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By Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – By the time U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann won her narrow election victory Wednesday morning, the party was over, the crowds were gone, and the staff at
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By Kevin Diaz, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – By the time U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann won her narrow election victory Wednesday morning, the party was over, the crowds were gone, and the staff at
By Scott Powers and Jim Stratton, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — President Barack Obama’s re-election was a tiny landslide: an Electoral College cakewalk, built on slim margins in battleground states. And
(DES MOINES) – Governor Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds are pleased to honor six police officers with the 2012 Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor. Every day men and women
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – CLEVELAND — Maine and Maryland became the first states to back same-sex marriage in the voting booth Tuesday night, buoying gay-rights advocates awaiting results of
By Lynn Hulsey, Dayton Daily News – DAYTON, Ohio — Voters still stinging from economic woes appeared willing to give President Barack Obama more time to fix things, according to an Ohio exit
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly
By Maeve Reston and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – BOSTON — The day had started optimistically, as Mitt Romney cast his ballot early, then made one last trip to scour for
By Christi Parsons, Kathleen Hennessey and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – CHICAGO — There was hope. There was a bit of dancing. There was a steady outburst of cheers and
By Tony Pugh and Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers – CINCINNATI — Twelve years after voting problems delayed the 2000 presidential election results, Ohio — possibly the most pivotal state on the political
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – STERLING, Va. — Mitt Romney is the candidate of change? That’s malarkey to Vice President Joe Biden, who argued Monday that the only change
By Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka endorsed Republican John McCain for president four years ago. And in 2004, Bruce Springsteen joined Democrat John Kerry
by William Douglas and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – CONCORD, N.H. — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed Sunday over who could deliver change to a gridlocked nation as
By Mark Z. Barabak and Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — Gabrielle Smith is that rarest of rarities, coveted by both sides in the presidential campaign: an undecided voter
By Kathleen Hennessey, Los Angeles Times – CONCORD, N.H. — President Barack Obama’s campaign isn’t nostalgic just for 2008. As it blew through New Hampshire 48 hours from Election Day, it was
By Scott Powers and Jim Stratton, Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla.—Smartphones, tablet computers and Joyce Prewitt’s 2002 Dodge Caravan are weapons in the final 2012 battle for the White House. Florida is
By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES—Why do poor people spend money in ways that seem to squander their already limited resources, like buying lottery tickets? It’s not necessarily that
By Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire lacks the ethnic diversity of a Florida or Nevada, or the blue-collar clout of Ohio or Wisconsin. And though
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times – TOLEDO, Ohio — The demand for Jeep Wranglers outstrips supply these days, so the assembly line keeps cranking straight through the lunch shift at the
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Mitt Romney pointed to Friday’s job numbers to argue that President Barack Obama has failed to deliver on his campaign promises
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – HILLIARD, Ohio — President Barack Obama pointed to the job growth reported in new unemployment figures released Friday morning as he urged supporters to vote
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – WEST ALLIS, Wis. — As the crowd here chanted “Four — More — Days” in unison during a raucous rally here on Friday, Mitt Romney
NOV. 1 – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the aftermath of MF Global’s collapse. Grassley is a senior member of the Agriculture Committee. “This week marked
By Nicholas J.C. Pistor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – ST. LOUIS — Last minute money has flowed into Missouri to support Todd Akin’s U.S. Senate campaign with television advertisements despite previous vows by
Steve Gravelle, CR Gazette – The contest for president comes down to a handful of swing states, then down to hotly contested Iowa, then down to a handful of tight counties. And
By Mark Z. Barabak and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – KETTERING, Ohio — With Sandy spreading more storm havoc, the two presidential contenders stepped back Tuesday from overt politicking as their tight
By Anita Kumar, Lesley Clark and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — In the final days of his final election, President Barack Obama is finding that a storm IS his campaign. After
By Michael Gordon, The Charlotte Observer – CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the second time during the presidential campaign, a group of African-American ministers in North Carolina has criticized Franklin Graham for challenging the
By Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — The love affair between young voters and President Barack Obama that ignited his candidacy in 2008 and powered him to the White House seems like
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – AVON LAKE, Ohio — Trying to strike a delicate balance of sensitivity about the impending hurricane with stumping for votes, Mitt Romney told thousands of supporters
By Lesley Clark and Maria Recio, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sports a pink breast cancer awareness bracelet on his wrist as he campaigns across battleground states. He slams rival
By Mark Z. Barabak and Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — For months, the two presidential campaigns have been bracing for an October surprise, and it finally arrived in the form
By David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Whoever wins the campaign for president a week from Tuesday, this election night is not likely to resemble 2008 on the streets of Chicago. Four
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Paul D. Ryan stood onstage in his red North Face jacket, talking about his running mate, when the applause suddenly started to
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — A top campaign adviser to President Barack Obama said Sunday that Hurricane Sandy could hurt efforts to turn out voters and potentially have an
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – FINDLAY, Ohio — His planned events in Virginia canceled by a giant storm off the Atlantic coast, Mitt Romney campaigned across another key state Sunday, offering
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Even in vividly blue California, President Barack Obama’s luster has faded since his historic victory here in 2008, a new poll has found.
By Paul West, Tribune Washington Bureau – ASHBURN, Va. — With the presidential contest in Virginia teetering on a knife’s edge, Mitt Romney is counting on the economic concerns of suburban women to
By Matea Gold, Maloy Moore and Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s campaign has directed $134.2 million to political firms with business ties to his senior staff, spotlighting the
By Seema Mehta and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts was the focal point of presidential campaign sparring on Saturday, with
By Dick Polman, The Philadelphia Inquirer – Excuse me for raising a sensitive subject, but reality requires it: The re-election of America’s first black president is imperiled because he’s doing so badly with