Posts Tagged ‘Senate’

September 3 2010

Puzzling over Florida’s three-way Senate math

Florida Senate candidates, Democrat Kendrick Meek, left, and Republican Marco Rubio, right.If Kendrick Meek gets almost every one of Florida’s Democrats, he can win the Senate race. But will that happen in a year in which polls show a GOP edge in voter enthusiasm?


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September 1 2010

Previewing the California Senate debate

Three-term Sen. Barbara Boxer will square off against GOP challenger Carly Fiorina in the pair’s first debate Wednesday night.

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August 31 2010

Murkowski concedes Alaska Senate race

Sen. Lisa Murkowski had been fighting an uphill battle to overcome the lead that challenger Joe Miller had after the initial vote counting.Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she is conceding her hard-fought race against her Republican challenger in Alaska’s GOP primary.






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August 28 2010

Byrd’s Senate seat: Manchin wins W.Va. primary

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin faced two opponents in the Democratic primary.West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin wins the Democratic primary in the race for the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat. On the GOP side, businessman John Raese beat out nine contenders.


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August 28 2010

Manchin wins W.Va. primary for Byrd’s Senate seat

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin faced two opponents in the Democratic primary.West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin wins the Democratic primary in the race for the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat.


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August 28 2010

W.Va., La. vote in Senate primaries

Fourteen candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturday’s primary.

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August 28 2010

W.Va., La. votes in Senate primaries

Fourteen candidates sought a shot at the late Robert C. Byrd’s Senate seat, with popular Gov. Joe Manchin the front-runner on the Democratic side and a wealthy businessman and a former U.S. House candidate the best-known of the GOP contenders in Saturday’s primary.

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August 26 2010

Clyburn won’t vote for Dem nominee in Senate race

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is saying that he will not be voting for his party’s nominee for U.S. Senate because the candidate has been indicted on a felony charge.

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August 24 2010

Democrats’ Fla. Senate race: Upstart falls short

Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Kendrick Meek, gives a thumbs up to passing motorists in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. Meek cinched Florida's Senate Democratic nomination by defeating political upstart Jeff Greene on Tuesday. Rep. Kendrick Meek fights off political upstart Jeff Greene in Florida’s Senate Democratic primary to win a spot on the ballot in November.


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August 18 2010

Pivotal Senate primary in Washington decided

Dorothy Scheppke, of Des Moines, hugs U.S. Senator Patty Murray during a primary night watch party at the People for Patty Murray campaign headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 in Seattle, Wash. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times/AP photo) OUTS: SEATTLE OUT, USA TODAY OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, TELEVISION OUT, SALES OUT. MANDATORY CREDIT TO:  ERIKA SCHULTZ/THE SEATTLE TIMES.Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and her Republican challenger dove right into their fall matchup after winning the primary in a high-stakes election that could determine the balance of power in the nation’s capital.


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