Senator decides against prolonging count in Ohio
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President Bush claimed a second term Wednesday with a narrow margin after a record vote, and Democrat John Kerry conceded a day after Americans voted.
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Despite a reputation as a battleground state, Ohio has voted Republican in the past two presidential elections, is represented in the Senate by two Republicans and has had a Republican governor for 16 years. When was the last time a Democrat won statewide office in Ohio?  1992 1996 1988 1990
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Description: Pennsylvanian Republican Sen. Arlen Specter amassed opposition in his own party when he said that pro-life judicial nominees would have a tough time making it through committee.
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Sen. Joe Lieberman won't have to fight to stay in the Democratic Party, after all. The state's Democratic registrar rejected a petition by peace activists to strike Lieberman from the party rolls on Thursday. State law allows for expulsion from the party if the member runs for office under another political banner.
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A federal judge Monday barred political party challengers from questioning Ohio voters&#39; registrations at the polls on Election Day.
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Election officials said a new rule barring hand recounts in 15 counties with touchscreen voting systems will remain in place until after Tuesday's primary &#151; despite a judge's invalidation of the rule.
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A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to put off until mid-2009 passport requirements for U.S. travelers entering the United States by land or sea from Canada and other neighboring countries.
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The Ohio Republican Party vowed to appeal a federal judge&#39;s decision Monday to ban thousands of GOP poll watchers across the pivotal state.
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The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the key battleground state of Ohio, handing him his third setback in the past month.
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The Senate reached a compromise between lawmakers who proposed a shorter extension and those who insisted it should be made permanent.
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Senate Democrats are "not going to cut and run" from a battle over President Bush's judicial nominations, the party's leader vowed Tuesday, adding that some Democrats regret not having blocked even more appointments.
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The secretary of state, who declared President Bush the official winner in Ohio, is seeking a court order to keep himself from being interviewed as part of a court challenge of the Nov. 2 vote.
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A judge allowed a court challenge to Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire's excruciatingly close election to go forward Friday, but said even if Republicans win, he cannot order a new vote.
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More than a week after Republican Rep. Heather Wilson claimed a razor-thin election victory, her Democratic challenger conceded Tuesday, saying a recount would cost too much and there was no guarantee it would reverse the result.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the key battleground state of Ohio, handing him his third setback in the past month.
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Ohio Democrats did not have the right to challenge a state requirement that voters show up at their assigned polling place to cast a ballot, lawyers for the Justice Department told a federal appeals court Friday.
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Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, an influential voice in Congress on military policy, said on Friday he would not seek re-election next year -- a decision that complicates party hopes of recapturing Senate control.