House Democrat top choice for chancellor
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A Democratic congressman was named the No. 1 choice Tuesday to become the next chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, a school spokesman said.
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By Joseph Marks, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 24--Newly appointed North Dakota University System Chancellor Bill Goetz says his first priority on the job will be building relationships with the university presidents, faculty and students at system campuses.
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The new Democratic chairman of a key  U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Wednesday he  expects the House by April will extend a federal program  insuring against terrorism risk.
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WASHINGTON - An Ohio candidate in a long-shot bid to unseat a 16-term House veteran has an unusual approach in deciding how to spend his campaign. He asks Web surfers: Should he sleep in? Prepare for his debate? Campaign door to door?   "It's all about listening to the people," Democrat Jeff Seemann said from a candidate forum in Alliance, Ohio, that Internet voters said he should attend...
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Democrats enter the fall campaign  with a clear edge in the high-stakes fight for control of the  U.S. Congress, riding a wave of momentum that has them  positioned to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and make  significant gains in the Senate.
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The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is under way. And the outcome of this battle will likely not be determined by any one of the rising number of candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination, but rather by the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - In a state where   Democrats far outnumber Republicans and President George W.   Bush has never been popular, an experienced Democrat should be   in a strong position to unseat Republican Gov. Arnold   Schwarzenegger.
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Facing a Dec. 9 runoff for his seat in Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ and highly publicized bribery allegations that threaten to end his House career at eight terms Ã¢ÂÂ Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson is showing a good bit of resilience. His contest with Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter does not appear to have a strong favorite with just more than a week to go before the Saturday voting.
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The Hawaii Republican Party on Monday tapped state Rep. Cynthia Thielen as the new Republican nominee against Democratic Sen. Daniel K. Akaka.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has talked to top state Democrats about a possible run for New York attorney general in what could turn into a race against his estranged brother-in-law &#151; Andrew Cuomo, according to people familiar with those conversations.
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Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, a favorite of the religious right, said Monday he is taking the first step toward launching a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY  and GREGORY SMITH  Journal Staff Writers  This is another in a series of profiles of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Providence City Council in the Sept. 12 primary.   * * *   South Providence businessman Jose R.
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CQPolitics.com on Friday interviewed state Sen. Carl Andrews, one of four contenders in the hotly contested Sept. 12 Democratic primary to succeed longtime 12-term Democratic Rep. Major R. Owens in New YorkÃ¢ÂÂs 11th Congressional District. (An overview story on the contest, with links to interviews of all primary candidates, can be found here).
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The party is headed for the most wide-open nomination fight since Wendell Willkie. You remember him
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The expensive flurry of legislation passed by Congress as it left Washington this month is providing some lift to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's fierce struggle to keep his job. The South Dakota Democrat is the Republican Party's top target in Congress this year.
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is in line to be the next chancellor of the Texas A&amp;M University System. Robert D. McTeer Jr.
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The presumptive GOP nominee knows he must prevent a civil war within the party to have any chance in the fall