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San Jose, Calif., mayoral race hangs in balance
October 27, 2006With a poll earlier this month showing the candidates neck-and-neck, San Jose’s nonpartisan mayoral contest between City Councilmembers Cindy Chavez and Chuck Reed has become a real cliff-hanger. A poll Oct. 3-5 by the Survey and...
Read moreThe Founding Fathers views on church and state
October 27, 2006BOOK REVIEW Under the regime of the Republican right, an aggressive effort is under way to eliminate the separation between church and state. Some clearly aim for a theocracy. The right is fond of invoking the...
Read moreEDITORIAL: Health care on the agenda
October 27, 2006From door-knockers to phone bankers to families sitting around the kitchen table, pre-election conversation reflects a deep unease with the economy. With newspaper business sections reporting declining gasoline prices, low official unemployment and a skyrocketing stock...
Read moreGovernor race is one to watch in Bay State
October 27, 2006Massachusetts is not one of battleground states for Congress. None of the 10 representatives is in danger of losing their seat. The last GOP congressman from Massachusetts was Silvio Conte, and he was a liberal Republican...
Read moreArizona poised to rout Republicans
October 27, 2006TUCSON, Ariz. — In spite of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that cleared the way for Arizona to require voters to show identification before casting a ballot, public opinion polls show several incumbent right-wing congressmen...
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