Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Sestak, Toomey debate in tight Senate race in Pa. (AP)
• Obama asks voters to stick with Democrats (AP)
• This week’s key question: Is Christine O’Donnell a bad neighbor? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Bill Brady joins Newt Gingrich at jobs rally (AP)
• Wrestling lobbying attacked in Conn. Senate race (AP)
• Dems, GOP seek money edge in House, Senate races (AP)
• Conn.: Voters should ditch WWE garb at the polls (AP)
• Obama brands Republicans as radicals (AFP)
• Spanish-language media urges Latinos to vote (AP)
• Campaigning Obama says Republicans push "snake oil" (Reuters)
• Tenn. man gets 14 years for planned killing spree (AP)
• House hopeful would be 1st black GOP rep in years (AP)
• Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates (AP)
• Obama shocked, saddened by youth suicides (AP)
• Palin makes surprise appearance at Arizona rally (AP)
• DCCC Carries Significant Cash Advantage Into Final Leg of Campaign (CQPolitics.com)
• GOP storm bears down on Wis., may pass Minn. by (AP)
• 'Chrysler's congressman' struggling in Mich. race (AP)
• O'Donnell updates financial report to show savings (AP)
• Sestak and Toomey in a dead heat in Pennsylvania (The Upshot)

Sestak, Toomey debate in tight Senate race in Pa. (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:28 PM PDT AP - Pennsylvania's candidates for U.S. Senate clashed Friday over the best way to save more jobs during the recession, and both refused to take responsibility for the negative tone of the campaign during their second and last debate in a close and increasingly expensive race.

Obama asks voters to stick with Democrats (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT AP - Control of Congress at stake, President Barack Obama entreated voters Friday to stick with Democrats on Nov. 2 even though times are tough and the electricity of his presidential campaign can seem like a faded memory.

This week’s key question: Is Christine O’Donnell a bad neighbor? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Each week until the election, Slate's John Dickerson is trying to answer questions from recent political news or from something that has come up in his reporting. He welcomes readers to weigh in with answers â€" or with more political …

Bill Brady joins Newt Gingrich at jobs rally (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:45 PM PDT AP - Illinois' Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich say Democratic officials in the state and Washington have hurt the economy.

Wrestling lobbying attacked in Conn. Senate race (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:34 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, a former wrestling executive accused by her Democratic opponent of trying to skirt health and safety regulations by lobbying states to deregulate wrestling as a sport, says her company's health requirements were stricter than those of state athletic commissions.

Dems, GOP seek money edge in House, Senate races (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Poised to pour campaign money where needed, the political committees of House and Senate Republicans opened lines of credit to boost their cash on hand in the final days before the midterm election.

Conn.: Voters should ditch WWE garb at the polls (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:40 PM PDT AP - Local election officials in Connecticut are being told they can ask people wearing World Wrestling Entertainment garb to cover it up while voting because it could be considered political advertising for Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the company's former CEO.

Obama brands Republicans as radicals (AFP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:38 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday branded Republicans as radical and reactionary, in campaign appearances for high-profile Democratic senators under threat in November's mid-term polls.

Spanish-language media urges Latinos to vote (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:18 PM PDT AP - Spanish-language media is revving up a massive get-out-the-vote campaign to ensure the nation's Hispanics wield their clout at the polls.

Campaigning Obama says Republicans push "snake oil" (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of peddling discredited "snake oil ideas" about the U.S. economy as he tried to win votes for struggling Democrats in a battle for control of the Senate.

Tenn. man gets 14 years for planned killing spree (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT AP - A 22-year-old man who plotted a 2008 killing spree that included the intended assassination of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

House hopeful would be 1st black GOP rep in years (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:15 PM PDT AP - If Tim Scott succeeds in becoming the first black Republican from the Deep South elected to Congress since the 1800s, he would become a celebrity for a national party still struggling to attract diverse voters.

Bill Clinton races to help Democratic candidates (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT AP - Bill Clinton, out of the Oval Office for nearly a decade and once considered a political liability, is campaigning for Democratic candidates at a pace no one can match, drawing big crowds and going to states that President Barack Obama avoids.

Obama shocked, saddened by youth suicides (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said he was "shocked and saddened" by the recent suicides of several young people who were bullied and taunted for being gay.

Palin makes surprise appearance at Arizona rally (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:16 PM PDT AP - Sarah Palin was a surprise guest at a Tea Party Express rally that drew about 1,000 people to the Arizona Capitol.

DCCC Carries Significant Cash Advantage Into Final Leg of Campaign (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:15 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reported a massive cash advantage over its Republican rival weeks before Election Day, according to Federal Election Commission reports filed Thursday.

GOP storm bears down on Wis., may pass Minn. by (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:50 PM PDT AP - For the last half-century, retiree Georgi Anderson consistently voted for Democrats in Wisconsin. It was a party, she says, that "stood for something better. They were on the side of the working man."

'Chrysler's congressman' struggling in Mich. race (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:36 PM PDT AP - Gary Peters remembers the meeting like it was yesterday — hearing then-Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli telling top executives how close the automaker was to liquidating its assets.

O'Donnell updates financial report to show savings (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT AP - Facing lingering questions about how she pays her bills, Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell has amended her Senate financial disclosure to show she has a savings account worth up to $15,000.

Sestak and Toomey in a dead heat in Pennsylvania (The Upshot) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT The Upshot - Are Democrats regaining their mojo in Pennsylvania? After months of dismal poll numbers, in part due to President Obama's declining popularity in the state, Democrat Joe Sestak has suddenly surged in the state's closely watched Senate race, eliminating GOP rival Pat Toomey's once-sizable lead. Three separate polls this week have found Sestak and Toomey in [...]

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