Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Ariz. US Senate candidate posts unorthodox video (AP)
• Prosecutor mulling charges in editor, Miller flap (AP)
• Lincoln targets Boozman's vet, military votes (AP)
• Palin teases Reno crowd about presidential run (AP)
• Michelle Obama rallies Democrats in NY, Conn. (AP)
• WWE responds to criticism in Conn's political ring (AP)
• Texas candidates for gov urge supporters to vote (AP)
• Judge tosses out corporate campaign finance law (AP)
• Obama raising money for Senate candidates (AP)
• Angle tells Hispanic students they look Asian (AP)
• Ill.'s Giannoulias touts judgment, passes the buck (AP)
• Rare political species: Dems who tout health law (AP)
• Tarkanian behind GOP group working to defeat Reid (The Upshot)
• Ohio gov. points to character contrast in campaign (AP)
• NV gov released from hospital after horse accident (AP)
• NH Senate candidates Ayotte, Hodes debate (AP)
• ADWATCH: O'Donnell hits, misses in tax ads (AP)
• NY governor candidates — all 7 — to meet in debate (AP)
• Obama to appear on TV science show "Mythbusters" (Reuters)
• Corporate donors spend heavily to aid Murkowski (The Upshot)

Ariz. US Senate candidate posts unorthodox video (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - It's not the kind of commercial you'd expect from a U.S. Senate candidate.

Prosecutor mulling charges in editor, Miller flap (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - A security guard said he placed a reporter under citizen's arrest at a campaign event for Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller after the journalist refused orders to leave and pushed someone into a locker.

Lincoln targets Boozman's vet, military votes (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln took another swipe Monday at Republican challenger John Boozman's record on military and veterans issues, as she hunts for votes among seniors in her uphill fight to keep her job.

Palin teases Reno crowd about presidential run (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:52 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin launched a two-week run of tea party rallies Monday leading up to the election and teased supporters about a possible presidential run for herself, saying "we can see 2012 from our house."

Michelle Obama rallies Democrats in NY, Conn. (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:50 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama is asking women to get behind Democrats in next month's midterm elections.

WWE responds to criticism in Conn's political ring (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:23 PM PDT AP - World Wrestling Entertainment launched an Internet-based campaign Monday against what it says are unfair attacks on the company coming out of a U.S. Senate race in Connecticut.

Texas candidates for gov urge supporters to vote (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT AP - The candidates for Texas governor fanned out across Texas on the first day of early voting Monday, slipping into polling places in Austin and Houston to vote for themselves before urging their supporters to do the same.

Judge tosses out corporate campaign finance law (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - A state judge ruled Monday that Montana's century-old ban on corporate political spending is unconstitutional, paving the way for activist groups organized as corporations to spend as much as they want this election season.

Obama raising money for Senate candidates (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is asking big donors to help embattled congressional Democrats prepare for a final two-week push to Election Day.

Angle tells Hispanic students they look Asian (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:02 PM PDT AP - Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told dozens of Hispanic high school students last week that "some of you look a little more Asian to me," inducing gasps from the crowd and marking the latest eyebrow-raising remark she has uttered on the campaign trail.

Ill.'s Giannoulias touts judgment, passes the buck (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias describes himself as someone with the judgment and guts to make his own decisions, even if it means standing up to people with more experience. But when pressed Monday on decisions that turned into political liabilities, Giannoulias often passed the buck.

Rare political species: Dems who tout health law (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:34 PM PDT AP - It happens so rarely, it makes news: A few Democratic candidates have started to run television ads daring to defend President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Tarkanian behind GOP group working to defeat Reid (The Upshot) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 02:30 PM PDT The Upshot - Republican Danny Tarkanian lost his bid for the GOP Senate nomination in Nevada, but that hasn't stopped him from continuing his efforts to unseat Harry Reid. Tarkanian, who has endorsed onetime GOP rival Sharron Angle in the race, is behind Harry Reid Votes, a so-called 527 political action committee working to unseat the Senate majority [...]

Ohio gov. points to character contrast in campaign (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:52 PM PDT AP - Seeking a needed bump among voters, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland sought Monday to paint a contrast in character between himself and Republican rival John Kasich heading into the final stretch of the governor's race.

NV gov released from hospital after horse accident (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:25 PM PDT AP - Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has been released from a rehabilitation hospital and will continue therapy for a broken pelvis at the Governor's Mansion in Carson City.

NH Senate candidates Ayotte, Hodes debate (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:15 PM PDT AP - New Hampshire Democrat Paul Hodes, who spoke publicly about running for the U.S. Senate barely a week after being sworn in for his second term in the House, told a debate audience Monday that his Republican opponent Kelly Ayotte is driven by political ambition.

ADWATCH: O'Donnell hits, misses in tax ads (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:08 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell of Delaware is accusing her Democratic opponent of repeatedly raising taxes and nearly driving the state's most populous county into bankruptcy — mixing truth and fiction in her latest political ads.

NY governor candidates — all 7 — to meet in debate (AP) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT AP - A former madam and a candidate who named his party "Rent is 2 Damn High" are among the seven candidates set to engage for the first time in a debate on Long Island in the race to be New York's next governor.

Obama to appear on TV science show "Mythbusters" (Reuters) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 12:29 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said Monday he is appearing on "Mythbusters," a television series that uses science to separate fact from fiction.

Corporate donors spend heavily to aid Murkowski (The Upshot) Posted: 18 Oct 2010 11:52 AM PDT The Upshot - An outside group working to boost incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski's write-in bid in Alaska's hotly contested Senate race raised all of its funds from just eight corporate donorsâ€"all Alaska Native companies. In a report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission, Alaskans Standing Together reported raising $790,000 through Sept. 30. None of that money came [...]

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