Hawaii votes in heated Senate primary
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Hawaii residents choose between liberal incumbent Sen. Daniel Akaka and nervy challenger Rep. Ed Case in Saturday's Democratic primary.
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Rasmussen Reports - After both candidates easily won their August 15 primaries, Republican Senator John Ensign now leads Democrat Jack Carter 50% to 41% in Nevada&#39;s competitive race for U.S. Senate.
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Chafee ahead in Rhode Island primary PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island held a tight lead Tuesday over a conservative Republican primary challenger, fueling GOP hopes to keep Senate control.
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US primary elections gave Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton a green light for a re-election bid in New York, while a controversial Republican senator in Rhode Island garnered his party's backing.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii  - Hiram Fong, a Hawaiian-born Republican who became the first Asian-American in the US Senate, died on Wednesday at the age of 97 in a Honolulu hospital, family members said.
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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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ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana  - The U.S. primary elections have been called the most gripping in recent years but not in the Deep South state of Louisiana where parties struggled to motivate voters on Saturday.
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Voters appeared on track to cast a record number of ballots in Tuesday's presidential primaries.
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The race for the US presidency has landed in paradise, as the tropical state of Hawaii, long a Democratic stronghold, appears up for grabs in the November 2 election, with both parties making last-minute visits to the Aloha State to win the island vote.
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In one hopeful sign for the Democrats, their voters have outnumbered Republicans at the  polls in the early primaries by almost 2-1
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On the busiest primary day of the season, voters picked candidates with a variety of political leanings, giving no clear hint of what November will bring. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton trounced her Democratic primary opponent. Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island defeated a conservative challenger. In Arizona, conservative Randy Graf won the GOP nomination for the House.
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Democrat Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawaii, trounced Republican Alan Keyes today to claim a Senate seat in Illinois.
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Hawaii's Republican Party chose state Rep. Cynthia Thielen on Monday to challenge Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka in November's general election.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won the party's caucuses in Hawaii, according to projections by the Associated Press.
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Criticism comes as Obama gains momentum leading up to contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii.
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Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii make their choices on Tuesday in a heated presidential battle, with Hillary Clinton hoping to snap Barack Obama's winning streak ahead of big contests in March.
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Republicans have battled fiercely for votes in Tuesday's critical Florida primary, as Democrats have largely ignored the state after national leadership said it would not seat Florida's delegates because of a squabble over scheduling.