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Jindal ignores Christie, helps GOP candidate
Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal (AJ Mast, AP) Add Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to the Republicans giving Chris Christie a thumb in the eye. The New York Post reports today that Jindal will attend an October...
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Voters to pick Michele Bachmann's replacement in today's primary
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. (Molly Riley, AP) The post-Michele Bachmann era in Minnesota officially begins today. Among Tuesday’s primaries is the GOP race to replace the Tea Party favorite in the...
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Clippers owner Steve Ballmer writes big checks for gun control measure
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Stephen Brashear, Getty Images) New Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is spreading his wealth on a ballot campaign in Washington state seeking expanded...
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Mary Burke's nomination for Wisconsin governor makes history
Mary Burke (Andy Manis, AP) As expected, Mary Burke won the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor on Tuesday and earned a place in the state’s history books. Burke, a former executive of Trek...
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon criticized for slow Ferguson response
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (AP) Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon asked for patience and calm as another night of rioting following the shooting death in Ferguson of an unarmed black teenager descended into chaos....
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Support for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel slipping
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Brian Jackson, Sun-Times Media via AP) Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s poll numbers are dropping, six months ahead of the city’s next mayoral election. Only 35% of Chicago...
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Ex-senator Zell Miller gives split-ticket endorsement in Georgia
Democrat Zell Miller was the keynote speaker at the 2004 GOP convention. (Jeff Haynes, AFP) Former Georgia senator and governor Zell Miller continues to confound partisans, a decade after the Democrat...
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Mega-fan Chris Christie argues with woman about Bruce Springsteen
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (Mel Evans, AP) Whatever you do at one of Chris Christie’s town hall meetings, don’t tell the New Jersey governor that Bruce Springsteen shouldn’t be on the soundtrack....
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Foreshadowing: Obama told McDonnell to thank his wife
Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell talks with reporters outside the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday. (Bob Brown, Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) File this one under Rich Political...
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Tuesday's primaries: Can Charlie Crist run up the Dem vote in Florida?
Charlie Crist (J. Pat Carter, AP) Charlie Crist is expected to easily win Tuesday’s Democratic primary for his old job as Florida governor. But will turnout for Crist, especially among women and...
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Harry Reid: Nevada lawmakers 'cowards' on prostitution ban
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (David Becker/Getty Images for SLS Las Vegas) Three years ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called on the Legislature in his home state of Nevada to ban...
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Ex-NYC mayoral hopeful helps organize Women's Equality Party
Christine Quinn, former speaker of the New York City Council and mayoral candidate. (John Moore, Getty Images) Whatever happened to Christine Quinn, the one-time Democratic front-runner for New York...
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Bill Clinton to campaign in Maine for Mike Michaud
Bill Clinton on the campaign trail for Kentucky Senate hopeful Alison Lundergan Grimes. (Win McNamee, Getty Images) Bill Clinton is headed to Maine to help Democrat Mike Michaud, who is locked in a...
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GOP governor candidate belongs to exclusive wine club
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner of Illinois. (M. Spencer Green, AP) Gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Rauner has taken exception to comparisons to Mitt Romney, but there’s no mistaking the...
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Orange is the new Governor: When good politicians go bad
Bob McDonnell is mobbed by reporters after his guilty verdict Sept. 4. (Steve Helber, AP) Convicted of 11 corruption charges yesterday, former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell could be heading to jail...
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Poll: 68% of Virginia voters agree with McDonnell guilty verdict
Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen. (Steve Helber, AP) More than two-thirds of Virginia voters agree with jurors who found former governor Bob McDonnell and his wife guilty of...
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Nebraska lt. governor resigns, withdraws from GOP ticket
Lavon Heidemann announces his resignation as Nebraska lt. governor as Gov. Dave Heineman looks on. (Nati Harnik, AP) This post has been updated: File this under bizarre: A domestic dispute between...
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Sen. Gillibrand apologizes for calling out 'soulless' D.C. suburb
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. (Andrew Burton, Getty Images) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has apologized for dissing a popular Northern Virginia suburb as “soulless.” In her new book, Off the...
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Democrat: GOP Gov. Martinez 'does not have a Latino heart'
New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez (Susan Montoya Bryan, AP) The Democrat challenging New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is not backing down from his comment that the GOP incumbent “does not have...
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S.C. House speaker steps aside after indictment
House Speaker Bobby Harrell along with his children, Charlotte and Trey, leave the courtroom after arguments in the South Carolina Supreme Court on June 24, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (Richard Shiro, AP)...
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