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A pastor running for judge told potential donors they should give him $20 because "you're all going to need me in Traffic Court." Willie Singletary, who made headlines earlier this year for having his license suspended and owing more than $11,000 in unpaid traffic tickets, made the comment to a crowd of fellow motorcycle enthusiasts in April.
The Boston brewers of Sam Adams beer objected when they learned that a mayoral campaign here included Web sites invoking the name of their product.
A mayoral candidate who is also a police officer shot a man in the back during a convenience store argument — but was only defending himself, a prosecutor said.
When pundits complain about "pit bull politics," this isn't what they mean.
A former Taiwanese premier who has pushed for better relations with rival China will head the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's ticket in 2008 elections, the party's presidential candidates said Monday.
Watching the action from the wings isn't in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's blood.
A radio talk show host was fired Friday after he made a derogatory comment about the weight and sexuality of the Green-Rainbow party candidate running for Massachusetts governor.
The willowy brunette laughed heartily, lustily, as she dismissed the notion that her romance novel full of steamy sex scenes crossed the line into pornography.
An excerpt from "A Perfect Match," an out-of-print romance novel written by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs, a conservative Republican running for state comptroller. It is about National Security Agency code-breaker Emily Brown and Ross Harding, a spy assigned to protect her after she intercepts a message that endangers her life:
Loretta Nall, the Libertarian Party's write-in candidate for governor of Alabama, is campaigning on her cleavage and hoping that voters will eventually focus on her platform.
Mike McGavick, a Republican waging an uphill race for the Senate, called Monday for the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the creation of a bipartisan panel to propose new directions for the Iraq war.
Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
A real clown is running for mayor of Alameda, and even his sister won't vote for him.
Democratic Senate candidate Jack Carter, son of former President Jimmy Carter, has been hospitalized with severe colitis, a spokesman said Sunday.
When he lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq, Robbie Doughty was no longer able to serve his country on the battlefield. But if things go his way this fall, he hopes to serve his community as an elected official.
Republican Senate challenger Mike McGavick revealed a drunken driving incident and discussed his divorce and other past missteps, saying, "It's true I've made mistakes."
The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor said he no longer will use a fundraising letter sent on his behalf by Mel Gibson, who admitted to an anti-Semitic tirade after he was pulled over for speeding.
Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum.
He became a household name in Venezuela as a standup comedian who aims his wit — rapid-fire, irreverent and loaded with vulgarities — at everyone from his family to the Roman Catholic Church.
Keith Ellison is hoping that this city of mostly white Christians is ready to make a black Muslim its next congressman.
Democratic Party leaders are wondering what to do about a candidate for attorney general who denies the Holocaust occurred and wants to "reawaken white racial awareness."
A congressional hopeful wrecked his car and wandered a mile in a daze, swimming across a river and then huddling under leaves for warmth until he was found alive a day later, officials and relatives said.
Democrats pulled an Arab-American candidate from their election ticket on Saturday amid a furor over comments he made four years ago that some interpreted as sympathetic to Palestinian suicide bombers.
An independent candidate for Texas governor rode in a St. Patrick's Day parade car Saturday with his trademark black hat and burning cigar — plus a beer in his hand, an apparent violation of the state's open container law.
The clerk of New Orleans' criminal courts — one of two dozen people running for mayor — completed a three-day jail sentence for contempt of court Thursday.
It's official: Obama will back a filibuster of any Senate FISA legislation containing telecom immunity, his campaign has just told Election Central.
The following is from the conservative political website, Redstate.com explaining why they banned some discussions of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul from their site:
"I think we've been asking the wrong questions about these proposed trade deals," he added. "The question seems to have been, 'Is this trade deal good for the profits of big multinational corporations?'"
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Of the $18.5M that Mitt Romney raised last quarter, he himself contributed $8.5M.
So what should a mayor do? Just let constituents call his weekly radio program on WABC — the one called "Live From City Hall ... With Rudy Giuliani" — and whine and complain and get in his face without answering back?
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Republican frontrunner in national polls, has avoided meeting with the nation's most powerful socially conservative leaders, and instead is taking his appeal directly to conservative activists at the local level.
Should you heart Huckabee? The jovial former Arkansas governor famously shed 100 pounds in two years and became an outspoken health and fitness advocate, and now he's focusing that can-do attitude on a much weightier problem: America's beleaguered energy system.
In a sign of confidence befitting her status as front runner, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today began airing what her aides are calling "extremely vicious attack ads about herself."
Surpassing her rivals by a margin that few Democrats predicted, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign announced this morning that it had raised $22 million since July to compete in the 2008 primaries, and another $5 million for the general election should she w …
By John Dickerson Posted Friday, Sept. 28, 2007, at 5:29 PM ET
Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate in an attempt to stop him.
"The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered Russia's presidential race on Sunday, elected overwhelmingly as the candidate for the country's beleagured opposition coalition."
The leading Democratic White House said on Wednesday night they can not guarantee to pull all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term. All three say they could not promise to have troops out of Iraq before 2013, if elected.
"I have socially liberal views and traditional conservative economic views."
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Rudolph W. Giuliani appeared today before the National Rifle Association — a group he once likened to extremists — and defended his very vocal past advocacy of tougher gun laws while affirming the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms.
I endorse Rep. Ron Paul for President. And I endorse him not because he is the lesser of two evils. A Christian can never endorse any kind of evil. I endorse Rep.
The US civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson set off a racial firestorm yesterday after he accused his fellow Democrat and fellow African American, Barack Obama, of "acting like he's white" in his campaign for the White House.
Foreign Affairs, as part of their "Campaign 2008" coverage of the presidential candidates is examining the top candidates' foreign policy.
Democratic U.S. presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Saturday won the endorsement of retired Army Gen.
"Unfortunately, the president is pressing on with the only strategy he's ever had - more time, more troops, and more war." "In January, after years of evidence that military actions cannot force a political solution, the president announced a military surge to force a political …
"I feel the United States is engaging in an illegal occupation," Kucinich said in Lebanon after leaving Syria (see related link). During the Syrian TV interview, Kucinich gave effusive praise for the actions of Syrian President Assad.
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards received 38 percent of the vote to win an informal poll of Texas Democrats conducted online, the state's Democratic party said on Monday. His closest opponents were senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with 21 and 20 percent, respectively.
Barack Obama is hoping that Oprah Winfrey will help boost his candidacy with women, African Americans and daytime television lovers. But, according to the commentator, history suggests otherwise.
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