SenatorÃ¢ÂÂs Widow Wins Nomination for Vacant Massachusetts Seat
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Niki Tsongas ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ the widow of the late Massachusetts Democratic Sen.
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Clinton delivers blow to the prestige of the Kennedy legacy with a victory in Massachusetts
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She met her future husband while studying law and joined him as he rose from governor of a small state to the presidency. A powerful first lady and senator in her own right, she's now campaigning hard to be the first woman elected president of her country.
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Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee&#39;s Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from abortion opponents
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Republican Lisa Murkowski earned a term in the Senate in her own right Wednesday, defeating popular former Gov. Tony Knowles and overcoming the commotion that arose when her father, the governor, appointed her to fill his Senate term.
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Former New Hampshire Gov. Jeanne Shaheen has been leading the polls for next year's Senate race. On Friday, she announced that she's actually running.
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In blow to Clinton, Sen. will get one of most sought-after prizes of Democratic nomination battle.
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Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen announced Friday that she will run again for the U.S. Senate seat that Republican John Sununu beat her out for in 2002.
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Mel Martinez, the former Bush administration housing secretary, decisively won the Republican nomination for Senate Tuesday in a primary that saw a mostly trouble-free test of the touchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in 2000.
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A former part-time teller and Mexican immigrant won more than $100,000 after the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination determined Citizens Bank discriminated against her when it bypassed her for a full-time job in favor of a less experienced white co-worker.
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The Massachusetts senator will soon be enshrined in the Gallery of Also-Rans in Norton, Kansas.
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the Massachusetts senator has already called big Democratic donors in a bid to build a political organization that will give him a voice in national affairs and position him to make another run for the White House.
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Sen. Elizabeth Dole has secured more than half of the votes she needs to become the first woman to lead the GOP campaign committee that works to help elect Republicans to the Senate.
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Alaska's Supreme Court has resurrected a ballot initiative that would allow voters to abolish the governor's power to appoint a U.S. senator, a high-profile issue in Alaska ever since Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski named his daughter Lisa to the post in 2002.
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A state lawmaker could become the first Muslim elected to Congress after edging out three rivals Tuesday for his district's Democratic nomination.
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When Doris Matsui announced plans last week to run for her late husband's seat in Congress, she chose the fastest and most historic route to Capitol Hill for women: being the widow of a man who was there already.
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A last name that stood out even in a crowded field of well-credentialed candidates enabled attorney John Sarbanes to win TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs Democratic primary for MarylandÃ¢ÂÂs 3rd Congressional District seat, which Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin left open to pursue his successful bid for the Democratic senatorial nomination.