ELECTION 2010
Marco Rubio meets with Broward Republicans
Marco Rubio framed himself as the true conservative choice for Senate in a speech Monday night.
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Almost three years after leaving office, Jeb Bush remains popular among large groups of Floridians. That could spell trouble for Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Marco Rubio framed himself as the true conservative choice for Senate in a speech Monday night.
As state Sen. Ted Deutch rolls out more than a dozen endorsements for a congressional seat, he appears to be sending a message to potential opponents.
State Sens. Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber squared off for the first time in the attorney general's race in front of about 1,000 Democratic activists at the state party's annual convention.
At a contentious meeting, Broward Republicans decided to hold off on deciding whether to have a straw poll to indicate their preference for Charlie Crist or Marco Rubio for Senate.
Gov. Charlie Crist on Sunday announced three more candidates for retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez's job.
According to a statement from Crist's office, former U.S. Reps. Clay Shaw, Mike Bilirakis and Lou Frey have been asked to fill out a questionnaire for the position.For two months she basked -- and sizzled -- in the world's hottest celebrity spotlight. Now Sarah Palin has come home to begin the last two years of her term as governor of Alaska. Time to take a deep breath and consider some of the key challenges that lie ahead for Sarah Palin.
A look at Election Night through the eyes of a generation of older black Americans who came out of the Great Depression as children, lived through segregation and the struggle for civil rights and have now seen the election of the nation's first black president.
The famous -- or infamous, depending on your point of view -- "godless" TV commercial in North Carolina's campaign for the U.S. Senate almost didn't happen.
Among the Democrats swept into office Tuesday was Chris Koster, the state senator and former Cass County prosecutor who will become Missouris 41st attorney general in January.
When Barack Obama becomes president in January, he'll confront the controversial legal legacy of the Bush administration. From expansive executive privilege to hard-line tactics in the war on terrorism, Obama must decide what he'll undo and what he'll embrace.
There are enough clues to an Barack Obama presidency in the 21-month campaign he waged to win the White House to provide a preliminary assessment. (May need to register)
The selection of the highly partisan Emanuel, 48, signals that Obama wants a tough taskmaster to run his White House, as well as steely insider able to help push the Obama agenda through Congress. News of his appointment angered some Republicans, who called it a betrayal of Obama's pledge of a more civil politics and bipartisan governing.
U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, found guilty of seven felonies last week, is beating his Democratic opponent. So's Rep. Don Young, who's been under federal investigation for years. Some strategists suggested a "Palin effect," which is ironic, given that she backed Young's opponent in the primary and called on Stevens to resign.
John McCain won 112 of Kentucky's 120 counties, but not the Appalachian counties of Elliott, Menifee, Wolfe and Rowan. Political leaders in the four counties said race wasn't a factor for their mostly white constituents.
The presidential race entered a critical three-day period in September when the economic crisis cast the candidates' differences in sharp relief. How the candidates responded -- Sen. John McCain's dramatic moves and sometimes-uneven temperament and Sen. Barack Obama's more analytical reaction and calm vibe -- was a window into how they made decisions. And voters responded. (May need to respond)
A ban on gay marriage, which is already illegal in Florida, looks like it will be enshrined in that state's Constitution. California voters also approved a gay marriage ban for the state constitution, six months after the state's Supreme Court ruled that such a ban violated the state's Constitution.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole lost her re-election bid Tuesday night to state Sen. Kay Hagan, done in by a combination of Hagan's tireless campaigning, millions of dollars from national Democrats and Barack Obama's strong emphasis on North Carolina.
North Carolina, long one of the most contested pieces of political turf in America, was trending blue Tuesday as Democrats rode uncertainty about the economy and the Iraq war to a strong showing.
Six months after the California Supreme Court sanctioned same-sex marriage in the state, voters Tuesday were repealing the landmark decision with about half the precincts reporting.