Insults, charges fly in legislative races
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To hear it from the political ad-makers and party officials, Kentucky voters have a clear choice in the state&#39;s US Senate race: a mentally-impaired
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Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart.
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A Democratic candidate accuses her Republican rival of not doing enough to stop disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley and his cybersex exchanges with teenage males in an ad for Christian radio stations.
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Unfair tactics, lying and spying have been charged in a House primary called wild by veteran watchers in an Arizona swing district.
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The Democratic front-runner to become Washington's next governor, Christine Gregoire, angrily accused her primary rival Wednesday of instigating an outcry over her membership in an all-white college sorority decades ago.
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Recent scandals and the election of Gov. Eliot Spitzer have taken a toll on the party scene among state legislators.
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The state's Republicans, still pressing their court challenge to the disputed governor's election, have filed a separate challenge with the state Legislature.
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A statewide political feud has the public aghast, even as it slurps up every detail of a dynasty in dysfunction.
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A Maryland Republican contender for the U.S. Senate is fast outpacing the fundraising of his Democratic challengers in a state that usually leans toward Democrats.
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Many in the state of Utah have decried the callous and often ridiculous comments made by legislators over SB190, Henry's Bill. We have an alarming rate of child abuse and domestic violence in the state.
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A dispute over the unusually high number of abstentions in November 7 legislative elections in Florida reached the courts this week, with voters and a losing candidate calling for fresh elections in echoes of the state's 2000 election debacle.
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Georgia Republican Jim Whitehead, the apparent front-runner in a June 19 special election in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Republican-leaning 10th District, has come under fire from political opponents in the raceÃ¢ÂÂs homestretch Ã¢ÂÂ including on the hot-button issue of immigration.
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The ballots have been printed, posters are quickly being plastered on nearly every bakery and street corner and candidates are busy insulting each other on national radio talk shows.
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US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade insults in South Carolina.
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Arizona Republicans in a crowded House primary lashed out at the national GOP Tuesday for taking sides in the race. "They're idiots," one candidate said.
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As states seek the limelight with earlier primaries, the national parties threaten harsh penalties.
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SALEM, Ore.  Accusations of dirty tricks are relatively rare in Oregon politics, but Ralph Nader&#39;s independent presidential candidacy has sparked charges and countercharges between his campaign and backers of Democratic nominee John Kerry.