McGwire, Ripken Jr. Headline Ballot
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Mark McGwire, Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. headline the first-time candidates on the 2007 baseball writers' Hall of Fame ballot.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Betty Priscak has voted for veteran Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.) in every election he has been in, but now she thinks it is time for a change. Priscak, a 74-year-old in increasingly poor health, plans to vote for Ron Klein, Shaw's Democratic challenger, in November.
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Connie Mack IV, the son of a popular former senator and the great-grandson of a baseball icon of the same name, has an edge when it comes to name recognition in one of Florida's congressional primaries.
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Washington voters have the opportunity to make sweeping changes in District leadership for the first time in a decade, taking the first step toward selecting a new mayor and council chairman and at least three new council members in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
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Five-time American League batting champion Wade Boggs, two-time NL batting champ Willie McGee and former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell are among 12 first-year candidates on the 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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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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Cal Ripken Jr. sidestepped questions about Mark McGwire and steroids on Tuesday, with Hall of Fame ballots bearing their names already in the hands of voters.
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper is ahead of all players in voting for the 2005 Pro Bowl, while Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb is one of three Eagles in the top-10.
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WASHINGTON - Following months of campaigning, Americans are set to cast their ballots to decide who will be the next president of the United States, a race polls suggest is too close to call.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The presidential election might have been decided Tuesday night, but Tracy McGrady&#39;s campaign has just begun.
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The U.S. presidential election in  November could force change at the top of the Securities and  Exchange Commission and help decide the fate of a reform effort  to give shareholders more boardroom power.
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A campaign to make sure that college students know their voting rights and elections officials know the rules is getting underway by Rock the Vote, a youth-voter group.
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Political fires are still burning brightly ahead of this weekend's elections
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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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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney were projected to win Nevada's presidential nominating contests on Saturday and voters in South Carolina cast ballots as an unpredictable White House race moved to the South and West.
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including Sean âP. Diddyâ Combs, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mary J. Blige â-ill come to Detroit to urge more young voters to hit the polls on Election Day, Nov. 2.