La. Senate Outcome Not Likely Before Dec.
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Even if 33 of the 34 Senate seats at stake are decided next Tuesday night or Wednesday, the question of which party controls the Senate may not be resolved until December because of Louisiana's unique primary.
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Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin won a seat in French Senate elections Sunday, a post that could be a useful fallback if persistent murmurs prove true that his days as government chief are numbered.
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Republicans are expected to hold on to their House majority tomorrow, but the Senate is turning into a nail-biter, with nine races in play that could upset the party&#39;s precarious hold on power.
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The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.
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A grand jury investigation into deaths at a hospital during the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will not begin for at least a month.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26  Â A Senate vote this week on a bill threatening to impose steep tariffs on Chinese exports to the United States was put into doubt on Tuesday after the billÂs authors said they were unsure whether to press ahead with the vote.
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A Nov. 4 special election date is now in place for the U.S. Senate seat vacated in late December by Mississippi Republican Trent Lott and currently held on an interim basis by Republican Roger Wicker. That date was permitted Wednesday by the state's Supreme Court, ruling in a partisan dispute over the scheduling of the contest.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 -- Voters looked past a federal bribery investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) and reelected the eight-term congressman in a runoff election Saturday.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana  -  a move many in this stricken city regard as preposterous
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A US senator suffers a possible stroke, raising the possibility that control of the Senate could return to the Republicans.
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Louisiana once was critical to the Southern strategy of Sen. John Kerry, but no longer. Indeed, the Democratic presidential candidate has no major plans for Dixie.
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The Senate's energy bill won't go anywhere, but pay attention: It's still significant.
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A US senator suffers a possible stroke, which could lead to Republicans regaining control of the Senate.
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Local election officials are bracing for a long night and delays that may prevent some states from reporting final tallies until early Wednesday.
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Louisiana Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson Ã¢ÂÂ burdened by a highly publicized federal investigation into whether he took bribes Ã¢ÂÂ nonetheless won SaturdayÃ¢ÂÂs runoff election in LouisianaÃ¢ÂÂs 2nd District, and even appears to have defeated Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter by a comfortable margin.
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The Senate race in New Jersey, which a Republican hasn't won in 34 years, remains virtually tied with less than two months before Election Day, a poll released Wednesday shows.
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Voters were headed to the polls Saturday to determine the political fate of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, Louisiana's only black congressman since Reconstruction, whose long career is now overshadowed by a federal bribery investigation.