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Published Monday, February 08, 2010
CHICAGO -- The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.Announcing his decision at a Chicago bar packed with patro ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
In September, months before he announced he would seek re-election, State Rep. Fred Brown was raising significant amounts of campaign money. On the 29th of that month, filing records show that the District 14 representative from Bryan received more t ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
Eagle Staff ReportKEOS radio, 89.1 FM, will host two candidate debates leading up to the March 2 primary election. On Wednesday, incumbent Don McLeroy and his Republican primary challenger for the District 9 seat of the Texas State Board of Education ...
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Published Sunday, February 07, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- These are Sarah Palin's people. Just ask them.At the mere mention of her name, "tea party" activists light up and whip out "Saracudda" buttons -- a play off her "Sara Barracuda" nickname from her high school basketball team in Ala ...
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Published Thursday, February 04, 2010
WASHINGTON -- For many lawmakers, "don't ask, don't tell" makes a lot of sense -- for themselves.Ten months before elections, neither party sees much to gain in stirring up the once-volatile issue of letting gays serve openly in the military. Any can ...
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Published Saturday, January 30, 2010
DALLAS -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and political activist Debra Medina ganged up on front-running Gov. Rick Perry on Friday in the final televised debate before the March 2 Republican gubernatorial primary.Both women sought to undermine Perry' ...
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Published Saturday, January 23, 2010
HOUSTON -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison secured a high-profile endorsement Friday from former President George H.W. Bush in the increasingly contentious battle for the Texas GOP gubernatorial nomination.Bush said he and his wife, Barbara, are suppo ...
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Published Wednesday, January 20, 2010
BOSTON -- Four years ago, the Massachusetts lieutenant governor passed over Scott Brown as a potential running mate in her bid to replace then-Gov. Mitt Romney because she and her staff saw him as a political lightweight.On Tuesday, Brown pulled off ...
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Published Tuesday, January 19, 2010
BOSTON -- Nearly one year to the day after President Barack Obama was sworn into office as an agent of change, Massachusetts Senate candidates battled to the wire Monday in an election that threatened his agenda and reflected voters' frustration wit ...
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Published Friday, January 15, 2010
DENTON -- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry clashed over Texas job losses, state taxes and federal spending in a testy debate Thursday night, with each Republican gubernatorial candidate accusing the other of twisting the truth."Senator, ...
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Published Wednesday, December 30, 2009
AUSTIN -- U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison vowed Tuesday to "clean up" the Texas Department of Transportation, reduce traffic congestion and start building a high-speed rail network connecting Dallas, Houston and San Antonio if she is elected Texas gov ...
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Published Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Eagle Staff ReportRetired Department of Public Safety Trooper Rick Starnes said Monday that he has filed to run for Precinct 3 Brazos County constable. The Republican will face Deputy Constable Steve Emert and former Constable Phil Sikes in the March ...
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Published Tuesday, December 15, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas -- Musician and humorist Kinky Friedman said Monday he is dropping his bid to be Texas governor and will instead seek to become the state's agriculture commissioner.Friedman, who ran for governor as an independent in 2006, says he decid ...
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Published Friday, December 04, 2009
BOSTON -- The race for a Senate seat once held by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy and "liberal lion" Edward Kennedy is shaping up as a battle of relative national unknowns, led by a state Democratic insider and a Republican lawmake ...
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Published Sunday, November 29, 2009
AUSTIN -- His voice has a drone-like quality, and he admits he's not the most television-friendly politician in Texas. Even his name is bland: Bill White.But the Houston mayor has sparked rare excitement -- and perhaps a few sighs of relief -- among ...
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Published Saturday, November 14, 2009
AUSTIN -- Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his job, is planning to keep her U.S. Senate seat until after the state's March gubernatorial primary.Hutchison, a Republican, plans to tell Republican women in a ...
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