Daschle Faces Tough Test in Tight South Dakota Race
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South Dakota truck driver Mark Monahan says he's had enough of Tom Daschle. So do top Republicans who have made the U.S. Senate's No. 1 Democrat a bull's-eye target for removal from the national scene.
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After a week of at times bitter campaigning, Sen. Barack Obama faces a crucial test of his support from within the party Saturday as South Carolina Democrats will head to the polls in a race that features black voters for the first time this presidential primary season.
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Earlier this year, South Dakota&#39;s candidates for US Senate released their 2003 tax returns. Now, one has released his income information for the four previous years.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as &quot;The Hammer&quot; is also at stake.
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For Democrats, this has been an inspiring election -- and a devastating one. They have two strong candidates, who have thus far wrestled to a draw.
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Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader of the Senate and a fixture of South Dakota politics for more than a quarter century, lost his seat Tuesday
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YANKTON, S.D. -- Democratic hopes of regaining the Senate majority hinge first on defending five endangered seats, with none more important than that of Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle. Daschle, long a fixture of South Dakota politics, is holding on by a thread as Republicans spend millions to try to protect their thin majority and topple a high-profile nemesis. Democrats have spent even more, making this lightly populated prairie state the unlikely epicenter of a battle for control of the Senate.
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Three-term Attorney General Christine Gregoire, a Democrat, finds herself in a tight race with former state Sen. Dino Rossi, a Republican.
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The Democrats are facing a long and possibly divisive nomination battle after Super Tuesday, while Republicans are closer to an opportunity to rally around a nominee.
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In some South Dakota counties, people repeatedly arrested for drunken driving can continue to drive, but they must report to their local sheriff for breath testing twice a day &#151; every morning and every night.
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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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Recent history tells me a lot when it comes to picking the top contenders for Sunday&#39;s Nextel Cup race at Dover (Del.) International Speedway.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South  Dakota was hospitalized on Wednesday with a possible stroke,  drawing the concern of fellow Democrats preparing to take  control next month of a closely divided Senate.
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PIERRE, SD - Tuesday&#39;s election filled all 70 seats of the South Dakota House, but representatives will not choose their political leaders until next week.
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Winning the 2008 Democratic Nomination will require taking down a giant, but the Iowa governor is eager to take the challenge
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Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, fighting for political survival, angrily rejected Republic challenger John Thune&#39;s claim Sunday that he had emboldened the enemy in Iraq and undermined US troop morale.
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The State Department nominee faced tough queries from Democrats, including John Kerry, on Iraq and the fight against terror.