Akaka Survives Challenge from Case in Hawaii Democratic Primary
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Democratic Sen. Daniel K. Akaka was renominated in a primary election Saturday in Hawaii, topping two-term Democratic Rep. Ed Case in a competitive contest in which age and seniority became campaign issues.
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A few weeks ago, Republican Gov. Linda Lingle was having a hard time selling the idea that Hawaii could play any real role in the presidential election. Now, she and leading Democrats are talking about the 50th state deciding a 50-50 race.
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Sen. Daniel Akaka faces a challenge in Saturday's Democratic primary from a congressman who wants voters to dump the 82-year-old lawmaker in favor of younger blood.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.
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A private school for Native Hawaiians may favor applicants based on their race, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, citing the unique history and relationship between Hawaii and the United States.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama easily won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary with the aid of heavy black support on Tuesday, dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political brawling.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Hillary Clinton won the biggest of the Super Tuesday primaries while Senator Barack Obama won more states, extending their struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination into next month and beyond.
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Four high-profile Democrats are running in the Sept. 12 primary to succeed veteran New York Democratic Rep. Major R. Owens in BrooklynÃ¢ÂÂs 11th Congressional District. And they have set up a race so tight that even local political insiders are loathe to predict a winner.
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The race for the US presidency has landed in paradise, as the tropical state of Hawaii, long a Democratic stronghold, appears up for grabs in the November 2 election, with both parties making last-minute visits to the Aloha State to win the island vote.
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Deval Patrick, a business executive and former assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Clinton administration, has been declared by the Associated Press  as the winner of TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary for governor of Massachusetts.
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Often dismissed as too small, too isolated and too Democratic to worry about in presidential contests, Hawaii suddenly has a close race.
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Doris Matsui announced Wednesday she will seek the congressional seat held for 26 years by her late husband. She immediately received the endorsement of Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi.
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No one landed a knockout blow on Super Tuesday, so the Clinton and Obama fight continues
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The Christian Science Monitor - A nail-biter of a fight for the Democratic presidential nomination enters its biggest day Tuesday, with voters in 22 states and American Samoa casting ballots in a historymaking race.
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Some key Democratic officials Ã¢ÂÂ including the architects of the partyÃ¢ÂÂs national House campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Ã¢ÂÂ made an early decision to adopt lawyer and former Republican Judy Aydelott as their ideal candidate to upset six-term Republican Rep. Sue Kelly in New YorkÃ¢ÂÂs 19th District, a Republican-leaning but potentially competitive constituency in the Hudson Valley.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Alabama Democratic presidential primary, beating Senator Hillary Clinton, according to projections by NBC and Fox News.