Conn. Senate race sets pace for others
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Soon after Sen. Joe Lieberman's primary defeat in Connecticut, Rhode Island Democrat Jennifer Lawless taunted her primary rival, Rep. James Langevin, with a new Web site.
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A Senate famous for its "deliberative pace" is hoping to rush out bills this week bolstering pensions, raising the minimum wage and cutting taxes before departing the Capitol and shifting their re-election campaigns into high gear.
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President Bush isn't exactly eager to lend his support to the Republican nominee in Connecticut's tumultuous Senate race.
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Politically interested voters in Colorado's Democratic-leaning 2nd Congressional District may be checking their calendars. The primary in the race to succeed five-term Democratic Rep. Mark Udall, who is running for the Senate, is not until Aug. 12. But the recent spate of infighting among the three leading Democratic candidates for the seat has been more typical of an election being held next week.
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The race to lead the Senate Republican campaign committee and step into senior party circles intensified Wednesday, with both sides claiming more than half of the votes needed to win the post.
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Five-term Democratic Sen. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut jumped into the 2008 presidential contest Thursday, undeterred by the competition from better-known Senate colleagues.
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Democrat or Republican, whether for this fall or 2006, it's never too early to jockey for position in the Senate, especially if party leadership might be the prize.
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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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At a time when the GOP should be back on its heels, Connecticut voters' rejection of a centrist Senator gives the party a potentially powerful new weapon to use against the Democrats this fall
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In one of the fastest-starting presidential campaigns in history, one group of politicians has not kept pace: the nation's governors.
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U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island held a tight lead Tuesday over a conservative Republican primary challenger, fueling GOP hopes to keep Senate control.
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The Iraq War is center stage again in Connecticut's increasingly nasty Senate race.
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Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.
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WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats made little headway in their efforts to build up a meaningful majority in Tuesday&#39;s battles over 34 Senate seats.
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While the early favorites in the  2008 presidential race fight for dollars and support, the  immediate challenge for a crowded band of lesser known  candidates is political survival.
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The five-term Connecticut senator is a strong Roman Catholic who showed an early commitment to social justice.
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Democratic Rep. Harold Ford is running even with Republican Bob Corker in Tennessee, while Democrat Jon Tester has edged ahead of Sen. Conrad Burns in Montana, according to polls released Sunday for some of the most contested Senate races.