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Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor
NEW YORK — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago, announced in a YouTube video late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York. “I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Satellite and Cable Service, Anthony D. Weiner, Health Insurance, Television Industry
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Henry A Waxman, Labor Legislation, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Army, Ethics
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'Maldonado for governor' off to a bad start
SACRAMENTO — It seemed like a fairly good idea at the time — the idea of Abel Maldonado running for governor. He wasn't going to win. But neither would he be a Republican embarrassment. There was no Republican in sight with even a faint...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Jerry Brown, Racism, Abel Maldonado
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Henry A Waxman, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Organizing for Action, Barack Obama, Voting, Harry Reid, National Rifle Association of America
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: Henry C. Johnson Jr., Malaria, Weather, Carolyn B. Maloney, Environmental Issues
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South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Greg Walden, Israel, Tim Scott
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South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows
The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Mark Sanford, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Mark Sanford attributes victory to S.C.'s tradition of forgiveness
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford said his surprisingly strong victory in a special election Tuesday is a testament to South Carolina’s forgiving tradition, and he vowed to be a watchdog for taxpayers in his district when he returns to Congress. Sanford,...
Tags: Television Industry, Human Interest, Mark Sanford, Republican Party, Comedy Central (tv network)
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In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues
CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...
Tags: David Koch, Barack Obama, Online Media Industry, Lindsey O. Graham, Human Interest
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Sarah Palin for Senate? Some tea party activists want her to run
SEATTLE — Sarah Palin’s last elective position in Alaska ended early when in 2009 she abandoned the governorship midway through her first term. But tea party activists appear eager for a comeback, urging supporters to contribute money toward...
Tags: Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senate, Sean Parnell, Harry Reid, Tea Party Movement
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...
Tags: Greg Walden, Barack Obama, Israel, Jesse Jackson, Tim Scott
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