Linda Lingle

Linda Lingle Touted As Businesswoman 32 Years After Running A Newspaper

The Huffington Post | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.18.2012

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Democrats are chuckling over an ad by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce touting former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle's business experience. The Republican wh...

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Star Trek's George Takei Donates In Hawaii Senate Race

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.07.2012

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Former "Star Trek" actor George Takei is helping Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) prosper in Hawaii's U.S. Senate race by donating $500 to her campaign in...

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Matt Sledge

Olympia Snowe Laments Death Of Bipartisanship, 'Retro' Contraception Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.02.2012

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NEW YORK -- Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe received an enthusiastic response at a gala on Monday meant to spur more women to run for elective office. The re...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Senate Candidate Comes Out Against Blunt Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate candidate Linda Lingle, a Hawaii Republican, has broken with the majority of her party on the Blunt Amendment, saying she do...

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Amanda Terkel

Linda Lingle, Hawaii GOP Senate Candidate, Hosting Fundraiser With Sen. Roy Blunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hawaii GOP Senate candidate Linda Lingle held a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening, and the special guest at the event was ...

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Amanda Terkel

Senate Women Face High Stakes In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- While a majority of people who live in the United States are women, there are only 17 of them in the U.S. Senate. And if Americans turn ...

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Popular Republican Candidate Gives GOP Hope For Hawaii Senate Seat

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON — Linda Lingle, a former two-term governor of Hawaii, announced Tuesday that she is entering the state's Senate race, giving Republic...

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Hawaii Governor Signs Same Sex Civil Unions Into Law

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbia...

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Race to the Top's Biggest Losers

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justin Snider

Race to the Top winners for round two were announced on August 24 by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Linda Lingle's Faux-Constitutionalism

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aaron Zelinsky

Hawaii's Governor vetoed a bill which would have legalized civil unions. She owes it to the people of Hawaii to honestly explain the policy reasons behind her veto.

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Lingle Vetoes Hawaii Civil Unions, Threatens Tax Base And Equal Rights

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

Gov. Lingle of Hawaii is not so stupid as to think that minority rights are fairly treated in majority votes. Her veto of civil unions was a personal decision, a last exercise of power to satisfy a fading governor's religious convictions.

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Hawaii Civil Union Bill Passes Legislature

AP | MARK NIESSE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — Whether same-sex civil unions become law in Hawaii is now up to Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, whose office was flooded Friday with ph...

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Obama Birth Certificate Requests Limited By New Hawaii Law, Pending Governor's Signature

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — Hawaii legislators have passed a measure allowing a state agency to ignore repeated requests from a person or organization for Presid...

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Hawaii Governor Stalling On Civil Unions Bill

AP | HERBERT A. SAMPLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — Gov. Linda Lingle on Monday bought herself two more weeks to make a decision on contentious legislation that would allow same-gender ...

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Obama Birth Certificate Law: Hawaii Can Now Ignore Repetitive Requests

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU — It's now law in Hawaii that the state government can ignore repetitive requests for President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Repu...

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Republican Party Faces Internal Struggle Over Ideology

The New York Times | Adam Nagourney | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONOLULU -- Republican leaders burst into applause here the other day as their luncheon speaker, Gov. Linda Lingle of Hawaii, shared the latest analys...

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Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Is No Role Model for Hawaii's Women

Ann Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ann Wright

A coalition of activists has asked Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle to withdraw her invitation to former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to speak at Hawaii's International Women's Leadership Conference.

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McCain Could Have Gone Experienced, Female, Light Green; Instead, He Chose a Dark Future

A. Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A. Siegel

John McCain had a choice. He could have gone 'green' (or at least light green) when choosing a female Republican governor. He actually had multiple 'light green' options in front of him.

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The Ideal Combination for President: Women Governors

Laura Liswood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Liswood

McCain or Obama will be only the third president in history to go directly from the Senate to the White House. To me, women governors are more likely to possess the skills senators have to acquire.

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