Saturday, October 13, 2012

2012 senate elections

  • 2012 Elections: Voter Ticket-Splitting Could Determine Next Senate

    WASHINGTON -- The close race for majority control of the Senate comes down to whether Republican candidates in Massachusetts and Connecticut can win over President Barack Obama's voters and Democrats from Indiana to Arizona can impress Mitt ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Election 2012: Bill Clinton stumps for Joe Donnelly, John Gregg, chides ...

    Former president Bill Clinton speaks at the Hoosier Common Sense rally held at North Central High School, Friday, October 12, 2012. He spoke about the times in politics now and spoke for US Senate candidate Joe Donnelly, Indiana governor candidate ...

    www.indystar.com

  • Election 2012: Tester tries again with forest jobs plan

    Tester's Senate colleagues last month attached the re-dubbed Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative to the Interior appropriations bill for 2013—the kind of must-pass bill that Tester had hoped would carry his proposal through in 2011.

    missoulanews.bigskypress.com

  • Better Know An Anti-LGBT Senate Candidate: The Dirty Dozen

    Over the past several weeks, ThinkProgess LGBT has highlighted 12 anti-LGBT Senate candidates running in the 2012 elections. Each has worked to hurt the cause of equality and each is running against an opponent with a record of support for LGBT ...

    thinkprogress.org

  • US elections 2012: why Mitt Romney is all talk and no substance on foreign affairs

    Like Senator Obama four years ago, Governor Romney has little foreign policy experience. At least we knew then that Obama opposed the Iraq war and wanted to ramp up drone strikes against al-Qaeda instead - and now, in regard to killing bin Laden, the ...

    www.telegraph.co.uk

  • Groups pouring millions into Mass. US Senate race

    Groups pouring millions into Mass. US Senate race. By STEVE LeBLANC. Associated Press / October 12, 2012. E-mail |; Print |; Reprints |. Text Size: –; + ... Norquist is best known for pressing lawmakers to sign a pledge vowing to oppose tax increases ...

    www.boston.com

  • U.S. Senate - Florida

    Democrat Bill Nelson, who has represented Florida in the U.S. Senate for the past two six-year terms, is being challenged by Republican Rep. Connie Mack IV, along with independent candidates Chris Borgia and Bill Gaylor.

    www.news4jax.com

  • Central issues of Election 2012

    The "cap and trade" plan the House passed during his first year in office proved a nonstarter in the Senate and was blamed for contributing to Democrats' defeat in the 2010 midterm elections. But campaigns do force candidates to make choices and promises.

    timelines.latimes.com

  • ELECTION 2012: Berkley goes on the attack in debate with Heller

    But Heller, who is reportedly ahead in several polls in the hotly contested Senate race, did not respond in kind, instead taking a more restrained approach on topics ranging from gas prices to immigration reform.

    www.lahontanvalleynews.com

  • Czech PM's party suffers big loss in regional vote

    PRAGUE | Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:20pm EDT. PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's ruling Civic Democratic Party suffered a drubbing in regional and upper house elections as voters punished the government for spending cuts and sleaze scandals, results ...

    www.reuters.com

  • Election Notebook: Oct. 13, 2012

    "I am proud to enthusiastically endorse Robin Andrews for state Senate," Tonko said. "She is exactly the type of leader we need in the halls of the state Capitol, one with a proven record of balancing budgets and working across party lines.

    saratogian.com

  • On 'This Week': Beau Biden and Sen. Rob Portman; Miller Center Panel

    Rob Portman, the man playing President Obama in Governor Romney's debate preparation, and the vice president's son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, speak with ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper on the 2012 election, ...

    abcnews.go.com

  • Election 2012: US House, District 20

    "If Mitt Romney is elected, believe me, the middle class is going to take a hit," he says. Hastings says he is also hoping to help turn out the vote for Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, who is being challenged by Republican Connie Mack. He is also ...

    www.palmbeachpost.com

  • ELECTION 2012: STATE: Hoekstra tries to unseat Stabenow

    Debbie Stabenow, 62, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, when she scored an upset victory over Republican incumbent Sen. Spencer Abraham, becoming the first woman elected to the Senate from Michigan. In 2006, she defeated GOP challenger ...

    www.thenewsherald.com

  • The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Veeps Week

    Outside of the presidential race, a political action committee associated with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has been buying ads targeting vulnerable Democratic senators over their support for foreign aid. In the first ad, targeting West Virginia Sen. Joe ...

    blog.foreignpolicy.com

  • Nova Southeastern University hosts the only debate in Florida's US Senate race

    Candidates who win victory on Nov. 6 - from the White House to the State House and at thousands of city and county halls - will be the elected leadership to take us into an uncertain future. In Florida, the highest profile race is the contest for the ...

    articles.sun-sentinel.com

  • Election 2012 -The Prez. and Senate Races Tighten in PA

    With less than one month to go, Pennsylvania is back in play! Thanks to a lackluster debate preformance by President Barack Obama, polls show undecided voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere around the country give Republican Mitt Romney a closer look ...

    www.witf.org

  • DIARY - Schedule of forthcoming world elections

    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 PRAGUE - Regional and Senate elections (to Oct. 13). SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 LITHUANIA - Parliamentary elections - First Round. MONTENEGRO - Parliamentary elections. MOSCOW - Governor's elections (Several Russian regions) ...

    www.reuters.com

  • 2012 Senate Election Polls Show Republicans Continue To Face Uphill Battle

    WASHINGTON -- With the exception of Connecticut, where a new poll released on Thursday indicates a very close race for the open Senate seat being vacated by independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, Republicans have seen few positive trends in their uphill ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • 2012 House Elections: Republican Groups Shift Focus To House Races

    Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino magnate, and his family have combined to give $37.75 million to super PACs in the 2012 election cycle. At first, Adelson pumped money into Winning Our Future, the super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, but now he is ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

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