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...served on her health-care task force when she was First Lady. It was one of more than 30 negative campaign commercials run against Democratic candidates in which Clinton played a co-starring role, according to the research firm TNS Media Intelligence. "The opposition did research in my district," says Altmire, who won in a squeaker and is not endorsing a candidate. "You can imagine what they might do next cycle...
...remarkable is Tvert's counterpart in Idaho, Ryan Davidson of Boise. Davidson operated without any MPP money after failing to get measures on the ballot in 2004 in a number of Idaho cities. This past year, he got it on Hailey's ballot after winning a ruling in federal district court that overturned Hailey's law preventing nonresidents from circulating petitions. "This was the least funded campaign in history," he says. "I spent maybe 20 bucks. I got the signatures on the petitions on my own dime. I spread the word through e-mail and phone calls and posting...
...Around 50 people were present for the trial yesterday, according to Corey Welford, a spokesman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s office...
...represents northeastern Iowa, won his seat from Jim Nussle, a Republican who retired to serve as head of the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Braley campaigned heavily on fair trade and won with a relatively comfortable margin of 55% for a freshman in a split district...
...other side of the fight was the Business Roundtable, which spearheaded the private sector response. They did detailed economic analyses of the impact of the measures on every congressional district. They arranged for lobbyists to meet with every member of Congress and for the group's 160 CEOs to meet with select power players. "The U.S. is party to about 10 trade agreements while the rest of the world has 300. So we're falling behind," said John Castellani, president of the Business Roundtable...