N.C. Lawmaker Narrowly Wins GOP Runoff
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State Rep. Patrick McHenry was declared the winner of a Republican congressional runoff Wednesday after a recount showed that he won by 85 votes out of more than 30,000 cast.
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Barack Obama won South  Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary  with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a  setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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Former state lawmaker Randy Graf won the GOP primary for an open U.S. House seat despite lobbying from the National Republican Congressional Committee against his candidacy.
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State officials Monday certified Republican Vern Buchanan won the House seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Katherine Harris, though the loser immediately sued for a new election, arguing that touch-screen voting machines had malfunctioned.
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The final outcome of the House contest in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 13th District has now been delayed for more than a month. Democratic nominee Christine Jennings has filed official complaints and lawsuits seeking to overturn state election officialsÃ¢ÂÂ Nov. 20 certification of Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the open-seat contest, by a margin of 369 votes.
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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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Democrat Ciro D. RodriguezÃ¢ÂÂs upset runoff victory Tuesday over seven-term Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla in southwestern TexasÃ¢ÂÂ 23rd District was a major triumph in both partisan and personal terms.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, strengthening his claim to the Republican U.S. presidential nomination by beating rivals in a Southern state that traditionally has favored their socially conservative message, U.S. media projected.
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton narrowly won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday night, a surprise victory for the onetime front-runner that revived her sagging fortunes and reshaped yet again the fight for the party's nomination.
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Paul Broun was ready to be sworn in as Georgia's next congressman after his Republican runoff opponent on Tuesday decided against a recount, even though the margin was just a few hundred votes.
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New Mexico Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson has survived her toughest race of a House career that dates to 1998. Democratic challenger Patricia Madrid on Tuesday conceded the 1st District contest, in which she trailed Wilson by fewer than 900 votes.
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One chapter in Washington&#39;s tumultuous governor&#39;s race closed Thursday, when Democrat Christine Gregoire beat Republican Dino Rossi in a statewide hand recount by a razor-thin 130-vote margin.
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly chose North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole to lead their campaign operations for 2006.
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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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Washington Democrat Christine Gregoire was declared winner of the governor&#39;s race by 129 votes, continuing the party&#39;s two-decade hold on the office after a recount of votes that reversed a Republican victory.
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Democrats were winning the battle for control of the state House and Senate as election results rolled in Wednesday, though thousands of uncounted absentee ballots could still flip the results in several close races.
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The close finish in the governor&#39;s race that left the outcome unknown two days after the election didn&#39;t come as a complete surprise to either campaign.