Category Archives: Governor

More midterms: The Tea Party caucus

By doris | Published: October 17, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com The New York Times finds that “33 Tea Party-backed candidates are in tossup races or running in House districts that are solidly or leaning Republican, and 8 stand a good or better chance of winning Senate seats. While the numbers are relatively small, they could exert outsize influence, putting pressure on [...]

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$198 million spent on ads in 5 weeks

By doris | Published: October 14, 2010

Full Story at  POLITICO.com Candidates, political parties and special interest groups have spent nearly $200 million in advertising on House and Senate races during the past five weeks, a 75 percent increase from the same period in 2008, according to a study by the Wesleyan Media Project released Wednesday. More than $114 million was spent [...]

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Details emerge on no-tax California budget pact

By doris | Published: October 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a record-long impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a no-new-taxes budget that relies on a combination of spending cuts and optimistic financial projections to close a $19 billion deficit. Details of the agreement between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders began emerging Saturday [...]

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W.Va. governor wins Dem primary for US Senate

By doris | Published: August 29, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd. Raese defeated a crowded field of Republicans and becomes part of the GOP [...]

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Primary voters set to head to polls in Louisiana, West Virginia

By doris | Published: August 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Primary voters are set to head to the polls this weekend, this time in Louisiana and West Virginia. In Louisiana, GOP Sen. David Vitter is expected to easily overcome a primary challenge Saturday in his first appearance on the ballot since a 2007 prostitution scandal. In West Virginia, voters [...]

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7 Special Forces soldiers to get Silver Star for Afghan valor

By doris | Published: August 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Fort Bragg, North Carolina (CNN) — It’s been clear for months that the fighting in Afghanistan is more intense than it’s been since the war there started nearly nine years ago. Yet, from the midst of those increasingly violent firefights come some amazing stories of heroism. On Monday, seven soldiers will [...]

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Obama touts health care reform successes

By doris | Published: June 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Health care reform was “a long overdue victory for America’s consumers and patients” and Americans are “already seeing a wave of change,” President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he touted the success of his signature domestic policy initiative. But health insurers must not use health care reform as an [...]

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South Carolina drama tops three primaries on Tuesday

By doris | Published: June 22, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Voters in three states head to the polls Tuesday, and in one of those states history might be made: South Carolina South Carolina Republicans could make state Rep. Nikki Haley their first female gubernatorial nominee. She’s in a runoff against U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett. Haley just missed out on [...]

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Clinton comment on immigration law riles Ariz. gov

By doris | Published: June 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she’s angry over comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that the Obama administration will sue the state over its new immigration law. In a June 8 media interview in Ecuador that began circulating Thursday in the U.S., Clinton said President Barack Obama [...]

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Palin wades into Minn. governor’s race

By doris | Published: April 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sarah Palin is wading into Minnesota’s governor’s race to throw her support to a “straight talking hockey dad” locked in a tight race to be the Republicans’ favored candidate in November. Palin posted her support for state Rep. Tom Emmer on her Facebook page Thursday.

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Paterson faces ethics charges over World Series tickets

By doris | Published: March 4, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — New York’s Commission on Public Integrity is charging Gov. David Paterson with an ethics violation for accepting free tickets to the first game of last year’s World Series, the commission said Wednesday. Paterson violated the state’s restriction on gifts for public officials in October when he sought [...]

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Perry wins GOP nomination for Texas governor

By doris | Published: March 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry easily dispatched Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to win the Republican nomination for Texas governor on Tuesday in a heated primary that highlighted the growing anti-Washington mood among voters in this year’s midterm elections. Hutchison was once seen as the candidate who could deliver Perry’s first [...]

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