Word: nebraska
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...Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert have made visits to campaign for Grant's opponent. In Kansas, G.O.P. incumbent Jim Ryun had Cheney in town to raise money in his race against Democrat Nancy Boyda. Democrats are holding out hope in two House districts in another Republican stronghold, Nebraska...
...those races is still a long shot, but local officials say support from Dean could help put their candidates over the top. He has sent at least two organizers to most states to register voters and rebuild moribund state parties. With the help of Dean's staff, the Nebraska Democratic Party held conventions in 68 of the state's 93 counties this year, up from 36 in 2004; participants signed up to canvass and serve as precinct captains. Grant says staff members from the Democratic National Committee have worked to identify and contact potential voters in his district, a task...
Watch for Kennedy's leanings in November, when the court hears arguments on the constitutionality of the 2003 federal ban on dilation-and-extraction (a.k.a. partial-birth) abortions. In 2000, when the court struck down a similar ban enacted by Nebraska, Kennedy voted with the minority. This time the question is whether he'll be swayed more by his aversion to abortion or his respect for precedent...
...history concentrator in Dunster House. His interest in drawing began in the Nebraska public school system, carried on through his freshman year at UCLA during 2,000 student classes, and now thrives as he takes classes in the core. While his art has traditionally focused primarily on ninjas fighting aliens, he will be making weekly exceptions as his editorial cartoon appear every Tuesday...
MINNESOTA, IOWA, THE DAKOTAS, NEBRASKA, MONTANA Despite lower income, rural whites in these states live longer (79 years) than wealthier whites in Middle America (77.9 years...