Candidate could be Mass. first black gov
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In April 1976, Ted Landsmark stumbled into a crowd of whites demonstrating against the city's desegregation school busing and was speared with the pointed staff of an American flag. A photo of the attack won a Pulitzer Prize and branded Boston as racially intolerant.
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He&#39;s a high-profile figure with national contacts and an unrivaled understanding of how to move the Legislature. That&#39;s why the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council overlooked his opposition on stem-cell research
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The nation's first elected black governor said Saturday he is not ready to excuse comments former President Bill Clinton made about Barack Obama.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis named a former state senator to be his running mate Thursday, a choice that could lead to Florida's first black lieutenant governor.
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White House hopeful Barack Obama, taking a fellow black lawmaker to task, said Saturday voters are ready to elect a black president.
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Bill Richardson aspires to become the first Hispanic elected president of the United States, but rarely emphasized his ethnicity during the Ã¢ÂÂexploratoryÃ¢ÂÂ phase of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination. As a result, polls showed most voters Ã¢ÂÂ and even most Hispanics Ã¢ÂÂ where unaware that the Ã¢ÂÂAngloÃ¢ÂÂ-surnamed governor of New Mexico is Hispanic.
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The King holiday served as the unofficial start of the race for New York mayor, as candidates turned out for the annual Harlem event hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is mulling a presidential bid, will make his first visit to New Hampshire next month.
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Few people in American politics are being watched more closely than William M. Gardner, who has the power to decide when to schedule the New Hampshire primary.
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In a Republican state that has never refused a governor of either party a second term, Democrat John Lynch is running a surprisingly strong campaign against freshman Republican Gov. Craig Benson. Polls show the race about even.
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Maryland is a state where politicians get elected and tend to settle in. But Tuesday's party primaries are the first step in a dramatic reordering of the political hierarchy, one that will mean a new U.S. senator for the first time in decades and could result in new faces in every statewide office.
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Michelle A. Rhee thought she knew the type of candidate Mayor Adrian M. Fenty wanted when he sought her recommendation two months ago for a chancellor to lead the D.C. public schools.
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Along with a good roadmap, presidential candidates in the nation's first primary state have got to have the New Hampshire Manual for the General Court.
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Deval Patrick rode a populist wave to become Massachusetts' first Democratic governor in 16 years and the second African American elected governor in U.S. history.
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Hoping to bring capital punishment to Massachusetts, Gov. Mitt Romney is preparing to file a death penalty bill early next year that he says is so carefully written it will guarantee only the guilty are executed.
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By Christina Nuckols, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 24--RICHMOND -- Gov. Timothy M.
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Conservatives concerned about inconsistencies in Republican Mitt Romney's record on gay marriage and abortion said Tuesday the Massachusetts governor has some explaining to do. For now, at least, the potential presidential candidate isn't talking.