Illinois Democrat Set to Win All-Black Senate Race
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The photograph of a scowling Muhammad  Ali standing over a prostrate Sonny Liston hanging in Illinois  Democrat Barack Obama's office could be a metaphor for the  knockout he is expected to deliver in his Senate race against  Alan Keyes.
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Voters were headed to the polls Saturday to determine the political fate of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, Louisiana's only black congressman since Reconstruction, whose long career is now overshadowed by a federal bribery investigation.
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You may find a bunch of political operatives who will suggest that they always believed a black man named Barack Obama would blow away his competitors in Iowa and would destroy the inevitability of a former first lady who is a member of the U.S. Senate.
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Need a cheat sheet on the candidates in the race for Illinois&#39; US Senate seat? Here&#39;s a look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Alan Keyes stand on 10 key issues as they head into Tuesday&#39;s vote.
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Political rising star Barack Obama swept into the US Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Alan Keyes to pick up the Illinois seat for the Democrats, US television networks projected.
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The G.O.P.'s weakness creates a chance in the Tennessee senate race for a certain kind of Democrat
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By Ashley Tusan Joyner, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Dec. 13--Rep.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama will win the South Carolina Democratic primary, according to projections from CNN and Fox News, a crucial victory in his race against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination.
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The next Congress will look slightly more like the real America, with more women, Hispanics and blacks, including the first black man to enter the Senate in a quarter century.
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The Democrats who dominate Illinois government face a major problem: each other.
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WASHINGTON - Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.    After the election, the chamber will have its first black member in six years, and the possibility exists that one or two Hispanic candidates could end a quarter-century absence of Latino representation...
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Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, a Democrat with a record of political success in a Republican-leaning state, intends to take the first official step toward a 2008 presidential campaign early next week, officials said Friday.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Illinois.
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At least one white male voter is planning to return to the Democrats' fold in 2008
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Barack Obama yesterday confirmed his status as the rising star of the Democratic party after coasting to victory in Illinois to become the only black US senator.
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Failed presidential candidate Alan Keyes said on Sunday he would wage a campaign against favored Democrat Barack Obama in the race for a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat from Illinois.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton each claimed victories in two states, according to early network projections, on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.