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Brown is first to enter 2014 gubernatorial race
May 11–Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown became the first candidate to join the 2014 Maryland governor’s race Friday with a call to close the gap between rich and poor in education, health and economic opportunity. Continue Reading
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Mark Sanford Wins Special Election
Mark Sanford is officially coming back to Congress. The former South Carolina governor defeated the Democratic nominee, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, on Tuesday night in South Carolina’s 1st District special election. He defea Continue Reading
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Florida GOP to use Pelosi as cudgel
The Florida GOP is hoping to put the fear of Pelosi into congressional voters. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, currently the minority leader and a bogeyman for Republicans since the 2010 midterm elections, is poised to play the same role Continue Reading
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Dear Mr. President,
May 11–ST. THOMAS - Bowsky Elementary School teacher Ava Braithwaite wanted to engage her fifth-grade students in the political process last fall, but she got more than she expected when a letter from the Wh Continue Reading
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Hawkings: Mark Sanford Arrives Late to His Own Capitol Hill Roast
No special election winner in modern congressional history has had to put off a celebratory swearing-in because of a pending court date. It’s just one more reminder of why no special election winner in modern congressional histo Continue Reading
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Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor’s race
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know – and who you’re related to – matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the n Continue Reading
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Obama calls criticism over handling of Benghazi a ‘political circus’
WASHINGTON _ A defiant President Barack Obama dismissed as a “sideshow” the controversy over his administration’s handling of last year’s armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to Continue Reading