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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

 Obama Pushed 
 Dems to Take Burris 

Aides made calls to senior senators before today's decision

Jan 7, 09 2:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama may have had something to do with the Senate’s apparent about-face on Roland Burris, a congressional aide tells the Huffington Post. Obama reps contacted senior Democrats before they began moving today towards accepting the Blagojevich appointee, despite the Illinois governor’s ongoing corruption case. After meeting with... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • US Senate • President Obama • Roland Burris

 Hillary's Seat Ignites
 Cuomo, Kennedy Rivalry 

Messy war looms over Senate vacancy between powerhouse families

Dec 8, 08 3:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The jockeying for the New York Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton is aggravating long-simmering tensions between Democratic powerhouse families the Kennedys and the Cuomos, reports the New York Daily News. Ted Kennedy is already lobbying for niece Caroline to step into the vacancy. But New... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Senate • Ted Kennedy • Andrew Cuomo • campaign • Liberal Democrats • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Mario Cuomo

GOP Donors Pour Millions Into Ga. Race

'Unbelievable' sum
of money fuels runoff
for Senate seat

Nov 28, 08 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - With Democrats just two seats away from mounting a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, GOP donors are injecting millions into Georgia’s runoff election, USA Today reports. Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss raised $1.6 million in large contributions in about a week, compared to $462,000 for Democrat Jim... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Republican • NRA • Georgia • filibuster • campaign fundraising • US Senate • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

Oregon Paper Projects Dem to Win Senate Seat

Victory there gives
party 57 seats, with 3 races still undecided

Nov 5, 08 10:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrat Jeff Merkley has won a tight race for the Senate in Oregon, keeping alive his party's hopes of attaining a filibuster-proof goal of 60 seats, the Portland Oregonian reports. Merkley defeated Republican incumbent Gordon Smith to give Democrats their 57th seat. Three other races are undecided and will remain... More »

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Democrats • Senate • Oregon • Election 2008 • Jeff Merkley

senate results

Hagan Defeats Dole;
Dems Flip 5 Seats So Far


Nov 4, 08 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Kay Hagan defeated Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina and at least four other Democrats captured Republican seats in the Senate as the party inched toward a filibuster-proof goal of 60 seats, ABC News reports. It's going down to the wire. Democrats now have 56 seats, and four races remain undecided,... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Senate • Mitch McConnell • Ted Stevens • Norm Coleman • Mary Landrieu • Elizabeth Dole • Al Franken • Mark Warner • Election 2008 • Saxby Chambliss

House results

Dems Pad Majority; Murtha Survives, But Shays Out


Nov 4, 08 10:16 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats, who held a 36-seat lead going in, beefed up their advantage tonight and appeared likely to keep padding it as results continued to pour in. Christopher Shays, the lone Republican in the New England delegation, was the highest-profile victim of an emerging landslide, but John Murtha of Pennsylvania... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • House of Representatives • Election 2008

OPINION

 Obama's The Man: Hillary 

Senator calls on New Yorkers to support her former rival

Nov 2, 08 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s time to make a clean break from the "disastrous policies" of the past eight years, and the man to “chart a new course” is Barack Obama, writes Hillary Clinton of her one-time rival in a column in the New York Daily News. “We find ourselves... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Democrats • endorsement

Two Distinct Americas Emerge on Campaign Trail

Party faithful split on politics but united in distrust

Oct 30, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vastly different crowds appear at the rallies of the candidates who started their campaigns calling for bipartisan unity, a roving New York Times reporter finds. Republican rallygoers shout to a country-pop soundtrack; the Democratic faithful dance to folk and Motown. Flag pins, pompoms, and patriotic songs define GOP gatherings, while... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Democrats • Republican • partisanship • campaign trail • rallies • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin

 Obama Brings Dems 
 Historic White Support 

Polls show 44% back Barack, most since Carter

Oct 25, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has gained more support among whites than any Democrat since Jimmy Carter, Politico reports. Some 44% of non-Hispanic whites back the Illinois senator, Gallup and Pew polls over the last 2 weeks suggest; 47% supported Carter in 1976. In the same period John McCain has pulled between 48%... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democrats • Election 2008 • white people

OPINION

 Race? Only Thing Obama 
 Transcends Is Logic 

Instead of putting conflict behind us, Dem's crowd perceives insult just about everywhere

Oct 24, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is allegedly helping America “transcend race,” Jonah Goldberg writes in the National Review, but if moving beyond race “would involve making race less of an issue,” why are Obama’s fervent supporters obsessed with bringing it up? One columnist sees racism in descriptions of... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • race • African Americans • race relations • racism • Election 2008

Chamber of Commerce Plugs Cash Into Tight GOP Races

Fearing a big Senate majority for Dems, organization may spend up to $35M

Oct 24, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business lobby, is throwing millions of dollars into an advertising campaign to prevent Democrats from winning a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate, the Wall Street Journal reports. The group could spend $35 million, twice what it set aside for all... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Republican • GOP • labor unions • big business • Election 2008 • US Chamber of Commerce

analysis

As Obama Feels the Love,
Democrats Feel the Panic

Worrywart Dems can't get used to the idea of winning

Oct 22, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are so used to losing, writes Roger Simon on Politico, that even the spectacle of what looks very much like a Republican collapse can't keep them from feeling blue. Soaring poll numbers for Barack Obama, a huge war chest, a boom in registered voters—so much good news makes... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Election 2008 • election

OPINION

 Only Dems Fear Obama Loss 

Despite polls, "pessimistic" party can't shake that sinking feeling

Oct 21, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite all evidence to the contrary, lots of Democrats "have convinced themselves that John McCain is going to be the next president,” writes Tucker Carlson in the Daily Beast. Having “snatched defeat from the jaws of victory” so many times, Democrats remain superstitious. Or just shell-shocked. “... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democrats • Republican • Tucker Carlson • Election 2008

OPINION

Bernanke All But Endorsed Obama: Journal Editors

Fed chief's support for stimulus conformed to Dem platform

Oct 21, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fed once shunned politics, but chairman Ben Bernanke’s support for a second economic stimulus bill yesterday amounts to an endorsement of Barack Obama, write the outraged editors of the Wall Street Journal. By saying a stimulus would be "well targeted," despite GOP and White House resistance,... More »

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Barack Obama • Ben Bernanke • Democrats • Federal Reserve • endorsement • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

 Barack Gets Heat 
 at Barbecue Joint 

Ugly atmosphere over NC lunch for 'socialist'

Oct 20, 08 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and aides bought lunch at a North Carolina barbecue restaurant in Fayetteville yesterday in an uneasy atmosphere that illustrates how tensely divided voters are in the state just two weeks before the election. One woman yelled, "Socialist! socialist! Get out of here!" as another angry customer... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • Republican • North Carolina • undecided voters • barbecue • Election 2008 • Fayetteville

Don't Get Cocky, Obama Cautions Supporters

19 days is a long time in electoral politics, candidate warns

Oct 16, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Polls show that Barack Obama has a solid lead, nationally and in several swing states, over John McCain. But the Democrat warned supporters today to be wary of overconfidence, Reuters reports. “I've been in these positions before when we were favored and the press starts getting carried away and... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • fundraiser • confidence • New Hampshire primary • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008

 Pelosi Calls for Probe of Dem Linked to 'Hush-Money Affair'

Florida congressman linked to sex harassment payoff of mistress staffer

Oct 14, 08 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics investigation following a news report that Florida Democrat Tim Mahoney had an affair with a staffer, then paid her $121,000 to dodge a sexual harassment suit. The congressman has also called for an investigation, saying he's confident he will be... More »

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Democrats • sexual harassment • House Democrats • Tim Mahoney • Election 2008 • ABC News • Patricia Allen • House Ethics Committee

OPINION

Neither Candidate Is Ready to Live Here: Noonan

Obama, McCain fail to inspire stressed American public

Oct 10, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - We did have an October surprise, after all, in the form of an economic collapse, and it "all but certainly decided the race," writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. But as she watches Democrats' 'smug triumphalism" and angry Republicans' finger-pointing, Noonan can't help but think that... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Democrats • Republican • Peggy Noonan • political strategists

In Poll, More Blame GOP, Bush for Bailout Failure

90% worry economy will suffer more

Sep 30, 08 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A poll shows that 44% of Americans blame Republicans and 21% Democrats for the failed bailout, though a majority thought the plan didn't go far enough to protect the public, reports the Washington Post. Respondents were split on the bill: 45% were for it, 47% against it. Still, almost... More »

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Democrats • Republican • poll • bailout • economy • George W. Bush • financial crisis

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