First lady the favorite as Argentines vote
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Argentines appeared certain to choose their first elected female president on Sunday, with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner favored to win by a wide margin over her closest rival, another woman.
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First lady Cristina Fern&#225;ndez de Kirchner won Argentina's presidential election Sunday, but she will soon face rising inflation and looming energy shortages.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton won the vote with strong support from women and Hispanics, but Barack Obama may receive one more national delegate.
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Argentine first lady Sen. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is seen winning the October 28 presidential election by a wide margin, taking almost 48 percent of the vote, a poll showed on Friday.
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LA PLATA, Argentina  - The political beliefs of Argentine presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were forged in the country's turbulent 1970s when she was a leftist activist and law student.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner swept to victory in Argentina's presidential vote on Sunday to become the first woman elected to lead the country, television exit polls showed.
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Argentina's first lady closed her campaign to take over her husband's job Thursday after spending much of the presidential election season abroad, holding few major rallies and no debates.
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More than four in 10 French and Germans would like to see Democratic candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton elected US president in 2008, a survey by a Canadian pollster showed on Wednesday.
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BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina's first couple, a power pair often compared to Bill and Hillary Clinton, won't say whether it will be a his or hers candidacy in this year's presidential election.
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Romanians went to the polls to elect a president in a second-round run-off vote pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, the favourite, against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is heavily favored to win Argentina's election on Sunday, setting the stage for a rare handover of power between democratically elected spouses.
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Argentina's First Lady, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, is set to  launch her campaign for October's presidential poll.
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In a race for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a problem that has dogged her since her days as first lady: an entrenched bloc of voters who simply do not like her.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will both court the important Hispanic vote Wednesday, as opinion polls show the presidential race has again tightened.
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Argentina's president-elect Cristina Kirchner outlines her priorities, include pushing for more regional integration.
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The First Lady and the former President find a common cause
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She supports same-sex marriages and decriminalizing abortion, and admits to smoking pot one time &amp;#151; and inhaling. The chances are next to nil that plainspoken feminist Patricia Mercado, Mexico&#039;s most liberal presidential candidate, will win election. But some say she may ruin the main leftist Democratic Revolution Party&#039;s best shot at the presidency.