The Wall Street Journal Campaign 2010
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With Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's concession, more than a half-dozen tea party outsiders have won GOP Senate primaries, in part on promises to transform the way a Senate designed for collegiality operates.
It will be a three-way race for the late Robert C. Byrd's U.S. Senate seat in November as voters decided to pit Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin against Republican John Raese and Mountain Party's Jesse Johnson.
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Bell, Calif., the little town with the big salaries, is proving an irresistible spur to outrage for candidates across the state, from the governor's race to the contest for controller.
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Eroding support for Democrats is roiling dozens of House races and boosting Republican confidence that the GOP will retake the House in November.
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's chief economist, is expected to tell reporters at the Chamber's annual Labor Day briefing that Washington should extend the Bush tax cuts.
This year's primaries have been more eventful than most in recent years. Four representatives, three senators and one governor have been denied renomination thus far, with the number of Senate casualties already the highest since 1980. What does that mean for November?
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The spat between the head of a presidential commission and a special interest group over how to deal with Social Security's financial challenges is the opening shot of what will be a very nasty fight.
With tight races for governor and senator, not to mention several close congressional contests, Ohio is likely to tell us not only which political party will be victorious but also how large the anticipated Republican wave turns out to be.
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It's become increasingly dangerous for lawmakers of either party to compromise with the other side, as this year's races show.
The tea party movement has shown it can help nominate Republican candidates, but can it help elect them too?
In North Carolina, a struggle over school busing probably signals serious problems for the future of economic affirmative action – the idea that only a few years ago had been the hope of those looking to replace legally questionable programs based on race.
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From the overhaul of the nation's health care system to his authorizing a lawsuit to challenge Arizona's popular law aimed at curbing illegal immigration, President Obama has not let public opinion polls guide his presidency. In that way, he's more like George W. Bush than Bill Clinton.
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Polls suggest Republicans have a good chance of taking the House of Representatives this fall and a slim shot at the Senate. So what would they do to revive the U.S. economy?
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Americans look at the president and see a stranger.
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Few Californians in the private sector have $1 million in savings, but that's effectively the retirement account they guarantee to many government employees.
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When I met with the president in early 1995, I warned him he would not be re-elected unless he changed his reputation.
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Understanding the tea party is essential to predicting what the country's political scene will look like.
See how all 435 House races and 36 Senate races are leaning ahead of this fall's election and get a better look at close contests.