N.M. Democrats get apologies, no winner
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Three days after New Mexico voted, Democratic officials offer apologies and finger-pointing Â but have no winner. Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a slight lead, but the state is still counting 17,000 provisional ballots given to voters because of long lines and a shortage of ballots.
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The chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party apologized Thursday for accusing Republican gubernatorial candidate Kerry Healey of using language that "borders on race-baiting" about crime and immigration.
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For Democrats, this has been an inspiring election -- and a devastating one. They have two strong candidates, who have thus far wrestled to a draw.
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Some quotes from the Democrats' debate Saturday in Manchester, N.H. Organizers excluded Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel.
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New Mexico Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson has survived her toughest race of a House career that dates to 1998. Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid on Tuesday conceded the 1st District contest, in which she trailed Wilson by fewer than 900 votes.
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Congressional Democrats returned to Washington in a defiant mood yesterday, making no apologies for the campaign in which they lost congressional seats and the presidential
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First came word that the running mate picked by GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez had compared same-sex marriage to bestiality. Then Beauprez apologized for overstating the abortion rate among blacks.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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Seldom has there been as striking a case of too much of a good thing in politics as the Democratic primary in New HampshireÃ¢ÂÂs 1st District, in which the convergence of party establishment support behind state lawmaker Jim Craig spurred a backlash that boosted liberal activist Carol Shea-Porter to a relatively comfortable victory.
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By Vanessa Delgado, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 15--In a debate Thursday night, a modern political rarity took place: Political candidates were not able to rebut each other's answers, and decorum and order ran the show.
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Michigan, the ancestral home of so-called "Reagan Democrats," is back to its old ways. The Great Lake State is filled with blue-collar workers stung by the ailing economy but wary of Democratic stands on social issues such as abortion, gay rights and gun control.
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Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson has succeeded in her bid to win a 5th full term in New Mexico's 1st District. Her Democratic opponent, state attorney general Patricia Madrid, conceded defeat today after a full count of ballots showed her trailing Wilson by 879 votes.
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After his sorry display at New Hampshire International Speedway Sunday resulted in a multicar crash, Robby Gordon apologized yesterday, but the act of contrition may have come too late to save his job and it likely didn't appease two contenders for the Nextel Cup.
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â¢ Hating the other guy feels good, but it&#39;s a poor substitute for policy positions. John Kerry had some plausible policies, but for two years the Democratic Party&#39;s campaign has been based on &quot;anybody but Bush.
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"Primary Mistake" (Sentinel, 212 pages. $25.95), by Steve Laffey: There are a lot of possible reasons Steve Laffey lost last year's Republican Senate primary in Rhode Island against former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee. Laffey points the finger in one direction &#151; at his own party.
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On an otherwise victorious night, the presumptive nominee's celebration was muted by continuing conservative dissatisfaction and growing Democrat attacks
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Edged out of the closest governor's race in state history, Republican Dino Rossi urged his opponent to accept a revote, saying the uncertainty surrounding the back-and-forth election was bad for the state. Democrat Christine Gregoire's camp immediately rejected the idea as "irresponsible."