Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Ex-Republican and Bush campaign head says is gay (AFP)
• Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin (AP)
• Clyburn won't vote for Dem nominee in Senate race (AP)
• A top Vt. senator claims victory in governor race (AP)
• Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP)
• McCain wins as Republican incumbents face upstart challenges (AFP)
• Rain lifts, vacationing Obamas dine out for lunch (AP)
• Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP)
• As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit (AP)
• Iowa woman convicted in Obama records viewing case (AP)
• Walden: Democrats Panicked Over Election-Year Economy (CQPolitics.com)
• Ex-congressman gets another chance for Ohio ballot (AP)
• Obama's Hawaii vacation rental sold for $6.9M (AP)
• Obama discusses economy, markets in advisers call (Reuters)
• Obama planning second back-to-school speech (AP)
• Ads slam Senate candidates in Ky., Pa. and Calif. (AP)
• More women in political spotlight, but gap remains (AP)
• Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters)
• Vacationing Obama gets temp press secretary (AP)
• "Stunned" government to appeal stem-cell ruling (Reuters)

Ex-Republican and Bush campaign head says is gay (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:23 PM PDT AFP - A former head of the Republican National Committee who managed George W. Bush's 2004 re-election campaign announced he is gay in a recently published interview.

Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - A judge denied former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's request Wednesday to have his money laundering trial moved from Austin, which DeLay calls a liberal bastion where he alleges a rogue prosecutor crusaded against him.

Clyburn won't vote for Dem nominee in Senate race (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - 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.

A top Vt. senator claims victory in governor race (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - The Vermont Senate's top Democrat has apparently won the party's gubernatorial nomination, but the prospect of a recount loomed for a party that would prefer a united front in trying to win back the office.

Palin a central figure in tight Alaska Senate race (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:49 PM PDT AP - As Sen. Lisa Murkowski watched the shocking election returns come into her election headquarters on primary night, she became painfully aware of two powerful forces in American politics in 2010: anti-government rage and Sarah Palin.

McCain wins as Republican incumbents face upstart challenges (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 03:40 PM PDT AFP - US Senator John McCain claimed an easy primary victory Wednesday in a key electoral test of Americans' anti-incumbent fervor, ahead of November's nationwide vote to determine which party will control Congress.

Rain lifts, vacationing Obamas dine out for lunch (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:52 PM PDT AP - Emerging from semi-seclusion after four days of drenching rain, a cheery President Barack Obama lunched with his wife and daughters at a wharfside restaurant Wednesday and mingled with fellow vacationers. It was the family's first public appearance together since beginning their Martha's Vineyard stay.

Obama to address nation to mark end of Iraq combat (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office and visit troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, on Tuesday to mark the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq.

As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT AP - A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul. And the Democrats hope to benefit.

Iowa woman convicted in Obama records viewing case (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:22 PM PDT AP - A federal jury has convicted an Iowa woman of illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records.

Walden: Democrats Panicked Over Election-Year Economy (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:18 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Charlotte, N.C. -- At a campaign stop here Wednesday, National Republican Congressional Committee Deputy Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) said Democrats' anxiety over jobs has reached new depths. That fear, Walden noted, was palpable in the party's response to GOP calls for the resignation of the White House economic team.

Ex-congressman gets another chance for Ohio ballot (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - A convicted former congressman from Ohio has won more time to prove he collected enough petition signatures to run for Congress Nov. 2 as an independent.

Obama's Hawaii vacation rental sold for $6.9M (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - The beachfront Hawaii home rented by President Barack Obama and his family during their last two Christmas vacations has been sold for $6.9 million.

Obama discusses economy, markets in advisers call (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama held a conference call with top economic advisers on Wednesday to discuss newly released grim data that has raised fears the economy is at risk of a new downturn.

Obama planning second back-to-school speech (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:58 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is planning his second back-to-school speech to the nation's students.

Ads slam Senate candidates in Ky., Pa. and Calif. (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:42 PM PDT AP - A political group affiliated with former top Republican Party officials is airing TV ads in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and California targeting Democratic U.S. Senate candidates for supporting what the group disparagingly calls "ObamaCare."

More women in political spotlight, but gap remains (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:29 PM PDT AP - The suffragists who 90 years ago won voting rights for women would likely shake their heads in wonder at this election, with its "mama grizzly" candidates and high-stakes woman-vs.-woman showdowns.

Obama to make Oval Office address about Iraq Tuesday (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 01:26 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will address the American public from the White House Oval Office on Tuesday about the U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq, the White House said.

Vacationing Obama gets temp press secretary (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 12:03 PM PDT AP - With his broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

"Stunned" government to appeal stem-cell ruling (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:18 AM PDT Reuters - Stunned and disappointed Obama administration officials said on Tuesday they would appeal a federal court ruling that temporarily barred federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

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