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Ex-lawmaker wins race for Lantos' seat
Apr 9 2008 9:06AM CT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Former state lawmaker Jackie Speier, a survivor of the Jonestown tragedy three decades ago, won a special congressional election to fill the seat of the late Rep. Tom Lantos.
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Former lawmaker favored for Calif. seat
Apr 6 2008 2:33PM CT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A former congressional aide may be heading back to Washington, nearly 30 years after she was shot and left for dead on a Guyana airstrip while on a fact-finding trip into the Jim Jones cult.
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Louisianans vote in congressional races
Apr 6 2008 12:46AM CT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Voters in southeastern Louisiana chose party candidates Saturday for congressional races in two conservative-leaning districts, including a contest in which Democrats are mounting a strong challenge for a seat held by Republicans for 32 years.
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Mississippi holds congressional runoffs
Apr 1 2008 11:27PM CT
FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) - A Republican mayor and Democratic chancery clerk won their parties' primary runoffs Tuesday and will compete to fill one of Mississippi's two rare open congressional seats in November.
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Mich. rep. may face primary challenge
Mar 28 2008 4:23PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Michigan congresswoman whose son, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is battling perjury charges may face a challenge of her own this summer — in the Democratic primary.
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GOP lock on Cuban exile vote challenged
Mar 21 2008 7:30AM CT
MIAMI (AP) - For more than two decades, the Diaz-Balart brothers have represented South Florida, first in the Legislature and then in Congress, fighting to maintain the nation's hard-line stance toward Cuba.
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Reynolds said ready to retire
Mar 20 2008 9:34AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Thomas Reynolds, a once-powerful lawmaker who saw his fortunes fall with those of the House Republicans, will announce Thursday he is retiring from Congress, The Associated Press has learned.
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Alaska GOP beset by turmoil, competition
Mar 14 2008 11:29PM CT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A state Republican convention that could have unified a troubled party descended into infighting Friday, with the lieutenant governor announcing his intention to unseat a congressman and the governor calling for changes in GOP leadership.
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Apparent fraud costs GOP group heavily
Mar 13 2008 4:02PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The committee in charge of running House Republican campaigns said Thursday that a former treasurer "deceived and betrayed" the group, which is missing hundreds of thousands of dollars — and possibly more — due to fraudulent acts conducted over the past several years.
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