Democrats
California defies national election trend
November 4, 2010California Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate and state governor trounced their Republican contenders in what a month before the elections were considered toss-up races.
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Michigan Republicans win big, but the fight continues
November 4, 2010Like in other Midwestern states, Michigan Republicans reversed gains made by Democrats just two years ago, but labor activists here say they have lived to fight another day.
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Amidst GOP tsunami in southwest Ohio, some stone-cold hope
November 3, 2010Key question: how can we, starting now, begin to tap the power necessary to throw out the ever-friendly, totally reactionary, Republican Rep. Steve Chabot and his pals in 2012?
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90,000 union members hit the street in final election push
October 28, 2010The AFL-CIO says its push will, in effect, build a "firewall" that will hold the line on expected Republican gains and allow Democrats to retain control of both houses of Congress.
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Tea party failing to match labor’s ground game
October 27, 2010In the last week before the election, when get-out-the vote efforts become job number one for candidates, the Republican Party has begun to falter.
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