Nev. Controller Impeached Over Campaign
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Nevada Controller Kathy Augustine was impeached by the state Assembly Thursday for using her state-paid office workers and equipment to help run her 2002 re-election campaign.
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The chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party was quoted Saturday as saying he urged presidential adviser Karl Rove and one of his assistants to fire the state's U.S. attorney. He said later, however, the decision had already been made by the time he talked to Rove.
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Mayor Kevin Jackson and Rio Rancho City Council members have nothing to be proud of regarding the firing of City Manager Jim Palenick.   It has turned out to be a classic example of cowardly, irresponsible governance by council members and the mayor.
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U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, under scrutiny in an influence peddling scandal involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, announced Monday that he was abandoning his re-election campaign.
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The president of Eastern Michigan University was dismissed last night, following a scandal involving the universityâs handling of the rape and murder of a student.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company...
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Analysis: Scandals like the one that took down the senator from Idaho have demoralized the Republican base ahead of the 2008 campaign
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A former sales rep for Diebold Election Systems becomes a county election official in California. She sold the state millions of dollars worth of untested machines, which led to a scandal. Critics are asking, 'What's wrong with this picture?' By Kim Zetter.
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The former federal prosecutor in Maryland said he was forced out because of investigations involving associates of the stateâs governor, a Republican.
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The mayor of the Russian Far East's largest city was stripped of his authority Wednesday amid a criminal investigation into suspect land deals and embezzlement in the latest bout of corruption to hit the long-troubled Pacific port.
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By Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 15--The man in charge of redeveloping Salt Lake City has resigned.    Dave Oka gave notice Wednesday that he has taken a job in North Las Vegas  as a redevelopment coordinator. His last day is Sept. 27.
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An incumbent who is struggling in job approval polls Ã¢ÂÂ as is Oregon Democratic Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski Ã¢ÂÂ can use a few breaks when bidding for re-election. And Kulongoski appears to have drawn a couple from a pair of outsider challengers, one of whom dropped out of the race and one who now appears to be in to stay.
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Mayor Gavin Newsom apologized Thursday for having a sexual relationship with his former campaign manager's wife. "I'm deeply sorry," Newsom said during a brief news conference at City Hall the day after the aide resigned. Newsom appeared poised but visibly emotional. He spoke for about a minute and left without taking questions.
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The arrest of a state campaign chairman highlights potential problems for the law and order candidate
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Election officials are worried that a massive write-in campaign mounted by Republicans in the scandal-ridden Salt Lake County mayoral race could hold up final results in other races around the state.
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UNDATED California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has joined a lawsuit against voting equipment company Diebold. It alleges the company sold the state shoddy hardware and software, exposing elections to hackers and software bugs.
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By Chris Parker, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  May 24--Schuylkill County's district attorney will determine whether charges should be filed because the Republican controller candidate took over Internet domain names referring to his Democratic opponent.