Washington Primaries Set Up Long-Expected Matchups
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There were no surprises in congressional primaries held Tuesday in the state of Washington. In the Senate race, the stateÃ¢ÂÂs marquee contest this year, voters gave overwhelming victory margins to the major partiesÃ¢ÂÂ favored candidates: Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell and Republican Mike McGavick, the former CEO of Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Corp.
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Despite a storm of controversy over her tiff with a Washington cop, her prospects look good in Tuesday's Democratic primary
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Maryland officials took a political gamble when they decided to align with Virginia and the District of Columbia in scheduling the Feb. 12 event alternatively known as the "Chesapeake Primary" or the "Potomac Primary." That placed the Maryland primary on the far side of the massive 24-state voting event on Feb. 5 -- the "Super Tuesday" for the 2008 presidential nominating campaign.
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WASHINGTON With just weeks before the election -- there&#39;s concern that the rules on political fund-raising could be &quot;in chaos.
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Voters appeared on track to cast a record number of ballots in Tuesday's presidential primaries.
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While most of the nation's politics watchers are focused on the presidential race, Illinois is rather inconspicuously kicking off the congressional primary season on Tuesday. If Feb. 5, nine months before the Nov. 4 general election, seems incredibly early to hold a congressional primary election -- well, that's because it is.
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As presidential primaries move earlier, candidates are debating how to campaign during a season of good cheer.
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Maryland is a state where politicians get elected and tend to settle in. But Tuesday's party primaries are the first step in a dramatic reordering of the political hierarchy, one that will mean a new U.S. senator for the first time in decades and could result in new faces in every statewide office.
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Democrat Barack Obama hopes to rout Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia while Republican John McCain seeks to put more distance between himself and Mike Huckabee
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Once Tuesdayâs voting is behind them, the candidates can look forward to a comparatively relaxed primary and caucus schedule ahead.
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New Yorkâs Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the stateâs most competitive since 1992.
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By Adam Wilson, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 8--Three union men are vying for the Democratic spot on the ticket against a maverick Republican, state Rep. Tom Campbell of Roy.
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Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:
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A primary election in the US determines who among the many contenders will be a particular political party&#39;s candidate for President.
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With an open governor's seat in Washington state and two Senate seats drawing vigorous challengers, voters in eight states chose their fall candidates Tuesday in the shadow of a divisive, tight presidential contest.
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Mitt Romney became the latest presidential candidate to position himself as an outsider running against Washington.
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Voters will head to the polls and caucus sites Saturday in South Carolina and Nevada, contests that could propel two candidates to front-runner status in this year's wide-open presidential races.