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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Artur Davis

Artur Davis stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - In the post-Obama political landscape, a young congressman is attempting a feat perhaps more difficult than putting a black man in the White House, writes Robbie Brown in the New York Times. That would be putting a black man in the Alabama governor’s mansion. “Yes, it will... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Alabama • Democratic Party • governor • President Obama • Election 2010 • Artur Davis • Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Obama Ally Launches Bid for Ala. State House

Davis would be state's first black governor

Feb 6, 09 4:08 PM CST
(Newser) - US Rep. Artur Davis, a close ally of President Obama's, launched his long-rumored campaign for governor of Alabama today, the Birmingham News reports. "I believe the poet was wrong when he said that the past is the light that will guide our feet," said Davis, who would be... More »

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Barack Obama • Alabama • Birmingham • President Obama • Artur Davis

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

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