Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Clinton in Calif drumming up support for Democrats (AP)
• Politics trumps loyalty in Democratic House effort (AP)
• Senate GOP, Democrats fight for financial edge (AP)
• Ill. Senate race turns to voting concerns (AP)
• High black turnout could shape US elections: experts (AFP)
• Obama stumps for Democrat facing Tea Party darling (Reuters)
• Angle spends $1 million weekly in Reid contest (AP)
• Murkowski ads featuring Stevens to air (AP)
• Kirk outraises Giannoulias in Illinois Senate race (AP)
• RI police reviewing leaked document accusations (AP)
• Obama allies' election bid doomed by wealth slump: study (AFP)
• O'Donnell rakes in cash for tea party-fueled bid (AP)
• Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com)
• Obama, Rice discuss security issues (AP)
• Angle and Reid both have $4 million for the final stretch (The Upshot)
• Dem has campaign cash edge in Pa. Senate race (AP)
• In NY, US Senate candidates clash in 1st debate (AP)
• Fla. Senate candidates clash over Social Security (AP)
• Blunt, Carnahan on attack again in Mo. debate (AP)
• Inside Ask America: What should Washington do about the economy? (Y! News - Ask America)

Clinton in Calif drumming up support for Democrats (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - Former President Bill Clinton told Democratic supporters at a rally in Southern California that the November election is a clear choice between competing ideas.

Politics trumps loyalty in Democratic House effort (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - Grasping to keep control of Congress, Democratic leaders are turning their backs on some of their staunchest supporters in the House and propping up stronger candidates who have routinely defied them on health care, climate change and other major issues.

Senate GOP, Democrats fight for financial edge (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT AP - The Democrats' national fundraising organizations have become a silver lining for a beleaguered party that has its hands full with Republican-allied outside groups and well-financed GOP candidates.

Ill. Senate race turns to voting concerns (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - Both candidates in Illinois' high-profile Senate race took issue Friday with what they see as threats to the voting rights of their likely supporters.

High black turnout could shape US elections: experts (AFP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:42 PM PDT AFP - African-Americans are fired up and ready to vote in the upcoming mid-term elections, and a large black voter turnout could upend predictions of a drubbing for the Democratic Party, experts said Friday.

Obama stumps for Democrat facing Tea Party darling (Reuters) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden joined forces on Friday to campaign in Delaware for a heavily favored Democratic Senate candidate at a rally aimed at drawing sharp contrasts with a Tea Party-backed Republican opponent.

Angle spends $1 million weekly in Reid contest (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:21 PM PDT AP - Republican Sharron Angle clobbered Sen. Harry Reid in fundraising between July and September but most of the cash is gone — she's spending an average of nearly $1 million a week in her bid to defeat the Democratic leader.

Murkowski ads featuring Stevens to air (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 04:08 PM PDT AP - The late-Sen. Ted Stevens, who died in a plane crash two weeks before Alaska's primary, endorses Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a campaign ad that will begin airing statewide as early as Friday night.

Kirk outraises Giannoulias in Illinois Senate race (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:59 PM PDT AP - The Republican has raised more money than the Democrat in the race for President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat.

RI police reviewing leaked document accusations (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Rhode Island state police say they're reviewing allegations by the former manager of a gubernatorial campaign that records of his unemployment benefits were illegally obtained.

Obama allies' election bid doomed by wealth slump: study (AFP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:25 PM PDT AFP - Although there are still two weeks to go before US voters head to the polls for local elections, the fate of President Barack Obama's allies may already be cast, at least according to one study published Friday.

O'Donnell rakes in cash for tea party-fueled bid (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell of Delaware may be trailing in the polls but she's strongly outpacing Democratic rival Chris Coons in fundraising.

Risky Campaign-Ad Fight: Obama vs. Chamber of Commerce (Time.com) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:55 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

Obama, Rice discuss security issues (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama met with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday in a wide-ranging talk that also included Rice giving the president a copy of her new book, the White House said.

Angle and Reid both have $4 million for the final stretch (The Upshot) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:35 PM PDT The Upshot - Not only are Harry Reid and Sharron Angle tied in Nevada polls, the two candidates enter the final stretch of the 2010 campaign with the same amount of cash in the bank. According to finance reports filed Friday, Reid and Angle each had roughly $4 million in the bank as of Oct. 1. As The [...]

Dem has campaign cash edge in Pa. Senate race (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:28 PM PDT AP - Despite being outraised, Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate headed into the final month of the campaign with slightly more cash than his Republican counterpart.

In NY, US Senate candidates clash in 1st debate (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican rival Joe DioGuardi clashed over health care, terror trials and each other's trustworthiness in their first campaign debate Friday.

Fla. Senate candidates clash over Social Security (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:07 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio accused Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday of using "shameful" scare tactics to frighten seniors about his views on Social Security, but Crist stood his ground while Democratic candidate and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek said both men are suspect on protecting benefits.

Blunt, Carnahan on attack again in Mo. debate (AP) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - Missouri's leading Senate candidates clashed Friday over the economy, with Republican Roy Blunt calling the economic stimulus "a huge waste of money" that benefited a business run by Democratic hopeful Robin Carnahan's brother.

Inside Ask America: What should Washington do about the economy? (Y! News - Ask America) Posted: 15 Oct 2010 02:00 PM PDT Y! News - Ask America - With the national narrative this election season focused on jobs and the slumping economy, Ask America has been polling people on how Washington is coping with the situation. So far, Ask America, which collects opinions through non-traditional polling, has gotten …

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