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Phoenix gunman found dead of apparent suicide
A man who shot and killed a call-center CEO and critically wounded a lawyer at a Phoenix office building where they were meeting to discuss a contract ...
New Faces: Newly elected US senators
A look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election: ARIZONA Republican Jeff Flake, the congressman who won Arizona's open U.S.
Democrats maintain control of Senate
Democrats handily secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday, snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back fierce, ...
Democrats win Senate races in Wisconsin, NM
Democrats have won competitive Senate races in Wisconsin and New Mexico, two open seats they currently hold. Rep. Tammy Baldwin defeated former Gov.
New Congress likely to frustrate Obama or Romney
No matter who is elected president, he's likely to find that the next Congress will remain what the current one has been for President Barack Obama ...
A state-by-state look at Tuesday's election
A state by state look at key races and measures on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for ...
GOP pursues last chances to upend Senate Dems
Republicans vigorously pursued their last, longshot chances for taking control of the Senate — Pennsylvania topped their list — as Democrats remained ...
A state by state look at the election
A state by state look at key races on the ballot on Tuesday. The number of electoral votes is in parenthesis. Alabama (9) — Safe for Republican Mitt ...
Romney and Obama pop up in latest GOP Senate ads
A resurgent Mitt Romney is popping up more in other Republican candidates' ads as both parties press their closing arguments in closely contested ...
Senate race a tie-breaker for Wisconsin Dems, GOP
Tommy Thompson, four-term Wisconsin governor and Republican Senate nominee, warmed up the audience for the main event — an exuberant, humorous, always ...
GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
Just as Mitt Romney and other Republicans had cut into the Democrats' advantage with female voters, a tea party-backed Senate candidate's awkward ...
Sept. 11 an issue for ads in WI Senate race
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have suddenly become a major issue in Wisconsin's surprisingly tight U.S. Senate race. Tommy Thompson invoked Sept.
Economic upturn, auto bailout lift Dems in Midwest
Republicans and Gov. Scott Walker spent months and millions of dollars on ads in the divisive recall election telling Wisconsin voters that the state ...
Presidential race buffets fight for Senate control
The party that runs the Senate next year may be decided by how well President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney do in toss-up states like Nevada, Ohio, ...
Resurgent liberal makes Wisconsin race tight
For the last few years, the most endangered species in Wisconsin appeared to be the liberal Democrat. In one election after another, unhappy voters ...
Thompson says son feels terrible for Obama remark
Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that his son feels terrible for suggesting that voters should send President Barack Obama back ...
Big cash spent in AZ, PA, MA Senate race reports
Republican candidates for the Senate in conservative-leaning states generally outraised their Democratic opponents in the latest fundraising quarter ...
Thompson campaign says son sorry for Obama remark
Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson's campaign says his son has apologized for suggesting that voters should send President Barack Obama back ...
Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning Sunday
As Mitt Romney's campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama's political advisers on Sunday promised the ...
Senate race ads focus on Medicare, Obamacare, debt
For critical Senate races, Republicans are turning to the playbook that served them so well in the 2010 elections. They're saturating the airwaves ...
GOP reviews turning negative on Romney's campaign
On the eve of the first presidential debate, the early autumn Republican reviews are in for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, and they are not ...
Record number of gays seeking seats in Congress
Of the four openly gay members of Congress, the two longest-serving stalwarts are vacating their seats. Instead of fretting, their activist admirers ...
Police ID man who killed self on TV after chase
A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix police officers and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national ...
Man fatally shoots self on TV after Ariz. chase
A man fatally shot himself in the head Friday on live national television at the end of a high-speed carjacking chase that began in Phoenix and ended ...