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...DeLay's Gift to the Democrats The controversial former House leader thought he could help the G.O.P. by getting out of this year's race. But his departure has thrown his home district into election chaos -- and very likely into the Democrats' hands
...Conservative Face-Off in Kentucky Voters in this state's 4th congressional district have no problem with the values of Republican incumbent Geoff Davis. They have a problem with his party, and that's why his equally conservative Democratic challenger just...
...Politics is Local in Ohio Republican incumbent Deborah Pryce faces an uphill battle in her bellwether midwestern district, a clear sign that this is a very different kind of midterm election
...only young and dynamic, but he's a local boy who made good playing college and professional football as quarterback. But more than anything else, it's Shuler's rural background that makes him such a formidable challenger. During Taylor's 16 years representing the mountainous 11th congressional district in western North Carolina, he has won reelection by dominating the rural vote against candidates from the larger area cities like Asheville. But Shuler, like Taylor, is conservative on many social issues, such as abortion and same-sex marriage - so much so that Republicans originally tried to recruit...
...national level, Democrats have launched a coordinated attack on Taylor for being more concerned with the interests of the G.O.P. and the White House than his home district. "Congressman Taylor has been a rubber stamp for the President and the Republican leadership and in many cases he has been out of touch with western North Carolina priorities," Sarah Feinberg, a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told TIME. She pointed to his recent non-vote during the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Taylor had originally said he would vote against the free trade agreement with Central America - which...