N.Y. Senator Defies Polls, Edges Obama
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday night, a surprise victory for the onetime front-runner that revived her sagging fortunes and reshaped yet again the fight for the party's nomination.
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Deval Patrick, a Democrat making his first run for elective office and a bid to become the state's first black governor, beat two opponents in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary to win a place in November's general election.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under attack for defying a popular line of argument among some Democratic officials.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton &#151; New York senator, Yankees fan and resident of Chappaqua, N.Y. &#151; has a message for presidential rival Barack Obama: Chicago is still my kind of town.
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Barack Obama, until recently a little-known state senator from Chicago&#39;s South Side, rode a remarkable wave to victory. He swamped a field of six established candidates in the Democratic primary and overwhelmed
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Rasmussen Reports - The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) virtually even in their race for the White House.
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U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, running as  an independent, holds a 10-point lead over Democrat Ned Lamont  in the Senate race in Connecticut, according to a new poll  released on Thursday.
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Democrats were on the verge of knocking off two Republican incumbents Wednesday and taking a 26-23 majority in the state Senate. âIt should work out, but Iâm not guaranteeing it,â said Sen. Ken Jacobsen
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New YorkÃ¢ÂÂs increasing role as a Democratic Party anchor in the Northeast Ã¢ÂÂ its strongest region in the nation Ã¢ÂÂ is much discussed. Still, it has been many years since Empire State Democrats have had as powerful a top-of-the-ticket tandem as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer, the current state attorney general.
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The New York Post endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, calling him an "untried candidate" but a preferable alternative to the newspaper's home state senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island beat a conservative challenger in Tuesday's primary, fueling Republican hopes to keep Senate control.  Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey conceded at 10:40 p.m., the Providence Journal-Bulletin reported.
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Super Tuesday applies to politics and football in New York.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has edged  ahead of rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire less than a  month before the state's nominating primary in the 2008 race  for the White House, a new poll showed on Friday.
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Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat, won the US Senate seat of retiring Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald, CNN and MSNBC reported.
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The New York Post endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, calling him an "untried candidate" but a preferable alternative to the newspaper's home state senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, under fire from activists in his own party, has lost ground to his challenger and is narrowly trailing him for the first time in their race for the Democratic nomination, a new poll released Thursday shows.
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Still too close to call, initial results show the Senator with an edge over Mitt Romney in the winner-take-all GOP primary