Illinois Democrat Set to Win All-Black Senate Race
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The photograph of a scowling Muhammad Ali standing over a prostrate Sonny Liston hanging in Illinois Democrat Barack Obama's office could be a metaphor for the knockout he is expected to deliver in his Senate race against Alan Keyes.
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Rasmussen Reports - A plurality of 46% of Illinois voters would vote for a generic Democrat if the Presidential election were held today, while only 35% would vote for the GOP candidate. But Senator Barack Obama benefits more from the pro-Democratic leaning than does Senator Hillary Clinton.
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Democratic rising-star Barack Obama became the lone African American senator, beating ultra-conservative talk show host Alan Keyes in a landslide in Illinois.
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The former Senator is still on the ballot and could still win delegates on Super Tuesday
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The Christian Science Monitor - Sen. Barack Obama's dramatic rise in support among African-Americans signals a shift in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination that is larger than just the black vote. Overall, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is still on top, but her lead is shrinking. And polls show Senator Obama of Illinois has more room for growth than she does, because of her high negatives.
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Illinois Sen. Barack ObamaÃ¢ÂÂs charismatic persona and status as perhaps the strongest-ever African-American contender for president has had him riding a wave of publicity in the early weeks of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
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A victory for Barack Obama in his battle for the US senate in the state of Illinois could spell hope for his ancestral Kenyan farming community, fractured by AIDS, years of poverty and illiteracy, villagers hope.
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Even before being sworn in today as Illinois' new senator, Barack Obama was asked Monday about his place in history. "I haven't done anything yet," said the media favorite, the first black male Democrat elected to the Senate.
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The G.O.P.'s weakness creates a chance in the Tennessee senate race for a certain kind of Democrat
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Sen. Barack Obama is facing a crucial test of support within the Democratic Party, as polls opened Saturday in a race in which more than half the voters are expected to be African-American.
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Democratic rising star Barack Obama swept into the US Senate on Tuesday, becoming only the third black ever popularly elected to the chamber, US television networks projected.
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When Republican voters in Illinois' 8th Congressional District go to the polls on Feb. 5 for their state's Super Tuesday presidential primary, they also will decide who will represent their party in one of its most important House races this year -- its bid to take back the seat in this typically Republican-leaning suburban Chicago district, which Democratic moderate Melissa Bean won in a big 2004 upset and then successfully defended in 2006.
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Democrats seeking a tough challenger to heavily favored two-term Republican Rep. Jeb Bradley in New HampshireÃ¢ÂÂs 1st District have ended up with an unexpectedly competitive contest for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary, with Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Jim Craig fighting off a challenge from community activist Carol Shea-Porter.
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Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin has opened up a sizable lead in the Democratic Senate primary in Maryland, and appears likely to win his partyÃ¢ÂÂs nomination to succeed retiring five-term Democratic Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.
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Barack Obama, the Democratic state legislator from Chicago who rose to national prominence in less than a year, was elected US senator Tuesday in a landslide victory that capped a
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In a Jan. 13 story about the race to replace Rep. Jerry Weller, The Associated Press, relying on information from a political researcher, reported erroneously that Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich carried the congressional district in 2006. The Republican candidate carried the district with 44 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Blagojevich and 13 percent for a Green Party candidate.
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Rasmussen Reports - In Ohio&#39;s edge-of-seat Senate race, Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown now claims a six-point lead of 47% to 41% over Republican Senator Mike DeWine.