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AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Romney campaign
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM October 29, 2012 CommentAfter waking up in Tampa, Fla., Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walked down a hotel hallway carrying his own bags as he prepared to leave one swing state behind and make his way to another. Accompanied by a few Secret Service agents, he got into his SUV. The interior was surprisingly cramped.
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Vicious Nevada Senate contest nears uncertain end
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:17PM October 29, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — The TV ads thrum back-to-back, hour after hour: Republican Sen. Dean Heller wants taxpayers to subsidize oil companies. Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley is flipping foreclosed homes for profit. He wants to ship jobs overseas and strip health coverage from the elderly; she used her position in Congress to enrich her husband.
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Romney, Obama Stop Campaigning for Sandy
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President Barack Obama listens as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate speaks to the media about Hurricane Sandy at FEMA Headquarters in Washington.
Candidates are suspending their campaigns as Sandy bears down.
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New McCaskill ad declares: 'Todd Akin is scary'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:48PM October 29, 2012 CommentST. LOUIS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Monday launched a Halloween-week ad casting her Republican challenger Todd Akin as "scary" because of his remarks about "legitimate rape." Akin, meanwhile, is gaining some outside help in his quest to oust Missouri's senior senator.
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Republicans poised for gains in governor's races
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:17PM October 29, 2012 CommentOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven't won in a quarter-century.
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Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:07PM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues:
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THE RACE: Storm disrupts campaigning on both sides
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:55AM October 29, 2012 CommentThe "October Surprise" turned out to be a monster storm that is forcing President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney to overhaul campaign plans.
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Michigan House race muddled after bizarre start
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:20AM October 29, 2012 CommentNORTHVILLE, Mich. (AP) — It seemed things couldn't get more muddled after U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, a Republican who appeared destined for easy re-election in his suburban Detroit district, shockingly failed to qualify for the ballot this summer and then resigned.
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Hurricane Sandy is a Democrat
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Hurricane Sandy is seen through a satellite image from NASA.
As Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc on the Obama and Romney campaigns, the frankenstorm has made her political inclinations clear in at least one place: Twitter.
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No high court action on voting rights law
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:40AM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans. Now, opponents of a key part of the Voting Rights Act are asking the high court to finish off that provision.
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On Minn. gay marriage vote, seniors a tough crowd
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:28AM October 29, 2012 CommentSHOREVIEW, Minn. (AP) — The word "homosexual" was rarely uttered in public when Louise Pardee was growing up, but now the 81-year-old is dialing up fellow Minnesota senior citizens trying to convince them gay relationships are nothing to fear.
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5 things to watch for in the campaign homestretch
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:31AM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Five things to watch for in the final week of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney:
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Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votes
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:24AM October 29, 2012 CommentAMES, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to convert momentum from the debates into support in all-important Ohio, according to an Associated Press analysis a week before Election Day.
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Obama hopes Nevada turnout team trumps bad economy
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:17AM October 29, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — It's people like Paul Prekop who make Nevada a maddeningly difficult state for President Barack Obama to lock down, and who give Republican Mitt Romney hope that there's a route to the White House even if he loses the big prize of Ohio.
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Ryan tries to sell Ohioans that he's one of them
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:40AM October 29, 2012 CommentSABINA, Ohio (AP) — Paul Ryan might as well be an Ohioan.
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Insurers nervous over prospect of Romney victory
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:57AM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary.
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Endorsements flood in, but do voters care?
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55AM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — In one October weekend, Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama each scored a victory from a major newspaper in the all-important state of Florida. On one end, the Tampa Bay Times endorsed Obama, praising him for steady economic progress and sure-footed foreign policy. On the other, the Orlando Sentinel backed Romney, describing him an able and tested leader even as it frowned on his conservative statements about social issues.
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New England shapes up as Dem firewall for Senate
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:42AM October 29, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses in Nebraska and elsewhere that could erase their majority.
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Obama balancing storm response with campaigning
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:36PM October 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government.
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Romney cancels NH trip as storm approaches
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:17PM October 28, 2012 CommentFINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Mitt Romney has canceled plans to campaign in New Hampshire this week because of the storm bearing down on the East Coast.
