Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Sen. Mikulski gets Maryland Dems' nod; 11 GOPs vie (AP)
• Democrat Brown releases 1st ads attacking Whitman (AP)
• Ehrlich wins GOP nod to face Md. Gov. O'Malley (AP)
• Tea party Senate favorites lead in NH, Delaware (AP)
• AK senator to decide on write-in bid by Friday (AP)
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• John Stephen wins NH Republican governor primary (AP)
• Bill Clinton stumps for Ohio's Democratic governor (AP)
• Immigrants measure could come before Senate (AP)
• Latinos could be key in Chicago's mayoral race (AP)
• 2010 Michigan 9th District race: Democrat Gary Peters challenged by fellow veteran Rocky Raczkowski (The Newsroom)
• AZ Green Party 'sham' candidates to stay on ballot (AP)
• 2010 Florida Senate: Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek in three-way race (The Newsroom)
• Ind. campaign manager resigns over anti-gay tweets (AP)
• Obama seeks a few more wins in Democratic Congress (Reuters)
• Hit by ethics rap, NY Rep. Rangel in primary fight (AP)
• At Iowa Steak Fry, Dem Strategists Try to Energize Party (Time.com)
• Top Obama ally hopes for tax cut victory (AFP)
• Judge affirms Tancredo for Colo. ballot (AP)
• 2010 Washington U.S. Senate Race: Sen. Patty Murray vs. Dino Rossi (The Newsroom)

Sen. Mikulski gets Maryland Dems' nod; 11 GOPs vie (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 06:05 PM PDT AP - Maryland's Barbara Mikulski has won the Democratic nomination for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

Democrat Brown releases 1st ads attacking Whitman (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:59 PM PDT AP - Democrat Jerry Brown on Tuesday released his first attack ads against rival Meg Whitman, portraying the Republican candidate as the notoriously lying Pinocchio with her attacks against him in the close race for California governor.

Ehrlich wins GOP nod to face Md. Gov. O'Malley (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:48 PM PDT AP - Former Gov. Robert Ehrlich has defeated investor Brian Murphy in the Republican primary for Maryland governor.

Tea party Senate favorites lead in NH, Delaware (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:45 PM PDT AP - Tea party-supported candidates in New Hampshire and Delaware seized early leads over establishment-backed rivals in Republican senatorial races Tuesday, the finale to a primary season marked by economic recession and political upheaval.

AK senator to decide on write-in bid by Friday (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:44 PM PDT AP - Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who conceded the GOP primary to tea-party backed Joe Miller last month, said she'll decide by Friday whether to mount a write-in candidacy.

(AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:41 PM PDT AP - Robert Ehrlich wins GOP nod in Maryland, setting up rematch against Gov. Martin O'Malley.

John Stephen wins NH Republican governor primary (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:27 PM PDT AP - Former New Hampshire health Commissioner John Stephen has defeated three lesser-known opponents to capture the Republican gubernatorial nomination and will face Democratic Gov. John Lynch in November.

Bill Clinton stumps for Ohio's Democratic governor (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton has told Ohio residents office holders might not get credit from voters in November's midterm elections "if people don't feel better" about the economy.

Immigrants measure could come before Senate (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he wants to attach an amendment to an upcoming defense policy bill that would help young people in the country illegally become legal U.S. residents.

Latinos could be key in Chicago's mayoral race (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - Two days after Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he wouldn't seek a seventh term, a group of Latino activists pondered an idea that seemed implausible the last time Chicago chose a new leader: An outcome decided by Latinos.

2010 Michigan 9th District race: Democrat Gary Peters challenged by fellow veteran Rocky Raczkowski (The Newsroom) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 03:31 PM PDT The Newsroom - Incumbent Gary Peters is favored demographically and through a massive campaign war chest in his re-election bid this midterm election.

AZ Green Party 'sham' candidates to stay on ballot (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - A judge on Tuesday allowed contested Green Party candidates in Arizona to remain on the November ballot, denying a request that they be kicked off because Republicans allegedly recruited them to siphon votes from Democrats.

2010 Florida Senate: Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek in three-way race (The Newsroom) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:41 PM PDT The Newsroom - Every election cycle, Florida finds a new way to make national headlines. For the 2010 midterms, Florida has perhaps the most unique Senate race in the nation. There are three major candidates running for U.S. Senate, with the independent nominee putting up a bigger fight than the Democrat. However, Charlie Crist is no ordinary independent, as the governor gambled by leaving the Republican Party; he is out to make that gamble pay off. Yet Republican candidate Marco Rubio is making that task even more difficult.

Ind. campaign manager resigns over anti-gay tweets (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT AP - A Republican congressional candidate in Indianapolis says his volunteer campaign manager has resigned after making disparaging comments about gays, Muslims and others on a social networking site.

Obama seeks a few more wins in Democratic Congress (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:33 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama wants to eke out at least a few more victories in Congress this year before Republicans possibly wrest control of it from his fellow Democrats.

Hit by ethics rap, NY Rep. Rangel in primary fight (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:27 PM PDT AP - Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel is counting on voters in New York City's Harlem neighborhood to give him another term in Congress.

At Iowa Steak Fry, Dem Strategists Try to Energize Party (Time.com) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:20 PM PDT Time.com - President Obama's top political strategists, David Plouffe and David Axelrod, visit Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's steak fry with a few pages from the 2008 playbook

Top Obama ally hopes for tax cut victory (AFP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:11 PM PDT AFP - The top US Senate Democrat said Tuesday he hoped to have the votes needed to extend middle-class tax cuts due to expire at year's end while letting rates on the highest brackets rise.

Judge affirms Tancredo for Colo. ballot (AP) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - A judge has ruled that third-party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo can stay on Colorado's ballot in November.

2010 Washington U.S. Senate Race: Sen. Patty Murray vs. Dino Rossi (The Newsroom) Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:58 PM PDT The Newsroom - In Washington state, Republicans see a chance to swing a key Senate seat their way. Yet despite the media narrative of how vulnerable Democratic incumbents are, Republican challenger Dino Rossi still has work to do against Sen. Patty Murray. After both candidates won easy primaries on Aug. 17, they have turned their attention toward a close general election.

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