Ailing S.Dakota senator raises money
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Ailing Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota has raised more this year than he did during the same period six years ago, even though he hasn't set foot in the Senate since suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage in December.
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One of the house parties sponsored by the Republican candidate uses the Sept. 11 date for fund-raising.
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Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota underwent surgery on Wednesday, a source said, after suffering what a doctor called "symptoms of a stroke." The actions prompted concerns about his fellow Democrats' razor-thin majority in the incoming Senate.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke, Johnson's office said.
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Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken raised nearly $2 million in the latest reporting period, pulling in more money than both his Democratic rival and the Republican incumbent, Sen. Norm Coleman.
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A letter of complaint to Rush Limbaugh signed by 41 Democratic senators raised the largest amount ever paid for an item sold on eBay to benefit a charity.
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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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Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, denied a fourth term by South Dakota voters, pledged Wednesday to continue working to solve the state's problems.
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The former senator is creating a committee that will let him raise money and take other steps toward a full-blown national campaign.
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The two Democratic candidates will have raised more than $100 million this year, setting a historic new threshold in fundraising
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota was critically ill but stable on Thursday after brain surgery for a potentially deadly bleeding that could deprive his fellow Democrats of their razor-thin hold on the new Senate.
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A Democratic senator was recovering from emergency brain surgery after falling abruptly ill, as the party's newly won control of the US Senate hung in the balance.
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South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson issued his first public statement Tuesday since suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage three months ago, and his office released the first photos of the Democratic senator since he became ill.
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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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VANCOUVER, Wash. - State Sen. Don Carlson is an oddity in his party, a Republican in a largely Democratic district. The unusual status makes some Republicans nervous.
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A Maryland Republican contender for the U.S. Senate is fast outpacing the fundraising of his Democratic challengers in a state that usually leans toward Democrats.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson of South  Dakota was critically ill but stable on Thursday after brain  surgery for a potentially deadly bleeding that could deprive  his fellow Democrats of their razor-thin hold on the new  Senate.