Ex-Gov. Shaheen joins N.H. Senate race
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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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The mayor of former Majority Leader Tom DeLay's hometown said Wednesday he will run as a write-in candidate for his House seat after the scandal-scarred DeLay moved to withdraw from the November ballot.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, appointed to the Senate in 2002 by the governor &#151; who also happens to be her father &#151; took a step closer to retaining her seat with a Republican primary win, and next faces a popular former two-term Democratic governor.
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Country singer Sammy Kershaw officially entered the race for lieutenant governor of Louisiana on Wednesday, challenging incumbent Mitch Landrieu.
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HALIFAX (CP) - A Nova Scotia government backbencher is stepping forward to try to fulfil a promise made by Premier John Hamm to hold elections for Senate vacancies.
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The candidate returns to New Hampshire, scene of his big 2000 upset, to try to restart his flagging presidential campaign
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The former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., said Sunday he is taking the first official step toward a run for president in 2008, setting up a committee that allows him to raise money and gauge support.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is mulling a presidential bid, will travel to New Hampshire next month. The Illinois senator will join New Hampshire Democrats on Dec. 10 for a belated celebration of their big win in the midterm election. It will be one of Obama's first forays into an early voting state.
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CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 10 -- Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), who captured less than 2 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, called Thursday for a recount to ensure that all ballots in the Democratic contest were counted.
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Democratic US Sen. Jon Corzine on Thursday declared he is running for governor of New Jersey, pledging to restore the public&#39;s faith in a state battered by scandals over money and sex.
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Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, once considered a potential candidate for president, announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate next year.
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Candidate who has gone from inevitable to imperiled in space of days begins final New Hampshire push
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The underdog presidential candidate captures support from a New Hampshire nonconformist who's been teased by the big boys, too.
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Four years after spending more than &#36;60 million of his own money to get elected to the Senate, Democrat Jon S. Corzine announced Thursday that he is running for governor in 2005.
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The Republican candidate in a disputed election was sworn in Friday as the newest member of the Kentucky Senate, even though a judge ruled she did not meet the state's residency requirements. One GOP senator threatened to resign in protest.
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The New York senator has been tapped by Democratic leaders to try to engineer the party's Senate comeback.