Elections
‘We will not be denied,’ top labor leader says
March 1, 2010As nation's labor leaders meet, AFL-CIO's Arlene Holt Baker says, "We will not lower our expectations, because the American people are not lowering theirs."
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Labor’s own runs for high office
February 25, 2010DALLAS -- Working people in Texas are excited about the campaign of Linda Chavez-Thompson for lieutenant governor.
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N.Y. progressives begin to line up behind Gillibrand
February 18, 2010Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., appointed to fill the seat vacated by now-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has already picked up a spate of endorsements.
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Dems face challenge in holding N. Dakota seat
February 15, 2010Why would a state like this, which hasn't had a Republican senator in 24 years, even conside replacing a liberal populist with a right-wing Republican?
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Against the odds, independent politics advance in Illinois election
February 3, 2010CHICAGO -- Voters in the Feb. 2 Illinois primary election seemed to send a message to politicians: We're fed up with corruption; we want solutions.
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