Posts Tagged ‘seat’

Fox News gunning for Thomas’ front-row seat in White House

Long before Helen Thomas resigned under fire Monday, Fox News had trained its sights on grabbing her coveted front-row seat in the White House briefing room.

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McCain in fierce fight to hold onto Arizona seat (AP)

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 1, 2010, former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth campaigns in Marana, Ariz.  A serious re-election fight wasn't what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency. The four-term senator is battling for his political life in a race that embodies the volatility of an unpredictable election year, facing Hayworth, a fellow Republican, pushing him farther to the right as GOP voters demand conservative purity in their candidates and punish anyone with ties to Washington establishment.  (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – A serious re-election fight wasn’t what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency.


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GOP wins House seat in Obama’s home district (AP)

Republican Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou addresses his supporters, Saturday, May 22, 2009 in Honolulu. Djou defeated former U.S. Rep. Ed Case and Hawaii State Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, both Democrats in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Democrat Neil Abercrombie who resigned from Congress to run for governor. He is the first Republican in decades to be elected to the 1st Congressional District seat representing urban Honolulu, President Barack Obama's hometown. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)AP – Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Barack Obama grew up — the latest triumph for the GOP as it looks to take back control of Congress.


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Staten Island GOPers nominate Fossella for his old seat

In a move sure to raise political eyebrows, the executive committee of the Staten Island Republican Party bypassed two other candidates to overwhelmingly nominate Vito Fossella for his old congressional seat.

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Carl Paladino, Republican millionaire with eye on guv’s seat, compares health care bill to 9/11

An upstate Republican millionaire looking to run for governor Tuesday morning compared the new federal health care bill to the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Peralta trounces Hiram in special election for state Senate seat

Hiram Monserrate has lost his long-shot bid to get his state Senate seat back in a special election.

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Harold Ford to announce he will not run for U.S. Senate seat against Kirsten Gillibrand

Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford told a top New York Democrat Monday he has decided not to mount a primary challenge against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

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