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Since November's elections, Republican state legislative candidates have won 10 special elections--besting Democrats in Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina and Texas. It should be noted that the seat won in Delaware represents parts of Vice President Joe Biden's hometown. While others may be waiting for the Virginia and New Jersey 2009 gubernatorial elections as bellwethers for 2010, we have been focusing on rebuilding the party from the grass roots up--through recruiting, training and supporting down-ballot candidates for state office. The party has a bright future. It is being built...
...DeCoste-Lopez said one afternoon in the Quincy Grille. “But it turned out to be so much fun,” she continued with a wide smile aimed at Lopez, who was seated next to her. The two were married in the bride’s hometown of Richmond, Ky., on August 23, 2008—a date they said they picked because it was the only one that worked with their schedules of working in their labs, studying for the MCATS, and DeCoste-Lopez’s brother’s start date for his freshman...
...first college start, and my dad was there, and I remember coming off the field and him telling me to call my pitching coach and tell them,” Brown said. “There was a big tournament in [Brown’s hometown of] San Diego and I know they were talking about that there, how Harvard upset Kansas. It was so exciting to see that our team could do this, and that I could pitch in college.”Brown continued her dominance through the preseason slate, taking MVP honors at the Miken Classic...
...soak up the glories of the NBA. Indeed, some sports analysts are wondering whether a China connection - and with it, potentially huge endorsement contracts - will be enough for James to consider staying put in Cleveland, as he may become a free agent next year. Although Cleveland is his hometown and it boasts a successful franchise, it's a second-tier basketball town, without the financial resources of cities like New York or Los Angeles. Certainly, the New World Development-led consortium must be hoping that the Little Emperor won't leave Cleveland. Otherwise, the value of the Emperor's clothes...
...Every year, Walter Gretzky (Wayne's dad) hosts a street hockey tournament in his hometown of Brantford, Ontario. After learning about it, I mused about the idea of playing in the tourney, in a podcast and on the message board at my website. All of a sudden, other dudes like me - old, out-of-shape, unathletic, with more body fat than bone - started dreaming they, too, could forecheck it up the slot and slap themselves some middle-aged glory one last time ... in the hometown of the Great One, no less...