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SHARPTON BLASTS MALONEY FOR USING N-WORD; REP DANNY DAVIS TO SEEK LOCAL OFFICE IN 2010; CHRISTIE TAPS RUNNINGMATE; NM GOV RACE GETS MORE CROWDED; PATE... 21 Jul 2009 | 02:56 pm
NEW YORK #1. Outspoken civil rights activist Al Sharpton -- a supporter US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) -- is lashing out her 2010 primary opponent. Sharpton blasted Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D...
SENATORS ANNOUNCE SOTOMAYOR STANCES; ENSIGN APPROVAL RATE CRASHES; ROMNEY LEADS GOP FIELD FOR 2012; REID BACK GILLIBRAND 20 Jul 2009 | 12:36 pm
SUPREME COURT. As the committee confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wind down, several previously-undecided Senators have announced their positions. While Democrats soli...
AMA Endorses House Dem Health Care Plan; New Polls from NH, NJ. TX, NY; Maryland's GOP Bench. 17 Jul 2009 | 04:18 pm
HEALTH CARE REFORM. In a major surprise, the powerful American Medical Association officially endorsed -- without any qualifications -- the House Democrats' $1 trillion health care reform proposal. Th...
Ensign to Run Again in '12; GOP Foes Lining Up Against Kosmas; MN GOP Guv Race Get More Crowded; Cuomo Outraises Paterson; IL Green Makes Second Guv R... 16 Jul 2009 | 02:49 pm
NEVADA. Embattled US Senator John Ensign (R) announced this week that that he will seek re-election in 2012. Ensign recently admitted to an affair with a former staffer, whom his family later made sig...
NRSC Endorses Toomey; Gerlach Makes PA Guv Run Official; Christie Widens Lead; Schauer-Walberg Rematch Is On; Ramstad Stays Out of Crowded MN Guv Race... 15 Jul 2009 | 01:16 pm
PENNSYLVANIA. After holding off for several months, the NRSC formally endorsed former Congressman Pat Toomey for the US Senate seat next year. "Congressman Pat Toomey's life experience and public serv...
KBH Makes It Official of '10 Texas Guv Race; McKenna Out, Kirk In in Illinois; Specter-Sestak Primary Will Be Costly; SarahPAC Raises $730,000. 14 Jul 2009 | 02:47 pm
TEXAS. As expected, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison announced Monday that she will challenge incumbent Governor Rick Perry in next year's Republican gubernatorial primary. Hutchison, who previously ha...
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Begin; California CD-10 Special Dates Set; Kirk Wants to Run for US Senate "if...". 13 Jul 2009 | 02:19 pm
SUPREME COURT. US Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- nominated to replace retiring US Supreme Court Justice David Souter -- begins her public confirmation hearings before the US Senate Judiciar...
