Complete coverage of the 2006 midterm elections, congressional campaigns and governors races. Political news and analysis from The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com.
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A Question of Justice
Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first full-fledged ideological battle of the fledgling Obama administration.
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Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska elections officials said.
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Stevens falls further behind in Alaska Senate race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dropped further behind Democrat Mark Begich in his re-election bid Tuesday as the convicted felon's 85th birthday became a grueling wait that could determine whether his decades-long hold on power is over.
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Clinton Is Among Obama's Top Picks to Lead State Department
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the top contenders to become secretary of state in Barack Obama's administration, officials familiar with the selection process said, part of what appears to be an effort by the incoming president to reach out to former rivals and consider unexpected moves as ...
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Democrats Cling to Hope For 60 Seats in the Senate
In a strange turn of events, the Democrats' pursuit of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate -- left for dead after last week's election results -- is now back on course.
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Obama Enters Georgia Race, Symbolically
One week after his historic victory, President-elect Barack Obama has become a critical figure in Georgia's runoff election for a Senate seat, a contest that will help determine the size of the Democratic majority Obama will have to help move his agenda.
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Under Obama, Web Would Be the Way
CHICAGO -- Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency.
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A Moment for the Ages, Many Years in the Making
"Obama Makes History," said the headline in this newspaper on Wednesday, a statement of the obvious, but no less momentous for that. Everybody knows it's true -- nearly everybody has been saying it since Tuesday night. But what does it mean to make history?
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Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks To Reverify Voter Registrations
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has gone back to court to compel tens of thousands of state voters to reverify their registrations.
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Minn. Senate Race Far From Over
The U.S. Senate race in Minnesota is nowhere close to being decided, state officials said yesterday.
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Obama to Face Big Policy Decisions on Iran, N. Korea and Mideast
President-elect Barack Obama stepped carefully yesterday when he was asked about the unusual letter of congratulations that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him -- the first time an Iranian leader has congratulated the victor of a U.S. presidential election since the 1979 Islamic revolu...
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President-Elect Meets the Press, Cautiously
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 -- In his first public appearance since Tuesday's victory speech, President-elect Barack Obama sent a clear signal that he intends to move deliberately during his transition and resist pressure to flesh out details of his governing agenda or in other ways act like a president until...
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A Butler Well Served by This Election
For more than three decades Eugene Allen worked in the White House, a black man unknown to the headlines. During some of those years, harsh segregation laws lay upon the land.
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Obama Called on to Give Federal Jobs a Makeover
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Transition Team Profiles
VALERIE JARRETT Position: Transition co-chair Experience: Jarrett, 51, is a Chicagoan who has done a little of everything in Barack Obama's adoptive home town. Born in Shiraz, Iran, where her father ran a hospital for poor children, Jarrett was raised in Hyde Park, the neighborhood where the Obamas...
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The Chief's Chief
It was another October midnight on Capitol Hill and the $700 billion economic bailout deal was flat-lining. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the president's chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, on speakerphone and was getting nowhere on the final few sticking points. Next to her, Rahm Emanuel decided it was...
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Democrats Craft Economic Plan
As the euphoria of the election gave way yesterday to more sobering evidence of decline in the global economy, Democrats moved swiftly to convert their mandate into an economic action plan that could include up to $100 billion in immediate stimulus spending and new tax cuts for the middle class...
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Most of California's Black Voters Backed Gay Marriage Ban
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 -- Any notion that Tuesday's election represented a liberal juggernaut must overcome a detail from the voting booths of California: The same voters who turned out strongest for Barack Obama also drove a stake through the heart of same-sex marriage.
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Among Democrats in Congress, Disputes on Leaders and Agenda
Fresh off their most successful election in generations, Democrats are fighting over the spoils of victory.
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Bush, Obama to Meet Monday at White House
President Bush will meet with President-elect Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday to discuss the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other challenges the new administration will face in January, officials said yesterday.
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Did You Know?
The wealthiest 10 percent of the U.S. population - 12 million Upper Middle Class, Affluent, Super Affluent and Wealthy households (35% of the estimated 105,480,101 American households in 2000) – generate fully 50 percent of all U.S. retail spending, and account for $4.1 trillion in annual consumption.
Source: The Annual Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America 2007
By The Way...
Secret Service Code Names:
Barack Obama - Renegade
Michelle Obama - Renaissance
John McCain Accepts the Republican Party Nomination
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