Posts Tagged ‘election’

July 25 2010

Gingrich to decide on White House run after election

Republican former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday he will decide after November’s congressional elections whether he will make a run for the White House in 2012.

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July 20 2010

W.Va. gov to announce US Senate election plans

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is expected to announce his plans for a U.S. Senate bid this fall.

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July 14 2010

Obama vows election aid for House Democrats

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second from right, speaks to media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. Standing with Pelosi from left are House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Jr., D-Md. and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.President Barack Obama promises Democratic leaders that he’ll actively support their agenda and lawmakers facing midterm elections this fall, according to a leadership aide.


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July 10 2010

Japan votes in election seen as test for Democrats

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves during an election campaign for his Democratic Party of Japan's candidate in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, July 10, 2010. The July 11 parliamentary elections are widely considered as a referendum on the Democrats' 10 months in power since defeating the long-ruling conservatives. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)Japanese voters cast ballots in a parliamentary election Sunday that is viewed as a test of confidence in the ruling Democrats’ 10 months in power.


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July 7 2010

W.Va. governor urges fall special election

First Read: West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin joined a growing chorus that includes Republicans urging that the special election to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd be held this fall — instead of in 2012, as state law dictates.

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July 5 2010

Reforms in focus after Komorowski wins Polish election

Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski has narrowly won Poland’s presidential election, raising pressure on the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to deliver on economic reforms.

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July 4 2010

Komorowski wins cliffhanger Polish election

Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski won Poland’s presidential election on Monday after a cliffhanger vote that saw his right-wing rival Jaroslaw Kaczynski perform much better than expected.

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July 4 2010

Exit polls in Polish election give Komorowski edge

Parliament Speaker, acting president Bronislaw Komorowski casts his ballot, as his wife Anna looks on, in a voting station in Mackowa Ruda, northeast Poland, Sunday, July 4, 2010. Poles are choosing their new president in the runoff presidential elections, between Komorowski and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)Exit polls in Poland’s presidential election show Bronislaw Komorowski with a slight edge over the late president’s identical twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski.






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June 27 2010

Guinea holds first free election

They’ve voted before — but never freely, and never fairly.

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June 21 2010

No winner in Poland’s presidential election

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, presidential candidate of Poland's Law and Justice Party, waves to supporters during a rally in Gdansk on Friday. A somber election season in Poland was prolonged by two weeks when a first round of voting produced no immediate successor to the president killed more than two months ago in a plane crash.


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