Rep. Ramstad will not seek 10th term
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Minnesota Rep. Jim Ramstad will not seek a tenth term, said two state Republican Party officials.
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Liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, a candidate in numerous Russian elections since the 1991 Soviet collapse, will not run for president next year, his spokeswoman said Friday.
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Comedian and Democratic activist Al  Franken on Thursday ruled out a run for a Senate seat from  Minnesota next year but left open the possibility of a  potential candidacy in 2008.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The Commons won't vote on a Conservative MP's private bill to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she won't make a decision about running for president until after the first of the year.
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The Republican PartyÃ¢ÂÂs effort to reclaim the congressional majorities it lost in the 2006 midterm elections was never going to be easy. But the past month has been a particularly rough patch for Republican campaign officials, with Minnesota Rep. Jim RamstadÃ¢ÂÂs announcement Monday that he will not run in 2008 the latest in a string of almost uniformly unpleasant news for the GOP.
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Republican lawmakers yesterday blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, a potentially fatal setback for the District's most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress.
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Rep. John Shadegg, who announced earlier this week that he wouldn't seek an eighth term, may be reconsidering his decision to retire, a newspaper reported Thursday.
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Rep. Edward L. Schrock, a conservative Republican from Hampton Roads and a retired Navy captain, announced yesterday he was withdrawing his bid for re-election to a third term
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Eight-term Republican Rep. Charles H. Taylor of North CarolinaÃ¢ÂÂs 11th District faces a seriously threatening challenge this year from Democrat Heath Shuler, a first-time candidate whose fame as a former football star offsets his lack of political experience. So Taylor Ã¢ÂÂ with a powerful assist from national Republican campaign officials Ã¢ÂÂ have tried to knock Shuler off his stride by raising questions about his personal finances.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will not seek the presidency in 2008, Republican officials say.
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Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo said Monday he will not seek re-election to his Colorado seat in the House in 2008.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of  Virginia, an influential voice in Congress on military policy,  said on Friday he would not seek re-election next year -- a  decision that complicates party hopes of recapturing Senate  control.
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Sen. John Warner of Virginia, a  leading Republican on military affairs who recently called for  withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, on Friday said he would not  run for re-election next year.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock abruptly announced Monday that he will not seek a third term, citing unspecified allegations that have "called into question" his ability to serve.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, an influential voice in Congress on military policy, said on Friday he would not seek re-election next year -- a decision that complicates party hopes of recapturing Senate control.