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Rep. Tim Scott becomes South Carolina's first black senator
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tim Scott, a freshman tea party Republican, will become South Carolina's first black senator, Gov. Nikki Haley, announced Monday, appointing the congressman to fill the seat left vacant by Jim DeMint. "It is a great day for South...Tags: FreedomWorks, Jim DeMint, Regional Authority, Tim Scott, Barack Obama
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Several Senate races tighten; write-in Lisa Murkowski closes on Republican Joe Miller [Update]
Top of the TicketNew polls show race snapshots as early voting begins in many states as soon as next week.... -
Illinois Senate debate Mark Kirk vs Alexi Giannoulias
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Pennsylvania Senate debate: Pat Toomey vs. Joe Sestak
Top of the TicketFull transcript. ABC News stages another U.S. Senate debate, this one in the Keystone state.... -
Chicagoan President Obama votes early, but only once
Top of the TicketAh, but how many times will his ballot be counted back home in Cook County?... -
Is Democrat Jesse Jackson Jr. attempting magic tricks on the House floor?
Top of the TicketBut what is the Chicago Democrat doing in this video with his right hand?... -
Sen. Roland Burris admonished by ethics panel for being 'less than candid' during probe
Top of the TicketThe Senate Ethics Committee admonished Sen. Roland Burris today for being "less than candid" about his contacts with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the months before Burris' appointment to the Senate. In a letter to the Illinois Democrat, the ethics...... -
Who received Obama's presidential calls after today's Senate healthcare vote (Hint: Not Mitch McConnell)
Top of the TicketThe president called 14 people including the widow of Ted Kennedy. But he added one surprise call in there too.... -
Senator Oprah? O, imagine the possibilities!
Top of the TicketGov. Rod Blagojevich pondered naming the talk-show hostess to Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat. What fun that would have been!... -
One in, one out: Jerry Brown to announce for Calif. governor, as Harold Ford opts out of N.Y. Senate tilt
Top of the TicketYour up-to-date Ticket scorecard on who's in and who's out in the nation's shifting races.... -
The law is on Blagojevich's side
Like it or not, Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has the legal authority to appoint Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, and Burris, the state's former attorney general, should be allowed to take the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Senate...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Lawyers, Local Elections, University of California, Irvine
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Letters to the editor
Focus on Blagojevich Re “Senators call appointment unwelcome,” Dec. 31 Isn't Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris less scandalous than Richard Nixon's appointment of Gerald Ford as vice president? In the latter...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, Jerusalem (Israel), Gerald Ford, Environmental Politics
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