Senate Democrats choose new leader
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WASHINGTON - Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada won election as Senate Democratic leader on Tuesday, taking over a party with fewer seats than at any time since the Great Depression more than 70 years ago.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Gates as the next defense secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of the increasingly unpopular Iraq war.
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A Montana state senator has officially changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, breaking a tie to give his new party a 26-24 advantage.
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Republicans tightened their grip on the Senate early Wednesday, dealing defeat to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota and capturing a string of seats across the South.
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Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader of the Senate and a fixture of South Dakota politics for more than a quarter century, lost his seat Tuesday
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House Democrats picked their leaders for the upcoming legislative session on Tuesday, re-electing Jim Black of Mecklenburg County as House speaker and Joe Hackney of Orange County as House leader.
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Nevada moderate Harry Reid was  elected by Senate Democrats on Tuesday to lead their battered  party and immediately warned Republicans he could either dance  with them or fight them.
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In the nation's most dramatic &#151; and most expensive Senate race &#151; Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota is scrambling to maintain his political life in a state where Republicans say the Democrat is out of touch with people in a state that solidly supports President Bush.
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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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NEW CHAIRMAN: Howard Dean, a former presidential candidate, is in line to be elected Democratic national chairman by members of the Democratic National Committee.
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Prominent Western Democrats who have snatched Senate seats and governorships from Republicans in recent years are joining forces with the hope of spreading their party's success to the White House.
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Freshmen Senate Democrats asked on  Monday for a role in crafting any new U.S. trade legislation,  joining a similar push by their colleagues in the U.S. House of  Representatives.
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A Democratic governor picks a Republican for the Senate, with everyone's eyes on 2008
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Control of the U.S. Senate could be determined by Republican Gov. Mike Rounds if a replacement must be named for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson.
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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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Democrats wrested control of the Oregon Senate for the first time in a decade Tuesday, and they maintained a slim chance of grabbing the majority in the House as well, giving them the potential for vast new leverage in the upcoming legislative session.
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Republicans picked a party-backed state senator Thursday to replace embattled U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, who dropped out of the congressional race amid a corruption scandal.