Harris trails Nelson in Fla. Senate poll
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Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson leads challenger Katherine Harris by 18 percentage points in a new poll, although the Republican congresswoman has gained some ground among GOP voters.
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A Florida motorist was arrested Wednesday on charges of trying to run down U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris at an intersection where the controversial former state elections chief was campaigning for re-election to Congress.
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Moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln   Chafee, a frequent opponent of President George W. Bush's   policies, beat a conservative primary challenger on Tuesday in   a race crucial to Republican hopes of retaining Senate control   in November's election.
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Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he would start a filibuster in the Senate to block a measure on offshore drilling if it passes the House, which is expected to vote on the bill this week.
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Rasmussen Reports - Incumbent U.S. Sen. John Kyl&#39;s lead has taken a hit, but he&#39;s still in control of his bid for another term in the United States Senate.&nbsp; The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Kyl leading Republican challenger Jim Pederson 50% to 39%. Kyl&#39;s lead was 17 in last month&#39;s survey.&nbsp;
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The hotly contested race to fill Florida's open U.S. Senate seat has been dominated by someone who is not running, an imprisoned former professor awaiting trial on charges of raising funds for Palestinian suicide bombers.
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The Republican Party has lined up to beat back a conservative primary challenge to the most liberal Republican in the Senate, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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To the dismay of her own party's leaders, Rep. Katherine Harris was the odds-on favorite Tuesday to win the GOP nomination for Senate, while both the Democrats and Republicans picked their candidates to succeed the popular Jeb Bush as governor of Florida.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has shot to the top of a new poll in South Carolina, leading Republican presidential candidates in the key Southern state. Huckabee got 24 percent in the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll. In a July poll, Huckabee got only 3 percent of support from registered GOP voters.
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Rasmussen Reports - Now that Republican State Senator Jim Barnett has won the August 1 primary, Governor Kathleen Sebelius leads her challenger 48% to 37%, a drop from seventeen percentage points in our last survey,&nbsp;to eleven.The Governor&#39;s support has yet to rise much above 50% in any case. But the decline reflects the closer competition we often see in a final campaign stretch and have been seeing in races around the country.
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Florida voters went to the polls Tuesday to pick candidates hoping to fill retiring Democratic Sen. Bob Graham's seat, with polls showing a close race between Republican hopefuls Mel Martinez and Bill McCollum. Betty Castor was leading the field of three prominent Democrats.
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By e-mail and on its Web site, Florida's Democratic Party told supporters Sunday it planned to move ahead with a Jan. 29 primary, despite the national party's threatened punishment for doing so.
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Rasmussen Reports - In a race that was a dead heat at 43% in early August, Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty (D) has jumped in front with a five-point lead.&nbsp; The Democrat now leads incumbent Governor Donald Carcieri (R) 46% to 41%. The Rhode Island Senate race is a toss-up.
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Florida's decision to move its primary to Jan. 29 in defiance of both parties' rules fuels speculation about penalties.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Democrats' leading liberal voice, is endorsing Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination on Monday while a new poll found Republican John McCain with a slim lead on the eve of a crucial Florida nominating contest.
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TAMPA - Republicans voters go the polls today to pick a US Senate nominee in a race that has dissolved into accusations of bigotry, hatred and unfair campaign tactics.
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A moderate Republican Senator is under threat from a conservative challenger on a day of primaries in the US.