LA 2: Carter Says District Needs Ã¢ÂÂEffective RepresentationÃ¢ÂÂ
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Fully one dozen candidates filed to challenge embattled Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson in LouisianaÃ¢ÂÂs 2nd District, which under the stateÃ¢ÂÂs unique electoral system will hold a single-ballot, all-candidate primary election Nov. 7 Ã¢ÂÂ the date on which the congressional general elections will be held in states and districts elsewhere across the country.
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WASHINGTON - Former President Jimmy Carter warned yesterday that Florida&#39;s machinery is biased against Democrats, riddled with faulty computers and could create another Election Day nightmare.
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The head of the Galveston County Democratic Party is publicly asking local State Representative Larry Taylor to return more than $55,000 he received in campaign contributions from a political action committee after the executive director of the committee
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The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.
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Our position is: Congress needs to add a federal judgeship in Indiana to make the workload more manageable. Marion County courts aren&#39;t the only ones facing budget constraints.
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If the size of the crowd yesterday in this famously liberal city is any indication of how many core Democrats will turn out to vote for Democratic candidate Sen.
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Two congressional committees are scheduled this week to consider a bill giving the District its first full vote in the House, and senior Democrats hope to pass it in the House and send it to the Senate this month.
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His inclusive approach is the way to go. But his party's failure to follow his lead is offering the Democrats an enormous political opportunity.
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the Massachusetts senator has already called big Democratic donors in a bid to build a political organization that will give him a voice in national affairs and position him to make another run for the White House.
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The Republican candidate for governor, who lost by 129 votes, says Democrat Christine Gregoire&#39;s term will be tainted. By Jerry Cornfield.
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An unusually strong majority of D.C. Democrats, including both blacks and whites, united behind a single nominee yesterday to replace a retiring mayor, giving D.C. Council member Adrian M. Fenty a broad mandate to pursue change in city government and the troubled public school system.
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Voters in North CarolinaÃ¢ÂÂs 8th Congressional District will have to wait for a manual inspection of ballots next week to determine who will represent them in the 110th Congress, with four-term Republican Rep. Robin Hayes holding a mere 329-vote lead over Democratic challenger Larry Kissell.
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The primary day debacle in Montgomery and Prince George's counties will add momentum to regional efforts to ensure that election systems create a paper record of each vote, according to some elected officials and activists critical of paperless balloting.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter says the voting system in [the southeastern US state of] Florida does not meet some &quot;basic international requirements&quot; and could undermine the November presidential election.
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By Adam C. Hartmann, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 7--Two county committees on school district organization may need  more time before making a recommendation that could change the future of the  Yucaipa-Calimesa and Beaumont school districts.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the backing of California Rep. Maxine Waters, an influential member of the Congressional Black Caucus whose support could help blunt charges of racial polarization against the Clinton campaign in the South Carolina primary.
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By JAY FEIL  Mandan  I was raised in Mandan and have spent most of my career trying to help Mandan prosper. I can no longer sit silently by and listen to the recent innuendo attached to the upcoming recall election.