelection battle. Though Obama and Reid haven’t always seen eye-to-eye,... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Reid • Las Vegas • fundraiser • Nevada • Caesars Palace • re-election

Ohio Sen. Voinovich Won't Run in 2010

Empty GOP seat would give Dems chance to pad majority

Jan 12, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Two-term GOP Sen. George Voinovich will retire in 2010 rather than seek reelection, the AP reports, raising Democrats’ hopes to snag an additional seat in the battleground state of Ohio. Voinovich's announcement, expected today, comes as two other Republican senators in swing states have said they won't run again. Just... More »

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Democrats • retirement • Senate Republicans • George Voinovich • senator • re-election

'I Have Not Been Convicted
of Anything': Stevens

Nonetheless, Alaska senators plans appeal of last week's verdict in DC

Oct 31, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens said he had “not been convicted of anything,” during a debate last night with the Democratic challenger to his Alaska Senate seat, Politico reports—despite being convicted Monday on corruption charges. The 84-year old Republican alleges prosecutorial misconduct and plans an appeal, though top GOP figures—... More »

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Alaska • corruption • prosecutorial misconduct • Ted Stevens • re-election • Mark Begich • Anchorage • US Senate • corruption trial

GOP Closes Wallet on NC Rep. Hayes

Remark that 'liberals hate real Americans' bites back in close race

Oct 24, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Robin Hayes is still struggling to get out from under a comment he made last weekend that “liberals hate real Americans,” and the Republican National Committee has cancelled plans to help in a tight re-election fight with an ad buy in his North Carolina district, the Charlotte ... More »

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Congress • North Carolina • liberals • gaffe • liberal • re-election • Robin Hayes • Larry Kissell

Detroit Mayor's Blunders Hurt Mom's Reelection Chances

Democratic foes using tough tactics to unseat US Rep. Cheeks Kilpatrick

Jun 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - She’s a popular 11-year incumbent with a $500,000 war chest facing two cash-strapped two opponents, but Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick still faces a challenge in defending her House seat, the Detroit Free Press reports. Why? Her son is Kwame Kilpatrick, the Detroit mayor recently charged with perjury in... More »

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Congress • sex scandal • Detroit • House of Representatives • mayor • Kwame Kilpatrick • re-election • Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

After Scandal, NYC Rep Won't Run Again

GOP's Fossella busted for drunk-driving, fathering love child

May 20, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vito Fossella, the Republican congressman whose drunk-driving bust earlier this month led to the discovery that he had a lover and child on the side, has decided not to run for reelection, the AP reports. He said today the decision was based on the need to "concentrate on healing... More »

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New York City • congressman • drunk driving • affair • love child • political scandal • re-election • Vito Fossella

Superdelegates Ask: Which Candidate Has the Coattails?

Undecided Pa. Dems look to own reelection

Mar 27, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten of Pennsylvania's superdelegates have yet to back a Democratic presidential candidate ahead of the April 22 primary. And while Clinton is expected to win the balloting, Bloomberg writes, some—especially several freshman congressmen up for reelection—are concerned that her "high negatives" might inspire more Republicans to come... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • superdelegates • Pennsylvania primary • re-election • coattails

  Hill Newbies Slow to Commit

Superdelegate lawmakers let hopefuls come courting

Mar 17, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A surprising number of freshman congressmen are holdouts in the Dems' superdelegate derby, Time reports, with  half of the House's 40 newbies and six of eight rookie senators still officially undecided. Impressive that they're tough enough to take the pressure, the magazine notes, but they also may be more averse... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • superdelegates • re-election

Throw the Bums Out, Says Poll

Record numbers say congressional incumbents need to go

Nov 9, 07 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans are so unhappy with Congress that they've set a polling record. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed in a new poll say most members shouldn’t be re-elected, which might foreshadow a rough 2008 for incumbents, CNN reports. Republicans inspired more anger than Democrats, with 38% and 50%, respectively, saying... More »

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Congress • Harry Reid • Mitch McConnell • poll • records • Election 2008 • re-election

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