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Women conceived after rape speak out for Mourdock
Women born as a result of rape are defending Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock in the waning days of a campaign that has been shaken up by the ...
Mass. Sen. hopefuls have spent $68M on race so far
Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren ramped up their voter outreach efforts Thursday as new campaign fundraising ...
Former GOP Sen. Hagel to back Democrat Kerrey
Democrat Bob Kerrey got an atta-boy Thursday from former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, who said the former senator would break the partisan "nonsense ...
Warren ad tweaks Brown for refusing debate offer
Democrat Elizabeth Warren is tweaking Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for refusing a final debate offer. The fourth debate was planned for Tuesday, but ...
Gingrich: Akin win could rebuke GOP establishment
Still mourning the death of her mother, Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill returned to campaigning Wednesday as Republican challenger Todd Akin ...
Ind. Dem. Donnelly walks careful line on abortion
Indiana Democratic Senate hopeful Joe Donnelly is being careful how he uses his Republican rival's remark about abortion after rape because of his own ...
In Mass., Brown, Warren wind up for final pitches
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is casting himself as an independent Republican voice and Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren says she'll guarantee women ...
New ad urges Romney supporters to back Akin
A Republican-leaning political group that once opposed Missouri Rep. Todd Akin's Senate bid is launching the biggest ad buy on his behalf since the ...
McCaskill renews campaigning after mother's death
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is back on the campaign trail for the first time after the death of her mother. Betty Anne Ward McCaskill died Monday ...
Advocates: Day care oversight still issue in Texas
Working two jobs to make ends meet, Keisha Brown was looking for affordable, safe child care for her 16-month-old son. After visiting a home day care ...
Gingrich raising cash, profile for Akin Senate bid
Shunned by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin turned Tuesday to former presidential hopeful Newt ...
Hurricane upends final week of Mass. Sen. campaign
The powerful storm ravaging the East Coast is upending the final week of campaigning in Massachusetts' grueling U.S. Senate race. Republican Sen.
Mother of Mo. Sen. McCaskill dies at age 84
Betty Anne Ward McCaskill, the mother of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and a political trailblazer in her own right, died Monday at her home in St.
Mourdock: Cannot 'unring the bell' of rape comment
GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says he can't "unring the bell" on comments he made last week about rape, and he's joining a national Republican ...
Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end
The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep.
New McCaskill ad declares: 'Todd Akin is scary'
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Monday launched a Halloween-week ad casting her Republican challenger Todd Akin as "scary" because of his remarks ...
Republicans poised for gains in governor's races
Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven't won in a quarter-century. Of the 11 ...
Michigan House race muddled after bizarre start
It seemed things couldn't get more muddled after U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a Republican who appeared destined for easy re-election in his suburban ...
Latino House candidates set to make history
It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerque's oldest Latino neighborhoods. Democratic House candidate Michelle Lujan ...
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 ...
Wealthy siblings become forces in Calif. politics
Charles Munger Sr. is best known as Warren Buffett's right-hand man, an investor who has turned his skill at picking winning companies into a ...
Biden: America not in decline, Romney in denial
Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that America is not in decline and that the Republican presidential ticket is in denial about the improving ...
Huckabee to aid Akin in Mo. Senate race with TV ad
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is making another appearance on Missouri television screens in support of Republican Senate candidate Todd ...
Romney won't call on Mourdock to pull ads
A senior aide says Mitt Romney will not call on Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock to pull TV ads featuring the GOP presidential candidate's ...
Kerrey struggling in Nebraska Senate race
Democrats hoped Nebraska's Senate race would be the story of Bob Kerrey's political revival. Instead, the emergence of Republican Deb Fischer, a ...