Harris wins Fla. GOP Senate nomination
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to easily claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.
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The Florida Republican Party announced Monday that its executive committee has chosen Republican state Rep. Joe Negron to face Democratic businessman Tim Mahoney this fall for the 16th District seat suddenly vacated Friday by scandal-plagued Republican Rep. Mark Foley.
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WASHINGTON The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as director of central intelligence.
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Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee&#39;s Republicans to be their chairman next year, surviving complaints from abortion opponents
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Rep. Katherine Harris overcame the opposition of her own party to win a decisive primary victory, and now it's unclear whether the GOP will lift a finger to support her long-shot bid to oust Sen. Bill Nelson in November.
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John McCain, a US Senator and Vietnam war veteran, on Saturday won a tight race in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary over rival Mike Huckabee.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the opening contest for the Republican presidential nomination, relying heavily on support from fellow evangelical Christians and the message that money shouldn't matter in politics.
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TALLAHASSEE - Consumer activist Ralph Nader and state Republicans scored a major victory Friday when Nader was assured a spot on Florida&#39;s presidential ballot in a 6-1 decision by the Florida Supreme Court.
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The results in Florida were a decisive turning point in the Republican race, effectively winnowing the field to Senator John McCain and Mitt Romney.
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Days after President Bush flew into the state and complimented U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, the congresswoman got some more love &#151; this time from GOP activists at a rally Saturday.
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Sen. Arlen Specter, a defender of abortion rights, gained the support on Thursday of fellow Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, effectively winning his fight
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Deval Patrick, a Democrat making his first run for elective office and a bid to become the state's first black governor, beat two opponents in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary to win a place in November's general election.
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Eight weeks after the vote, the secretary of state is set to certify Democrat Christine Gregoire (GREG&#39;-wahr) as the winner. The initial count and a machine recount both gave the win to Republican Dino Rossi.
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Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney.
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The Republican Party retained control of the US Senate after yesterday&#39;s election by picking up seats in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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Early returns in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs Republican Senate primary suggest that the contest is turning out about as expected for two-term Rep. Katherine Harris, in both the positive sense and the negative sense.
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Mel Martinez, the former Bush administration housing secretary, decisively won the Republican nomination for Senate Tuesday in a primary that saw a mostly trouble-free test of the touchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in 2000.