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...first campaign for the seat in Jan. 2008 pitted her against incumbent Jon T. Staff ’10 who had served on the Council since his freshman year. A newcomer to the internal UC politics, Holoshitz lost that election, but not by much, according to Staff...
...opposition heightened Cantor's profile as the Newt Gingrich of his generation, a wonky, partisan bomb thrower who can rake in well over $300,000 in a single fundraiser, as he did last week. The Richmond, Va., Republican, who likes to remind folks that he holds James Madison's seat in Congress, is one of the few rising stars in a party struggling to reinvent itself. But at 45, the baby-faced Cantor is hardly new to the scene. A player in House leadership for seven years, he has raised more than $16.5 million for himself and his colleagues...
...breezing in savory—fast and chilly for April. And that’s when I laughed at this Carolina Sunday, breathed it in. Maybe some churching would be just my delight.My bottom lifted a smidge as we tore from the forest. I grabbed the front seat as I leaned towards it. Ezekiel must have heard my breathing. He kept his eyes on the road but turned his head towards me. “Could be a soppy mornin’.”“What’s that?”“Rain?...
...Illinois A New Burris-Blago Brouhaha The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee and a local Illinois prosecutor have launched investigations into Senator Roland Burris' inconsistent descriptions of his contact with Rod Blagojevich before being tapped by the then governor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. Burris recently admitted attempting to raise money for Blagojevich months earlier--a fact he neglected to mention while testifying in Blago's January impeachment hearing. Though Burris has denied any wrongdoing, lawmakers of both parties have called for his resignation...
...becoming increasingly clear that Senate Republicans are using the Minnesota vacancy to obstruct the passage of President Obama's agenda.' ERIC SCHULTZ, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, on the ongoing battle between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman for Minnesota's vacant Senate seat...