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Mike McFadden (R), a wealthy Minneapolis finance executive appears poised to enter the race against first-term Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), Politico reports. Tweet This Post
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McConnell Campaign Looks For ‘A Needle In A Haystack’ Against Potential Challenger
Posted by admin on April 10th, 2013
ABC News’ Michael Falcone and Shushannah Walshe report: It’s clear that the most salacious details of the leaked Mitch McConnell campaign tape focus on what one McConnell campaign aide described as the “wealth of material” they were able to dig up on Ashley Judd. It’s… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Landrieu Gets a Challenger
Posted by admin on April 2nd, 2013
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) will challenge Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), “in what’s likely to be one of the most competitive races of 2014,” Roll Call reports. Tweet This Post
Rubio Cautious On Immigration Reform; David Rouzer Preps for Rematch; GOP Seeks Cuomo Challenger
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2013
Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT’S NEWS”Members of the bipartisan Gang of Eight senators” working on immigration reform legislation “said Sunday they expect to have a draft bill agreeable to their circle by the end of this week.” But Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said “it was too soon to consider the deal struck” [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: cautious, Challenger, Cuomo, David, Immigration, preps, reform, Rematch, Rouzer, Rubio, Seeks No Comments »Merkel challenger under fire for saying chancellor underpaid
Posted by admin on December 30th, 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck was widely criticized on Sunday, even by his own center-left Social Democrats (SPD), for saying German leaders were underpaid. Steinbrueck has struggled to gain ground against Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of next September's election, in part due to lingering criticism over him earning 1.25 million euros ($ 1.65 [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Challenger, chancellor, Fire, Merkel, saying, Under, underpaid No Comments »Ryan’s challenger campaigns against … no one
Posted by admin on October 31st, 2012
Rob Zerban was ready for a brawl when he decided to run for Paul Ryan's congressional seat in southern Wisconsin. Mitt Romney changed all when he picked Ryan as his running mate. Tweet This Post
Analysis: Romney the challenger, indeed
Posted by admin on October 4th, 2012
Republican Mitt Romney was fiery and having fun. President Barack Obama came off as the professor without much pop. Tweet This Post
Lawmaker Says Challenger is a Drunk
Posted by admin on September 28th, 2012
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) accuses challenger Patrick Murphy (D) of being a belligerent drunk in a tough new ad. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
Check-mate for Merkel challenger after chess move?
Posted by admin on September 24th, 2012
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Social Democrat Peer Steinbrueck's hopes of becoming the centre-left challenger to Angela Merkel in next year's elections have hit a bump with revelations that he used his former post as finance minister to seek sponsorship for a chess event. Chess fan Steinbrueck used ministerial stationery to write to the partly state-owned [...]
Do Polls Break Towards the Challenger?
Posted by admin on July 22nd, 2012
Nate Silver: “There are certainly some good reasons to think that the polls could break toward Mitt Romney. For instance, many polls out now were conducted among registered voters; when pollsters switch over to likely voter polls instead — which assess each voter’s probability of actually casting a ballot on Nov. 6 — it is [...]
