Senior House Repulican in Re-Election War
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Having served 17 terms, Illinois Rep. Phil Crane is the most senior Republican in the House. His quest for an 18th is proving difficult and has party strategists scrambling to fend off a challenge from Democrat Melissa Bean.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as "The Hammer" is also at stake.
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Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire has a Republican rival who still wants to overturn the election, but she has other things on her mind.
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Three-term Rep. Rick Renzi, an Arizona Republican facing a federal inquiry into his family's insurance business, said Thursday he will not seek re-election next year. Renzi becomes the fifth GOP House member in recent weeks to announce retirement plans, giving Democrats hopes of possibly picking up seats next year that otherwise would not be in play.
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The ordeal could add to the GOP's woes as it tries to retain control of Congress.
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An overhaul in how states and localities record votes and administer elections since the Florida recount battle six years ago has created conditions that could trigger a repeat -- this time on a national scale -- of last week's Election Day debacle in the Maryland suburbs, election experts said.
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Rep. John Murtha said Friday he has started campaigning again for the position of House majority leader if the Democrats oust the Republicans in power in November.
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Republicans battled Tuesday to retain control of the House as Democrats pinned their longshot takeover hopes on sweeping the lion&#39;s share of the few truly competitive races.
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President Bush has brought the oldest ally of the United States into his re-election campaign as a reason not to vote for his opponent, Sen. John Kerry.
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In the convoluted political atmosphere of the Capitol, where lawmakers worry about re-election, it may not be so easy for the Republicans to steamroller the Democrats.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is trying to fend off the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ determined campaign to score a net gain of at least 15 House seats in the Nov. 7 elections Ã¢ÂÂ which they need to take control of the House. And Republican leaders have been pressing their politically Ã¢ÂÂsafeÃ¢ÂÂ members who have surplus campaign funds to ante up ever more money for the GOPÃ¢ÂÂs effort to extinguish the Democratic threat.
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The Democratic challenger for the White House is set to criticise President George W Bush&#39;s decision to recall about 70,000 US troops based abroad.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Democrats are looking to regain an advantage in the state Senate in Tuesday&#39;s election, while Republicans are fielding opponents in hopes of a greater House presence.
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Rep. Charles Rangel, a senior Democrat in Congress and the dean of New York's congressional delegation, said Wednesday he'll retire if the Democrats don't retake control of the House this year.
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In Arizona, one House candidate called party officials idiots. In Rhode Island, ad-makers turned a Senate hopeful into a political pinata.
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One of the most divisive elections in US history is entering its home stretch, and the race is tighter than ever. As John Kerry and President George W. Bush wage war in the
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The two greying candidates for the US presidency face a special challenge keeping up with rival pressure of America's demanding seniors and youth.