Posts Tagged ‘election’

NY special election a measure of Obama’s strength (AP)

AP – Democrat David Weprin faced an unusually tight race against Republican Bob Turner in a special election Tuesday in New York’s heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District, where voters unhappy with President Barack Obama could elect a Republican for the first time.

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Sarah Palin on 2012 presidential election: ‘I can win’

The former vice presidential candidate said the 2012 race could be hers to win. In a cover story in the new Newsweek, Palin warned that the GOP field “is not yet set.”

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Thailand’s military accepts sweeping election win (AP)

Yingluck Shinawatra, the leader of Pheu Thai Party, center, talks with reporters upon her arrival at a hotel for a meeting with leaders of the coalition partners Monday, July 4, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Yingluck, sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, announced an agreement Monday to form a five-party coalition government after her party won a landslide victory in Thailand's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP – Thailand’s military eased concerns of renewed turmoil Monday by accepting the sweeping electoral win of toppled ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s party, while his sister vowed to reconcile the deeply divided nation as its first female prime minister.


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Thaksin’s sister wins Thai election, seeks unity (AP)

Yingluck Shinawatra, opposition Pheu Thai Party's candidate for prime minister shakes hands with supporters as she celebrates after winning the election at the party headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday, July 3, 2011.  The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck led Thailand's main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five tumultuous years after her fugitive billionaire brother was toppled in an army coup, and paving the way Yingluck Shinawatra, who has never held office, to become this Southeast Asian kingdom's first female prime minister. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP – The woman poised to become Thailand’s first female prime minister acknowledged huge challenges in reconciling the divided country, after an election landslide seen as a rebuke of the military-backed establishment that ousted her brother in a 2006 coup.


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Thaksin party wins landslide Thai election victory (AP)

Yingluck Shinawatra, opposition Pheu Thai Party's candidate for prime minister shakes hands with supporters as she celebrates after winning the election at the party headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday, July 3, 2011.  The sister of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck led Thailand's main opposition party to a landslide victory in elections Sunday, heralding an extraordinary political turnaround five tumultuous years after her fugitive billionaire brother was toppled in an army coup, and paving the way Yingluck Shinawatra, who has never held office, to become this Southeast Asian kingdom's first female prime minister. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP – The woman poised to become Thailand’s first female prime minister acknowledged huge challenges in reconciling her divided country, after an election landslide seen as a rebuke of the military-backed establishment that ousted her brother in a 2006 coup.


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Obama visits Puerto Rico with eye on 2012 election (AP)

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks to a group of supporters at a Miami fundraiser, Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP – President Barack Obama is making a rare presidential visit to Puerto Rico, the U.S. island territory, with a firm eye on Puerto Ricans back on the mainland who could help him win at least one key state during his re-election campaign next year.


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Turkey’s ruling party wins election (AP)

Supporters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan react outside the AK party offices in Istanbul, Sunday, June 12, 2011. Turkey's ruling party sought a third term in elections Sunday, aiming to build on economic and diplomatic advances in recent years as well as introduce a new constitution it says will make the country more democratic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP – Turkey’s ruling party surged to a third term in parliamentary elections Sunday, setting the stage for the rising regional power to pursue trademark economic growth, assertive diplomacy and an overhaul of the military-era constitution.


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