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Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced Thursday that he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama system.

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Schweitzer elected chairman of Stillwater board

Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that he is "focused like a laser" on improving the Stillwater Mining Co. after being elected chairman of the board - but he also isn't ruling out a potential U.S. Senate run.
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Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.
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Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.
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Handel jumps into crowded US Senate race in Ga.

Karen Handel, the former Susan G. Komen for the Cure executive at the center of last year's public clash with Planned Parenthood, says she'll be running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.
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Family drama adds intrigue to Ill. governor's race

Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know - and who you're related to - matters more than most. But the family drama shaping up around the next governor's race adds a new layer of intrigue in a Capitol already grappling with huge financial problems.
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Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states

Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma - what to do with all the money when an improving economy suddenly creates a surplus in revenues.
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Herseth Sandlin rules out run for SD Senate seat

Former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Monday she will not seek the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tim Johnson.
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Brownback: Kansas won’t partner with federal government on health insurance exchange

Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday his administration won’t partner with the federal government to set up a health insurance exchange called for by the federal health insurance overhaul.
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Five reasons Obama didn't win swing state North Carolina

President Barack Obama almost ran the table Tuesday night when it came to battleground states. The lone exception: North Carolina.
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Florida becomes election jokes punch line again

Florida blew its chance to help determine the presidency, but did win a fabulous booby prize: another starring role in many a late-night and Internet punch line.