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Among 1st openly gay lawmakers
Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS — Allan Spear, a former Minnesota state senator who was one of the nation's first openly gay legislators, has died. He was 71. He died Saturday of complications after heart surgery performed Thursday, said Don Jorovsky, a longtime...Tags: Laws, Minority Groups, Human Rights, Parties and Movements, University of Minnesota
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Black Republicans get to yell 'Nobama!' in peace
Some are taking heat in their local barber shops. Others get a sometimes good-natured, sometimes heated ribbing from friends or at work. And a few get the "come to Jesus" discussion at church. But on Monday, in a red-and-near lily white sea of 10,000...Tags: Minority Groups, Republican National Conventions, State Budgets, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Lieberman rallies McCain Dems with bagels and lox
South Florida Sun-SentinelFour weeks before the Nov. 4 Presidential election United States Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., schmoozed with about 200 young professionals — many of them disenchanted Democrats who said they would vote for Republican Presidential nominee John McCain...Tags: Miami Beach, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Joe Lieberman, Ellyn Bogdanoff, Heads of State
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US judge sends early voting case back to state
Satellite early voting in the Lake County urban centers of Gary, Hammond and East Chicago will have to wait at least another day after a federal judge Monday bounced the case back to a local judge without making a decision. U.S. District Court Judge...Tags: Judges, Barack Obama, Lake County (Indiana), National Government, Court Administration
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House readies for rematches
Associated PressWhen it comes to choosing who represents them in Congress, many voters are experiencing deja vu. Eleven congressional races - in Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Washington, New York, Florida, Nevada and North Carolina - are...Tags: Paul E Kanjorski, Brighton Park, Mark Steven Kirk, John McCain, John Gard
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A slow-cooker response
To many of us out here in Chicagoland, the Tribune suffered a self-imposed double stain this weekend when on Saturday, Oct. 11, the Tribune plastered across its front page this headline, "Report: Palin abused power," followed on Sunday with a commentary...Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Newspaper and Magazine, Newspapers
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Facts and figures in Canada's federal election on Tuesday
WHAT'S AT STAKE: The election is for the 308 seats in Parliament's lower House of Commons. At least 155 seats are needed to form a majority government and gain a five-year mandate. PREVIOUS PARLIAMENT: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party...Tags: Parties and Movements, Parliament
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7 vie for four State Supreme Court posts
kathleen.kerr@newsday.comThis year's experience-versus-change argument seems to have trickled down from presidential politics to the battle for four State Supreme Court judgeships on Long Island. Two incumbent Supreme Court justices, two County Court judges and three attorneys...Tags: Judges, Huntington, East Islip, Islip, Islip
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No problems on LI from group accused of voter fraud
michael.amon@newsday.comACORN, the anti-poverty group under investigation for voter fraud in several states, has organized voter registration drives on Long Island this year but no allegations of misconduct have been made, officials said yesterday. Cathy L. Richter Geier, the...Tags: Corporate Crime, Barack Obama, Employees, Long Island, Local Elections
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Paul West: Prevailing electoral winds augur big Democratic gains in Congress
Every so often, luck and circumstance give birth to an accidental congressman or senator, a politician who lands in Washington mainly by being in the right place at the right time. Once in a very long while, those accidents come in droves. That's what...Tags: Max Cleland, Avalanches and Landslides, Financial Markets, Tom Davis, John McCain
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Slots Q&A: Scott Arceneaux, slots opponent
Scott Arceneaux is a senior adviser to Marylanders United to Stop Slots, which opposes the ballot proposal. He is a veteran political strategist who managed several campaigns and was state Democratic Party executive director in his native Louisiana before...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Gaming and Lotteries, Election Day, Bankruptcy
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Kerry to visit Wisconsin, encourage early voting
Democratic Senator John Kerry is set to speak at a rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday to encourage people to vote early for Barack Obama. Kerry will speak at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Red Arrow Park near City Hall in downtown Milwaukee. Kerry, the Democratic...Tags: Barack Obama, Milwaukee, John Kerry
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