Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Republican Boozman defends votes on military, vets (AP)
• Ill. candidate's name misspelled as 'Whitey' (AP)
• Palin starts 3-day Calif. tour, helps rally GOP (AP)
• Reid, Angle to meet in only debate of Nev. race (AP)
• Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com)
• First Lady may have violated Illinois election laws (Daily Caller)
• Corrected - Obama: Sudan one of "highest priorities" (Reuters)
• Obama goes after youth vote, gets a grilling (AP)
• Obama hails Chilean president for miners' rescue (AP)
• AP Interview: Brady plans to focus on economy (AP)
• Obama backs boosting revenue for Social Security (Reuters)
• Young voters pose skeptical questions to Obama (Reuters)
• Democrats pulling cash from losing candidates: source (AFP)
• Ark. Republican Boozman raises $1.65M in 3 months (AP)
• O'Donnell dodges evangelical issues in Senate race (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Murkowski to air ads with Stevens (AP)
• Barrett slams GOP rival for Wis. gov. on finances (AP)
• Clinton to young voters: Don't sit out midterms (AP)
• Luis Gutierrez will not enter Chicago mayoral race (AP)
• Michelle Obama tries to revive Democrats' spirits (AP)

Republican Boozman defends votes on military, vets (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:39 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate hopeful John Boozman on Thursday fought back against Sen. Blanche Lincoln's criticism of his military record, calling the Arkansas Democrat's charge that he's voted against veterans' programs a sign that her campaign's become desperate.

Ill. candidate's name misspelled as 'Whitey' (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:19 PM PDT AP - An Illinois gubernatorial candidate's name was mistakenly listed as "Rich Whitey" instead of Rich Whitney on thousands of Chicago electronic-voting machines and will be corrected, elections officials said Thursday.

Palin starts 3-day Calif. tour, helps rally GOP (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin began a three-day swing through California on Thursday that promises to be equal parts promotional and political in a state that has been slow to embrace her conservative star power.

Reid, Angle to meet in only debate of Nev. race (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:16 PM PDT AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican rival Sharron Angle share a local stage and a national spotlight Thursday in the only debate of a caustic campaign that pits the embodiment of the Democratic establishment against a tea party-backed challenger.

Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT Time.com - Hoping to stir his Democratic base, President Obama picks a fight with the Chamber of Commerce over its massive advertising campaign ahead of the midterm elections

First Lady may have violated Illinois election laws (Daily Caller) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:27 PM PDT Daily Caller - First Lady Michelle Obama reportedly violated Illinois election laws by encouraging voters to support President Obama at a polling place in Chicago Thursday morning.

Corrected - Obama: Sudan one of "highest priorities" (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - (Corrects to referendums from election in first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday his administration was using a range of diplomatic means to ensure peaceful voting in referendums in Sudan in January, which he called "a huge issue."

Obama goes after youth vote, gets a grilling (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - Going after the youth vote, President Barack Obama got a grilling Thursday from a mostly under-30 crowd of adults, who sternly challenged him across his economic and social agenda and showed little hesitation to press him for greater results.

Obama hails Chilean president for miners' rescue (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:54 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has congratulated the president of Chile on the rescue of the 33 miners who had been trapped underground for more than two months.

AP Interview: Brady plans to focus on economy (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - If chosen to lead the state of Illinois, Bill Brady isn't sure whether he would cut health services expanded by previous governors. He can't specify any sacrifices residents will have to make if the state is going to solve its budget crisis. And he doesn't know who would work in his administration.

Obama backs boosting revenue for Social Security (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he favored raising more revenue for Social Security to prolong the solvency of the U.S. retirement fund, rather than just cutting benefits or making people work longer.

Young voters pose skeptical questions to Obama (Reuters) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama faced some skeptical questions from young people and defended his policies, from job creation to immigration, on Thursday in an effort to rev up Democratic voter enthusiasm for the November 2 midterm elections.

Democrats pulling cash from losing candidates: source (AFP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:23 PM PDT AFP - The Democratic Party has decided to pull cash from some candidates unlikely to win their races in November mid-term congressional elections and redeploy funds to more competitive races, a source said Thursday.

Ark. Republican Boozman raises $1.65M in 3 months (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate hopeful John Boozman has $1.3 million in the bank in his effort to unseat Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, his campaign said Thursday.

O'Donnell dodges evangelical issues in Senate race (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - Suddenly, Christine O'Donnell doesn't want to talk about values and religion. The Republican Senate nominee from Delaware, who said four years ago that she heard the "audible voice of God" encouraging her to run for office, is shying away from publicly stating the evangelical views that built her career as a television pundit and conservative activist.

APNewsBreak: Murkowski to air ads with Stevens (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT AP - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she plans to air television ads featuring the late-Sen. Ted Stevens.

Barrett slams GOP rival for Wis. gov. on finances (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT AP - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett accused Republican nominee Scott Walker of mismanaging Milwaukee County's finances on Thursday after a report said state law should be changed in case the county wanted to file for bankruptcy.

Clinton to young voters: Don't sit out midterms (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:55 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton says young people will be committing "malpractice" if they sit out the midterm elections and let Republicans win this fall.

Luis Gutierrez will not enter Chicago mayoral race (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez says he's not running for Chicago mayor.

Michelle Obama tries to revive Democrats' spirits (AP) Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama is trying to fire up downtrodden Democrats fearing big midterm losses by trying to recapture their excitement from two years ago.

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