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Candidates for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s former congressional seat made their final push for votes Monday ahead of a high-stakes primary, but turnout was expected to be paltry despite the lurid headlines surrounding the disgraced Chicago Democrat and millions in outside super PAC money driven largely by the guns debate.The front-runners — former state Rep. Robin Kelly, former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson and Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale — made a flurry stops at train stations, strip malls and diners all over the district that spans Chicago's South Side, south suburbs and some rural areas. They faced a truncated campaign season, the frenzy for endorsements once locked up by Jackson and even a potential Election Day winter storm.But Danny Armstrong, 51, who had voted previously for Jackson, remained undecided between Beale and Kelly and was considering whether to even vote at all. Jackson pleaded guilty this month to illegally spending campaign funds and became the third consecutive congressma...
Speaking recently in a room filled with white people, Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman mentioned something about state comptroller H. Carl McCall that few have note...
Two university professors who joined Democrat John Kerry ( search ) as he criticized Bush administration preparations for a potential bioterror attack said Wednesda...
Democratic congressional candidate Mark Critz has received the endorsement of the United Mine Workers of America. This plug for the candidate could give his campaign...
Court Case Could Alter Nev. OutcomeThursday, January 17, 2008By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share: Digg Facebook StumbleUponLAS VEGAS ...
SEIU Refuses to Endorse Democratic Presidential Primary ContendersMonday, October 08, 2007PrintWASHINGTON None of the Democratic presidential primary contenders ...
Democratic Opponent to Al Franken for U.S. Senate Seat Drops OutMonday, March 10, 2008PrintMINNEAPOLIS Al Franken's main competition for the Democratic nomination...
Obama Gets Front-Runner TreatmentWednesday, February 20, 2008By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share: Digg Facebook StumbleUponDALLAS Barack O...
Kindness, Then Sharp Words, From ClintonSaturday, February 16, 2008By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share: Digg Facebook StumbleUponLYNDHURST, Oh...
Obama Picks Up Another Labor EndorsementSaturday, February 16, 2008By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share: Digg Facebook StumbleUponMILWAUKEE ...
Jails Union Throws Support Behind Barack Obama; Bricklayers Go for Hillary ClintonMonday, September 24, 2007PrintWASHINGTON The International Union of Bricklayers...
Barack Obama Missing Early National Union Support in Runup to Iowa CaucusesTuesday, December 18, 2007PrintWASHINGTON Barack Obama's appeal among Democrats is unde...
'Special Report' Panel on Politics and ElectionsFriday, January 11, 2008PrintThis is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume" from January 10, 2008. This...
With a Swiss Army knife in hand, Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ed Markey visited Boston's Logan Airport last week to make a very public showing of his efforts stop t...
Democrats and labor unions are targeting President Bush's nominee to serve as solicitor for the Labor Department. Bush's pick is Eugene Scalia, the 37-year-old son o...
'Strategy Room' previews debate in race for New Jersey governor
The Iron Workers union, a member labor group of the AFL-CIO, broke ranks with its parent union Wednesday and endorsed Missouri Rep. Dick Gephardt for president.The b...
Al Franken's main competition for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate dropped out Monday, giving the comedian-turned-candidate a major boost.Franken and lawyer...
Voters will go to the polls this November with control of Congress at stake. Yet most voters say when they pull that lever, they will be sending a message to the Whi...
In a year voters say they crave fundamental political change, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking a gamble: arguing that her years of experience working within...