Murkowski Narrows Gap in Alaska Senate Race
Sen. Lisa Murkowski gained ground Tuesday on Republican challenger Joe Miller in their razor-thin GOP primary as Alaska began counting thousands of outstanding ballots.
Murkowski trailed Miller by 1,294 votes in early counting Tuesday. She was down by 1,668 votes after the Aug. 24 primary.
The contest has turned bitter in recent days with [...]
Murkowski Narrows Gap in Alaska Senate Race
Sen. Lisa Murkowski gained ground Tuesday on Republican challenger Joe Miller in their razor-thin GOP primary as Alaska began counting thousands of outstanding ballots.
Murkowski trailed Miller by 1,294 votes in early counting Tuesday. She was down by 1,668 votes after the Aug. 24 primary.
The contest has turned bitter in recent days with [...]
Manchin, Raese to Compete for Byrd’s Senate Seat
Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.
Special Section: Campaign 2010
Raese defeated a crowded field of Republicans and becomes part of the GOP quest to dismantle [...]
Manchin, Raese to Compete for Byrd’s Senate Seat
Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.
Special Section: Campaign 2010
Raese defeated a crowded field of Republicans and becomes part of the GOP quest to dismantle [...]
Manchin, Raese to Compete for Byrd’s Senate Seat
Popular Gov. Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination Saturday and will face GOP primary winner and wealthy businessman John Raese in the race to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Robert C. Byrd.
Special Section: Campaign 2010
Raese defeated a crowded field of Republicans and becomes part of the GOP quest to dismantle [...]
Meek Wins Florida Democratic Senate Primary
Updated at 9:34 p.m. ET
Rep. Kendrick Meek cinched Florida’s Senate Democratic nomination by defeating political upstart Jeff Greene on Tuesday, and veteran politician Bill McCollum battled novice Rick Scott in the state’s GOP gubernatorial contest as voters weighed the merits of establishment candidates vs. wealthy outsiders.
Elsewhere, Sens. John McCain and Lisa Murkowski counted on [...]
McCain Wins GOP Nomination for Senate in Ariz.
Updated at 12:30 a.m. ET
John McCain sailed to nomination for a fifth Senate term Tuesday over an Arizona challenger with tea party support, while big-spending political novice Rick Scott beat an insider in Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary as voters split on the merits of establishment candidates vs. outsiders.
In other big-name races, Rep. Kendrick Meek [...]
Alaska Senate Primary Tests Tea Party Strength
Tuesday’s U.S. Senate race promises to be the first real test of the tea party movement’s political power in Alaska, a state that relies heavily on the federal government to run.
Self-described “constitutional conservative” Joe Miller hopes to tap into the nascent movement’s frustrations with Washington to upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a better-known, [...]
Alaska Senate Primary Tests Tea Party Strength
Tuesday’s U.S. Senate race promises to be the first real test of the tea party movement’s political power in Alaska, a state that relies heavily on the federal government to run.
Self-described “constitutional conservative” Joe Miller hopes to tap into the nascent movement’s frustrations with Washington to upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a better-known, [...]
Meek Wins Florida Democratic Senate Primary
Updated at 10:50 p.m. ET
Rep. Kendrick Meek cinched Florida’s Senate Democratic nomination by defeating political upstart Jeff Greene on Tuesday, and veteran politician Bill McCollum battled novice Rick Scott in the state’s GOP gubernatorial contest as voters weighed the merits of establishment candidates vs. wealthy outsiders.
Elsewhere, Sens. John McCain and Lisa Murkowski counted on [...]