Political Trivia for Sept. 7
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Democrat Major Owens was preceded in Congress by Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress. She was also the first black woman to wage a serious campaign for president. What year did she run for that office?  1976 1980 1972 1968
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In honor of the first Democrat to win two terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of many of the nation&#39;s past and present first families
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Quite a week for the geriatric set. John McCain wraps up the GOP nomination. Shaquille O'Neal wraps up his Miami incarnation and continues his warm-weather odyssey in the NBA with a move to Phoenix. Who said this was no country for old men?
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Our series of trivia questions about the incoming freshman class continues: Who ran for the House in 1998, losing a primary to an opponent who is still serving in Congress?  David Davis, R-Tenn. Peter Roskam, R-Ill. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.
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Tancredo to quit presidential race ... Huckabee defends record on clemencies ... Romney praises Bush, Iraq troop increase in bid for support of Iowa Republicans ... Giuliani talks baseball to explain his unconventional campaign travels ... Richardson focuses on Iraq in new ad, campaign stops in NH ... McCain appears at Boston campaign stop with Kissinger ... Paul tells NH audience he'd lift sanctions with Iran, pull Navy from its shores ... Biden unveils education plan ... Clinton tells Iowans she measures her success in public life by helping people ...
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Â· Clinton's rival raises record breaking $32m in a monthÂ· Schwarzenegger endorses Republican frontrunner
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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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A website goes the extra mile to make sure voters aren & rsquo;t confused this Tuesday.  Also: West Virginia organizes the first public supercomputer & hellip;.  FDA keeps its eye on a new pain relief drug & hellip;. and more.
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* The Democrats have the blues. Their guy lost the White House. Their candidates lost campaigns for the US House and Senate. The map of the United States looks like someone spilled a full can
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Obama seeks to distance himself from indicted donor ... Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf backs McCain for president ... Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee created fund for portrait, special events
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A chronology of events in disputed governor's race in Washington state:
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It's not all attack ads and stomping opponents from the stump. Since the start of the fall campaign, President Bush and Democrat John Kerry have answered questions from The Associated Press three times a week, on the issues.
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In a Jan. 13 story about the race to replace Rep. Jerry Weller, The Associated Press, relying on information from a political researcher, reported erroneously that Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich carried the congressional district in 2006. The Republican candidate carried the district with 44 percent of the vote compared to 43 percent for Blagojevich and 13 percent for a Green Party candidate.
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One is a Bush family loyalist who served four presidents and guided George W. Bush to legal victory in the disputed 2000 election. The other is a resolute Democrat, a 34-year congressman who steered a divided 9/11 commission to unanimity.
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Our series of trivia questions about the incoming freshman class continues: Who will represent a seat he sought unsuccessfully a dozen years ago?  Bob Casey, D-Pa. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio Bernard Sanders, I-Vt.
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There is another election this week. The issues are not war, taxes, morals or international credibility. They are microbes, diseases, data and international credibility.
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Tycho: Sorry about that. Kiko digests the audio files for that, and I forgot that there President's Day was a holiday that people took seriously. Before today, I was not aware just how seriously Kiko took the concept of presidency. Also, I fixed an offensive and aggressively stupid typographical error in the post above. Now, it's only aggressively stupid in the ways I originally intended.(CW)TB