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Nonpartisan: Paul Babbitt's campaign in AZ CD-1 got a couple of boosts this month, as Babbitt cracked the $1 million mark in fundraising and won the endorsement of retired conservative Democratic Senator Dennis DeConcini. However, a new poll shows Babbitt hasn't made up any ground on freshman Congressman Rick Renzi. Full post
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J. Mcclain: Setting the path for an intriguing race in 2006, Former GOP Congressman and Gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon announced this week that he was going to run for his former seat, now the Arizona 6th District, in 2006. Formerly a part of the Arizona First, the 6th District's current occupant is... Full post
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R Godwin: State Treasurer John Kennedy, one of three Democrats running for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen.John Breaux, has picked up the endorsement of Congressman Bill Jefferson (D). Full post
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Charles Kuffner: Having indicted three of Rep. Tom DeLay's associates, a new grand jury will be formed to take a closer look at Texas State House Speaker Tom Craddick for his role in the 2002 election and the alleged improper use of corporate funds. Full post
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ohwillek2004: A Pueblo Chieftan poll has Salazar leading Coors 46-45 (600 voters, +/-4%, registered voters, September 14-18, 2004, Denver pollster Circuli and Associates polling). The same poll had Bush ahead by 12 points in the state. The poll also looked at state ballot issues providing a comparison the Rocky Mountain News... Full post
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Kari Chisholm: The Oregon Supreme Court ruled today that Ralph Nader will not appear on the Oregon ballot. They ruled that the Secretary of State acted properly in decertifying hundreds of signatures due to unverifiable (and possibly fraudulent) petition sheets. Ballots went to the printers immediately.... Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: A new poll shows President Bush beating Democratic Senator John Kerry by 12% in Colorado. The poll shows Bush getting 51%, while Senator Kerry only has 39%. The poll was conducted by Ciruli Associates of Denver for The Pueblo Chieftain. It surveyed 600 likely and registered voters and has a... Full post
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Owen: This is HUUUUUUUUUGE. Wisconsin Politics Among Likely Voters Presidential Results Bush 53% Kerry 43% Nader 1% Senate Feingold 51% Michels 45% Forget the presidential poll where Bush leads Kerry by a full 10 points, look at the Senate results! Tim Michels, who is still a political unknown in most of... Full post
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Oakman: With the Senate race between Rep. Brad Carson and Former Rep. Tom Coburn polling neck and neck, some pundits suspect the third candidate in the race, Nader supporter Sheila Bilyeu, may end up a spoiler. After reading this interview, you decide.... Full post
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ohwillek2004: Amendment 36 which proposes to change the way Colorado allocates its electoral votes from a winner take all system to a proportional representation system, is ahead (47-35) in a recent poll by the Rocky Mountain News (500 likely voters, September 12-13, 2004, MOE +/- 4.33%), although by a smaller margin... Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: Dave Thomas is having a bad week. On Friday a debate between the Repubican and the Constitution Party Candidates will air, with a empty chair for Thomas. The Columbine grand jury released its report, which does much to harm Thomas for his role in the investigation of the shootings and the Rocky Mountain News has begun to release editorials that attack Thomas for those actions, which some are calling a cover up. Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: A new poll shows Peter Coors and Ken Salazar in a virtual tie, with Coors up one point in a recent Rasmussen Poll, 49% to 48%. Full post
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Matt Rosenberg: Teens keep committing murders here in Washington state, and news reports follow - in the usual piecemeal, value-neutral fashion. Occasionally, reporters may drill down into a particular case. Or not. Either way, there are precious few timely trend pieces, editorials or commentaries tying the cases together....investigating the histories of the... Full post
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Charles Kuffner: A Texas grand jury has indicted several people for illegally using corporate campaign contributions during the 2002 Texas state elections. Full post
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ohwillek2004: Colorado's State budget faces another $263 million of cuts on top of hundreds of millions of dollars of cuts already made in prior years. The following fiscal year is projected to see $192 million of cuts on top of that. Despite these dire straits the mysterious math of TABOR means... Full post
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Kari Chisholm: A new poll is out from the Portland Tribune. Candidates: Kerry leads Bush 51 to 44. Senator Ron Wyden leads his no-name opponent 58 to 31. All three Democratic statewide officials are leading by at least ten points. Measures: The gay-marriage ban is leading 57 to 38. Medical malpractice caps... Full post
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Owen: This is interesting. Spring Green, best known as the home of the late architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will add another famous inhabitant next week: Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Sources close to the Kerry campaign confirmed today that Kerry and his entourage will stay at the House on the Rock... Full post
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ohwillek2004: Voters polled seven weeks before election day favor a number of ballot issues including FasTracks, i.e. issue 4A (62-32), a plan to tax cigarettes to pay for health care, i.e. Amendment 35 (65-33), and a renewable energy mandate, Amendment 37 (74-19). The Rocky Mountain News poll conducted September 12-13, 2004,... Full post
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Mitch Sommers: When is stripping to thong underwear disorderly conduct? At a Bush rally in Lancaster County, maybe? Full post
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ctyankeeinhi: Here is a short review of the events of contested races in Saturday's primary election. In the race for the U.S. Senate, Cam Cavasso garnered just under 50% of the vote in the Republican Primary to face incumbent Senator Daniel Inouye who coasted to victory in the Democratic Primary. In... Full post
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ohwillek2004: Colorado Common Cause is challenging two new election rules in Colorado's state courts. One rule challenged allows voters who cast a provisional ballot in the wrong precinct to cast a Presidential ballot, but not a ballot in other statewide races such as U.S. Senate. The other rule challenged is the... Full post
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Chad Johnson: Last Tuesday there was a primary election in Washington state. Here are the results of the more major races. Full post
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ohwillek2004: A trial judge has put Nader on the U.S Presidential race ballot in Colorado, resolving a Democratic challenge based on his failure to be registered in the Reform party which provided him with a nomination, ruling that the rule doesn't apply to Presidential races. The Democrats have not yet decided... Full post
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ohwillek2004: Ken Salazar, Colorado's Attorney General, leads beer magnate Pete Coors, 53-42 in a Rocky Mountain News poll of 500 likely voters (MOE +/- 4.33) conducted September 12-13, 2004. An April poll by the same firm showed a 52-36 lead for Salazar. Coors claims to have an internal poll showing Salazar... Full post
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R Godwin: Voters will decide whether to amend the Louisiana Constitution to ban gay marriage today. Also, local races are on the ballot. Full post
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ctyankeeinhi: Tomorrow, Hawaiians go to the polls to pick candidates in a variety of federal, state and local offices. The race to become to the next Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu is the most anticipated. A non-partisan race, ten candidates will attempt on Saturday to receive at... Full post
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ohwillek2004: A new poll from American Research Group conducted September 10-13, 2004 shows Bush with 46% support and Kerry with 45% support. The poll also showed 3% support for Ralph Nader, whose ballot status in Colorado is currently being litigated and 1% support for other candidates. The results are based on... Full post
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Oakman: U.S. Rep Brad Carson has found a simple message to counter the strong initial lead by former U.S. Rep. Dr. Tom Coburn in their fight for Don Nickles' senate seat: He's the one who will bring home the federal dollars.... Full post
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ohwillek2004: Rather than figure out how to pay for the massive tax cuts he is proposing, U.S. Senate candidate Pete Coors simply declared without any economic backing that roughly $2.5 trillion in tax cuts, primarily for the rich, won't reduce government revenue. While the economic concept of the Laffer curve indicates... Full post
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Will Vehrs: Polstate has learned that former Prince William County Attorney Sharon Pandak is considering joining the 2005 race for Attorney General as a Democrat. Would a nationally known authority on land use and ethics who has never run for office have a chance? Full post
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ohwillek2004: When the 7th Congressional District was crafted by a judge after Colorado's legislature had failed to agree on a redistricting plan in time for the 2002 election, the number of Democrats, Republicans, and independents was virtually identical. Not surprisingly the race came down in the end to a win for... Full post
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Pete: John Barrow, Democratic candidate for Georgia's 12th Congressional District seat, has angered gay rights supporters by supporting a Senate bill that would amend Georgia's constitution so as to prohibit same-sex marriages. During a July 16 televised debate, Barrow stated his opposition to amending the federal or state constitution in such... Full post
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Brendan Hadash: In what promises to be a close race for New Hampshire governor John Lynch (D) and incumbent Craig Benson (R) easily won their primaries.... Full post
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Matt Rinker: District of Columbia residents have overwhelmingly decided that it is time for a change in their local government. Primaries for City Council were held today with several familiar faces on the ballot. Most noted was the return of former Mayor Marion Barry, who announced a couple months ago that he... Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: The battle over the proposed change in how Colorado allocates its electoral votes has finally done it, the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Yesterday, in a article by John Harwood, the Journal looked at some of the more far-reaching effects of the challenge to the Status quo. Full post
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Brendan Hadash: With 84% of the polls reporting, The Burlington Free Press has just declared Cheryl Rivers 53.4% the winner over Jan Backus 46.6% for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. With incumbent Brian Dubie (R) and Steve Hingten (Progressive) also in the race, this will probably be the hottest contest in... Full post
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Walt Latham: As the visitors to this site may recall, Virginia had an intense debate over tax increases during this winter's General Assembly session. The conclusion, of course, was an increase in Virginians' tax burden. The Associated Press is reporting that a coalition of anti-tax increase organizations has launched a "Virginia's Least... Full post
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John LaPlante: "Leave no county behind" may be George Bush's rallying cry in western Michigan. On Monday the president made an appearance Monday in Muskegon, the Democratic Party stronghold in a normally Republican part of the state. He chose the occasion so highlight non-military issues, including health care.... Full post
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Wyeth Wire: After months of trailing her Republican opponent by double-digits, a new poll has Inez Tenenbaum withing the margin of error in the race to succeed retiring Senator Fritz Hollings. Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: You can find the full text of the story here . It appears that Colorado is now just one of nearly two dozen states where Nader's ballot status is going to come down to a lawsuit. If Nader is kicked off the ballot, it could be a huge plus for... Full post
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Blogicus Maximus: The Rocky Mountain News has taken the lead in the attack on FasTracks, the multibillion dollar transit referendum facing metro Denver voters this November 2nd. Full post
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Matt Rinker: Only one Ward in the primary tomorrow will be really watched as voters set out to choose nominees for DC City Council. Many of the incumbents already sitting on the City Council are expected to easily win their nominations. The lone ward which has received much of the media attention... Full post
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Wes Flinn: Take one sex scandal and two ambitious officials, and heat to simmer... Full post
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jbarber: Georgia recently received a dubious honor -- being named the worst in the country for one political achievement. No, it's not our governor (I think that would go to Mississippi's governor, Haley Barbour, although...enough -- Perdue might fly out in his taxpayer-funded helicopter and threaten to endorse me if I... Full post
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