Low-Profile Race in Vermont Could Have National Ramifications
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The open-seat contest for VermontÃ¢ÂÂs at-large House seat may not have as high a national profile as the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open-seat Senate race, as the state heads into its primary elections Tuesday. But unless the dynamics change greatly over the final eight weeks before the general election on Nov. 7, the House race may have a stronger bearing on the partisan battle for control of Congress.
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Republican gains in the House and Senate could spell trouble for the Northeast, where moderate GOP lawmakers often align themselves with Democrats on social, environmental and transportation issues.
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The presidential race is for the next few days largely in the hands of voters who identify with neither party.
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While the early favorites in the  2008 presidential race fight for dollars and support, the  immediate challenge for a crowded band of lesser known  candidates is political survival.
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The Nevada caucuses are becoming a proxy for the racially tinged fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, with Barack Obama's campaign criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton's allies for a lawsuit that could prevent some minorities from participating.
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RUTLAND, Vt.  -- Type vermontdemocrats.com into your computer and you'll get a surprise: the re-election Web site of President Bush, a Republican...
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a Hispanic from humble origins.
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A law that aims to diminish the influence of special interests on city campaigns would make it more difficult for minority candidates to run, according to a lawsuit.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Democrats in the state House of Representatives will gather next Tuesday to choose new leaders. The caucus is expected to meet behind closed doors and select Rep. Christopher Donovan, a
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As the state seeks to replace aging power sources with clean energy plans, wind-power developers fear Vermont's rural aesthetic is too strong to allow towers atop mountain ridges. Folks just don't want to spoil the view.
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On the surface, it's just another marquee America East matchup between Vermont and Boston University, who have become the Duke and North Carolina of a conference that has always had a low profile nationally.
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It's no secret that Senate Democrats are looking at a target-rich environment in 2008. Open Republican seats in Colorado, Virginia and Nebraska are likely to be seriously contested by Democrats, while Republican incumbents in Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Oregon are also in danger.
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The New Hampshire primary campaign appears undiminished as a rite of passage for presidential candidates, despite a breakthrough by political activists in other states who have long sought to water down the Granite StateÃ¢ÂÂs influence as host of the first-in-the-nation primary.
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Big delegate-states could really influence the race on the G.O.P. side.
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The presidential election may be decided along party lines, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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Washington's super-close governor's race may be hell on the candidates, but it's a special sort of heaven for political bloggers.
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Vermont ranks 49th of the 50 states in population, with just more than 600,000 residents.And yet the three major candidates for the stateÃ¢ÂÂs open Senate seat Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic-allied Independent Rep. Bernard Sanders and Republicans Rich Tarrant and Greg Parke Ã¢ÂÂ have so far spent a combined total of more than $9.5 million dollars in the run-up to the Sept. 12 primary.