Elections
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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Winners and losers in Honduras as Zelaya goes into exile, Lobo takes power
February 3, 2010Smiling broadly, his chest festooned with medals, General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, head of the armed forces of Honduras, stood beside Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo as the latter was sworn in as President of Honduras on January 27.
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