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Yahoo! News: Elections

Alaska Dem rival: Murkowski campaign a lost cause (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 03:37 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2010, file photo Alaska's Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, left, shows off a T-shirt worn by one of her supporters, Alex Grundmann, at a rally at the Senator's new campaign headquarters in Juneau, Alaska. 24, 2010. Murkowski, who lost the Alaska GOP nomination to tea party favorite Joe Miller, launched a write-in campaign to try to keep the seat she has held since 2002. Political insiders say the effort probably will fail, but it's hard to predict whether Murkowski would pull more votes from Miller or from Democrat Scott McAdams. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)AP - The little-known Democrat in Alaska's Senate race is labeling Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in campaign as a lost cause.

Polarized Minn. gov. race leaves opening for indie (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:15 PM PDT

In this photo made Sept. 14, 2010, Independence Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Horner, left, looks at a robotic device shown to him by CEO Patrick McKinnery during a campaign visit to Minnesota-based Recon Robotics in Edina, Minn. Horner, a former Republican, hopes enough Minnesotans are disenchanted with the increasingly polarized two-part system to make him a viable candidate. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - An independent candidate for Minnesota governor hoping to follow in Jesse Ventura's footsteps is showing surprising strength in a race against a Democrat and a Republican at polar ends of the political spectrum.

Rep. Frank denies Clinton stop indicates weakness (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 02:10 PM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton laughs at remarks from President Barack Obama at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - When it was announced that former President Bill Clinton would make a campaign appearance for U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, more than a few eyebrows went up.

Obama dismisses GOP 'Pledge' as echo of disaster (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:22 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - President Barack Obama says Republicans' plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Third-party candidates could tip close elections (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010, file photo Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, right, leaves the polling site Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. This year's most visible third-party campaigns are being mounted by prominent Republicans who fell victim to tea party-backed candidates who labeled them as too accommodating to Democrats. Crist left the Republican Party in April when it became clear that Marco Rubio, a tea party favorite, would win the party's Senate nomination. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)AP - Whether they are sore losers or never-say-die patriots, third-party candidates threaten to tip a handful of congressional and gubernatorial races to contenders who otherwise might have lost this fall.

Lawyer questions CA execution set before election (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:13 PM PDT

In this June 2007 photo released by the California Department of Corrections is condemned inmate Albert Greenwood Brown. Brown is scheduled to die at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., on Sept. 29 for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Riverside County girl abducted on her way home from school in 1980. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections)AP - San Quentin Prison's warden walked to the death row cell of Albert Greenwood Brown on Aug. 31 and read a warrant informing him of his scheduled execution this week.

Money, economy hobble Democrat in Ind. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Democratic candidate for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat, Brad Ellsworth, left, speaks at a news conference as he campaigns with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind, in Indianapolis, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Ellsworth hopes to defeat Republican Dan Coats in the race to replace Bayh. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - Democrat Brad Ellsworth had just leveled an attack — one he acknowledged was incomplete at best — against his Republican rival for the open Senate seat in Indiana when he asked reporters what they wanted to know.

Republican economic proposals "disastrous" says Obama (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:21 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a ministerial meeting on Sudan at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama hammered Republicans on Saturday over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party's economic ideas "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Obama blasts Republicans for 'worn-out' ideas (AFP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:03 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama, pictured on September 24, on Saturday blasted AFP - President Barack Obama on Saturday blasted "worn-out" Republican plans to regain control of Congress in upcoming legislative elections, warning they would lead to another "disastrous decade."

AP Poll: Repeal? Many wish health law went further (AP)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, speaks at a private residence in Falls Church, Va. Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their drive for repeal will help them win elections in November. But the picture's not that clear-cut. An Associated Press poll finds that by more than 2-to-1 Americans, who think the law should have done more, outnumber those who think the government should stay out of health care. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has divided the nation, and Republicans believe their call for repeal will help them win elections in November. But the picture's not that clear cut.

From Murkowski to Castle, sore losers abound in Election 2010 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:08 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - One day, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel was calling Nathan Deal, her GOP primary challenger, a “corrupt relic of Washington.” The next day, after the votes had come in, she conceded defeat and endorsed him, saying “the best thing for our party is to rally around” ex-Congressman Deal.

Boehner criticizes postponement of tax cut vote (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:57 PM PDT

AP - U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY-ner) is criticizing Democratic leaders in Congress for postponing a vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts until after the Nov. 2 election.

Obama and Ban warn Sudan over breakaway votes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:52 PM PDT

Sudanese hold pro-southern independence placards during a protest outside the United Nations offices in Khartoum on September 23 in support of the referendum on southern independence. US President Barack Obama and UN chief Ban Ki-moon led international warnings to Sudan that votes which could lead to the breakup of Africa's biggest nation must be on time and without violence(AFP/File/Ashraf Shazly)AFP - US President Barack Obama and UN chief Ban Ki-moon led international warnings to Sudan that votes which could lead to the breakup of Africa's biggest nation must be on time and without violence.

A wary O'Donnell tries to repeat her magic in Del. (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:56 PM PDT

AP - The only thing harder than shocking the political world with a come-from-nowhere victory is doing it again seven weeks later.

Poll: Boxer leading Fiorina in Calif. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:36 PM PDT

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina responds to a reporters question during a campaing stop at the Dynamic Digital Displays facility in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Fiorina said that the federal government should extend tax cuts for everyone, including the wealthy, during 'an economically devastating period.' (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer has widened her lead over Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, according to a Field Poll released Friday.

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