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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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Democrat New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made official yesterday what has been speculated for months, that he will run for governor of New York State in 2006.
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US Sen. Jon Kyl&#39;s familiarity with border issues would serve the state well if President Bush were to pick the Arizona Republican as his new secretary of homeland security, Gov.
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Alan Schlesinger sees himself as the Rodney Dangerfield candidate &#151; a Republican looking for some respect in a race between two better-known Democrats.
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Democrat Tom Gallagher, a former casino executive, secured his party's nomination Tuesday in a closely watched battle for a congressional seat in Nevada.
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Democratic top gun John Sasso was not in Washington for George Bush's inauguration yesterday. But if he is still licking his wounds a bit, he is also hard at work on his next campaign -- and it has nothing to do with John Kerry's pipe dreams for another run in four years.
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virginia beach  House candidate won't take law job  Bobby Mathieson, a Democrat running for the state House of Delegates, has decided against taking a controversial job with the city's revenue commissioner.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.
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Jim Bunning stepped up to a Rotary Club lectern here Thursday to notch a save in a campaign that was on no one's lineup card of competitive Senate races a few weeks ago. But thanks to growing speculation about his mental fitness, Kentucky now has one of the more interesting campaigns in the country.
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Gov. Ed Rendell plans to put hand-picked state officials at county election offices during the Nov. 2 presidential election to watch for any problems in this battleground state.
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By Beth Lucas, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 13--While a fire service law sparked the first competitive District 22 Republican primary race in four years, it wasn't enough to unseat Gilbert's three incumbents.   Reps. Andy Biggs and Eddie Farnsworth and Sen.
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Sam Waterston, whose character Jack McCoy recently became district attorney on the long-running NBC crime drama "Law & Order," says he has no interest in following Fred Thompson's lead and running for office Â but he is dipping his toe into the political waters.
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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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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Wednesday that he is exploring a run for mayor of Chicago and said it is "more likely than not" that he will enter the February contest.
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With two Louisiana congressional seats still up for grabs, Vice President Dick Cheney campaigned in the state Wednesday on behalf of Republicans who hope to extend their winning streak in Saturday's runoff elections.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, who grew up in the palest of Chicago suburbs,  is now competing for black votes across the South.
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By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY  and GREGORY SMITH  Journal Staff Writers  This is another in a series of profiles of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Providence City Council in the Sept. 12 primary.   * * *   South Providence businessman Jose R.