| | Kirkpatrick, Hay to fight for House seat
Sep 3 2008 5:13AM CT
PHOENIX (AP) - A Democrat who raised a hefty amount of money and a Republican lobbyist who has never held elected office will battle each other in November to succeed embattled Republican Rep. Rick Renzi in Arizona's 1st Congressional District. | | |
GOP primary loser endorses Dem for Congress in Md.
Sep 2 2008 2:42PM CT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An attorney hoping to become the first Democrat in nearly two decades to represent Maryland's Eastern Shore in Congress picked up an endorsement Tuesday from the incumbent who lost a GOP primary for the seat. | | |
 Indicted Louisiana House member bids for 10th term
Aug 31 2008 7:28PM CT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Sordid bribery allegations and jokes about "cold cash" hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer apparently did not matter much to voters two years ago when the New Orleans Democrat won a runoff election for his long-held congressional seat with a surprising 57 percent. | | |
 Rooney wins GOP primary to reclaim Foley's seat
Aug 26 2008 11:52PM CT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A lawyer and former Army officer won a tight Republican primary in Florida and will now face the Democrat who took office when Rep. Mark Foley resigned in disgrace two years ago. | | |
Calif. lawmaker's home woes may not cost her House
Aug 23 2008 1:59PM CT
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Like many voters in this port city and the gritty urban areas of Rep. Laura Richardson's political turf, Johnetta Walker is disenchanted with the lawmaker whose meteoric rise has been marked with personal financial failures. | | |
Rove denies calling Kagen his No. 1 target
Aug 18 2008 1:48PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Steve Kagen's congressional campaign claims in a fundraising e-mail that former White House political adviser Karl Rove called him the top target this year — but Rove says he has no recollection of ever saying that. | | |
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