SEVERNA PARK, Md. — Two years ago, Republican Andy Harris fell just short in his campaign here in Maryland’s 1st District. But now, he’s hoping it’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who will carry him across the finish line.
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Democrat Frank Caprio’s support has collapsed in the wake of controversial comments he made about President Obama’s decision to withhold an endorsement in the Rhode Island governor’s race, according to a new poll from NBC10 and Quest Research.
Kentucky Democrats are wasting no time making sure Bluegrass State voters know about the violent incident that marred Monday’s Senate debate.
President Barack Obama has made clear he isn’t wading into the three-way governor’s race in Rhode Island, but Lincoln Chafee’s latest ad suggests otherwise.
Just a day after Democratic nominee Frank Caprio, the state treasurer, told a local radio station Obama could take his endorsement and “shove it,” Chafee is embracing the president, even though he doesn’t have his official backing. It’s an especially challenging year for dozens of Democratic incumbents. Here's a quick rundown of the party's most vulnerable members.
How scared is Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor about his reelection prospects? Over the weekend the 10-term Democratic congressman made a startling admission: He voted for Republican John McCain for president in 2008. Taylor made the revelation that he didn't vote for President Barack Obama to the Biloxi Sun Herald just as he’s locked in the most competitive reelection battle of his career against Republican state Rep. Steven Palazzo. Despite the district’s strong GOP tilt – its residents voted 67 percent for McCain in 2008 – Taylor has never won reelection with less than 58 percent of the vote. Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican John Raese in the West Virginia Senate special election, according to a new poll set for release Friday morning.
The Marshall University poll shows Manchin taking 48 percent to Raese’s 38 percent, with 12 percent still undecided. Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee Nathan Deal is facing fresh allegations he used his former congressional office to help his family’s auto salvage business.
According to a Tuesday evening report from Atlanta’s Fox affiliate WAGA-TV, Deal's former chief of staff, Chris Riley, used his congressional e-mail accounts to lobby Hall County officials to take over a private road that ran next to Deal’s business and several other private businesses. Deal also asked for the space at the end of the road to be rezoned and turned into a landfill. Campaigning with Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday, former President Bill Clinton had harsh words for outside influences meddling in the West Virginia Senate race, warning voters on GOP nominee John Raese: “Don’t let this guy play you.”
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