Word: electioneering
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When Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown started his campaign to fill Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat with few backers and comparatively little money, few people expected him to win - or even come close. But thanks to his promise to use his crucial vote to block the Democrats' congressional health care...
• Won a March 2004 special election to replace Cheryl Jacques in the Massachusetts state senate. Won re-election in November 2004, then again in 2006 and 2008. Is one of only five Republicans in the 40-member state senate.
• During the U.S. Senate election, Brown relied heavily on his grass-roots website Don't Vote Alone, where supporters personally guaranteed that they would convince their friends and family to vote.
"I was hoping the people thinking of challenging [me] would give me a chance to do my job, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen." - Responding to announcements by three Democratic candidates, made before Brown had been sworn in as state senator, that they would run...
The scandal has shaken up the looming race to replace Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell, who is term-limited from seeking re-election. Attorney General Corbett has long been seen as the Republican front-runner, but his investigations have earned him enemies in both parties and led to criticism that he...