Castor Clinches Fla. 11 Seat With Democratic Primary Win
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Hillsborough County Commissioner Kathy CastorÃ¢ÂÂs win in TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs strongly Democratic 11th Congressional District virtually assures that she will plant her familyÃ¢ÂÂs flag on Capitol Hill Ã¢ÂÂ just two years after her mother, longtime Tampa Bay area political figure Betty Castor, lost a Senate race to Republican Mel Martinez by just 1 percentage point.
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The Senate will get either its first Cuban American member, or another woman, when Floridians vote next Tuesday. Former housing Secretary Mel Martinez and Democrat Betty Castor are locked in as tight a race as President Bush and John Kerry.
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TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 20 -- Florida officials certified Republican Vern Buchanan on Monday as the winner of the House seat being vacated by Rep. Katherine Harris (R). The loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned.
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Republicans captured Democratic seats in Georgia and South Carolina Tuesday night and reached out for renewed control of the Senate.
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Florida election officials on Monday declared Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the race in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs southwestern 13th District. But Democratic nominee Christine Jennings is formally challenging the results, arguing that voting machine errors in one county account for BuchananÃ¢ÂÂs apparent lead.
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The come-from-behind candidate scores an impressive win over Mitt Romney in the nation's first primary, while the Clinton-Obama race appears tighter than expected
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D.C. Council member Vincent C. Gray, who won his first election just two years ago, easily won the Democratic nomination for council chairman in what had looked to be a close race with his more experienced colleague Kathy Patterson.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political brawling.
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Sheila Dixon, the first black woman to serve as mayor of Baltimore, all but guaranteed herself an extended stay in office with a resounding victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
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Adrian M. Fenty won the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor last night, trouncing Linda W. Cropp in the primary for the city's highest elected post after promising voters he would bring new energy and ideas to tackle long-standing problems.
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Republican challenger John Thune beat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, adding a South Dakota Senate seat to GOP gains in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and the Carolinas.
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Democrats put an exclamation point on their political year, capturing a House seat in Texas as former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez ousted seven-term GOP incumbent Henry Bonilla in a runoff.
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The nation&#39;s leaders need to put aside partisan labels to help Florida recover from the devastation of three major hurricanes during the past month, Democratic Senate candidate Betty Castor said Saturday.
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A black candidate was declared the winner Friday after a recount in the racially charged campaign for sheriff in Florida's only majority black county.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New York Senator Hillary Clinton was named the winner of the Democratic presidential primary in New Mexico, as vote counting was completed nine days after the Feb. 5 election.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Arizona Senator John McCain last night triumphed in the Florida primary and earned front-runner status in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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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.