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Dem candidate unveils ‘Project Main Street’ plan
PLAINS TWP. -- Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien, a Democratic candidate for Congress in the 11th Congressional District, on Thursday unveiled his “Project Main Street” plan.
Dodd, D-Conn., retiring from Senate; AG to run
EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — Christopher Dodd, saying he was in "the toughest political shape" of his career, announced Wednesday he will retire from the U.S. Senate, ending a four-decade career in Congress.
Boback says she’s running again for 117th state rep.
State Rep. Karen Boback has made it official – she will seek a third term in the state House of Representatives representing the 117th Legislative District.
Sestak: D.C. in need of ‘new generation’
WILKES-BARRE – U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak said he will bring “accountable leadership” to the U.S. Senate if voters choose him over incumbent Democrat Arlen Specter in the May primary.
- Corbett to voters: Be vigilant
- Pa. Senate approves table games at casinos
- Kanjorski among top candidate spenders
- Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone
- Eachus implicated in corruption
- To GOP’s Cawley, big issue is fear
- Barletta pegged as rising GOP star
- Barletta mounting challenge to Kanjo
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VIDEO: President Obama at Lehigh Carbon Community College - Barletta mulling 3rd shot at Kanjo
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Evening gowns, saris at Obama's first state dinner
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Obama promises to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan
- Backing for Rendell’s ideas is mixed
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Dems in Senate at odds over legislation
- VIDEO: TL interview with Gov. Ed Rendell
- Obama’s hesitancy on war buildup sends messages
Associated Press
Kaine confident Democrats will do well in election
Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine says he believes his party's candidates will do well in the November elections despite two unexpected retirements because "there's a really corrosive civil war going on" in the Republican Party.
Asked to assess his party's prospects for keeping comfortable majorities in Congress, Gov. Kain
3 Democrats _ 2 senators, 1 governor _ to retire
WASHINGTON _ With the 2010 election year barely under way, two senators and one governor _ all Democrats _ ditched plans to run for re-election in the latest signs of trouble for President Barack Obama's party.
Taken together, the decisions by Sens. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota as well as Colorado Gov. Bi
GOP chairman doubts Republicans can retake House
GOP Chairman Michael Steele thinks Republicans have "screwed up" for the most part in the years since Ronald Reagan was president. And, he adds in an interview on the heels of his new book's release, Republicans won't win back the House in fall elections and might not be ready to lead even if they do.
That forecast of failur
No longer coy, Giuliani won't run for NY office
After months of playing it coy and flirting with a bid for statewide office, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he won't return to the campaign trail next year, leaving a wide-open field for New York Republicans interested in the gubernatorial and Senate races.
Giuliani, viewed by many New York Republicans as a
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