Richardson, Oropeza Ahead in Early California House Vote Count
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Democratic state Rep. Laura Richardson maintained a lead in the vote count for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs special election in CaliforniaÃ¢ÂÂs 37th Congressional District with three-quarters of precincts reporting; Democratic state Sen. Jenny Oropeza was running a competitive second.
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California Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger has widened his lead over his Democratic   gubernatorial rival, according to two polls released on   Wednesday. One survey puts him 17 percentage points ahead.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Tuesday that his comment about it being God's will that Iowa votes first was off-the-cuff as he defended the state's primacy in the nomination process.
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Democrat Bill Richardson officially entered the presidential race Monday with a naked appeal to Hispanics, saying in an interview that it's "rudimentary politics" to make sure the country's fastest growing voting bloc knows he's one of them.
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THE RACE: The race for the Republican presidential nomination in California
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House leaders today overcame GOP resistance to a major bill revamping the nation&#39;s intelligence operations, scheduling a late-afternoon vote that they predicted would pass comfortably.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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California&#039;s Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger extended his lead over his Democratic challenger in November state elections in the latest opinion poll.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in California
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Democratic former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez held a strong lead Tuesday over Republican incumbent Henry Bonilla as they battled for a congressional seat in a runoff election.
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Auburn moved up a spot in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, into a tie for second with Oklahoma. Southern California remained No. 1 easily with 51 first-place votes and 1,608 points. Auburn and Oklahoma each had 1,536.
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TABLES TURNED: Democrat Christine Gregoire has a 10-vote lead over Republican Dino Rossi in the Washington governor's race, her first advantage since the Nov. 2 election.
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Early results for Italian local elections  in which 10 million people were eligible to vote put the  centre-right opposition ahead on Monday, but Romano Prodi&#39;s  left-leaning government appeared to have avoided a drubbing.
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The House plans to pass as early as Wednesday a new defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for troops.
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Republicans are poised to renew their grip on the House on Tuesday, and Democrats&#39; faint hopes of a Senate takeover hinge on close races in a string of southern and western states that favor President Bush.
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Ballots were still being tallied late Friday in a vote expected to authorize a strike by Hollywoodâs writers as early as Nov. 1.
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The US House of Representatives will remain firmly in the hands of George W. Bush's Republican party according to ballot-counting, but control of the Senate was too close to call in US congressional elections Tuesday.