New York Primary

Romney Builds On Massive Delegate Lead

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday with a five-state sweep of...

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Romney Wins Big On Primary Night

AP | DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumph...

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Mitt Romney To Push 'Fairness' In Primary Night Speech

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential nomination race is effectively over, and Mitt Romney is using the occasion of five state primaries to offici...

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Romney Looking Beyond Primary Day

Posted 04.24.2012

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By KASIE HUNT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a ne...

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Trivial Issues Fly In 2012

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 04.23.2012

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-- These are the dog days of the presidential race, so to speak. The candidates are virtually decided, the political conventions still way off and t...

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John Celock

States Play Musical Chairs With Calendar

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.12.2011

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Dwindling state revenues and new federal election laws are among the reasons states have been changing the dates of primary elections in 2012. As more...

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Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

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"The majority of my friends who are voting for Obama can't give me any substantive reason as to why they are voting for him," she said.

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CHAOS! New Voting Machines Cause 'Royal Screw-Up' In NY Primary

AP | SARA KUGLER FRAZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In New York, the last state to comply with a federal law calling for simpler voting, the switch to a fill-in-the-dot ballot fed into ...

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Vote of Consciousness

Honey Seltzer | Posted 11.17.2011

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Honey Seltzer

Seven years in this building had prepared me for the task in front of me. I picked up the pen and performed the adult civic duty it was my right, privilege and responsibility to perform.

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Can GOP Sink Any Lower Than Carl Paladino? Nah.

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Collins

New York Republicans have nominated a man to sit at the top of their ticket who has a history of sending obscene and racist e-mails to his "friends." At least one of these e-mails used the n-word.

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New Voting Machines: Report from the Trenches

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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David A. Singer

I just returned from voting in the primary election -- for the first time using the new, federally mandated, three-step paper ballot optical scanner vote counting device.

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Key Primaries In New York, Delaware, New Hampshire

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Virtually unknown a month ago, Christine O'Donnell rode a surge of support from tea party activists to victory in Delaware's Republ...

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Your All-Purpose Guide to New York's Primary Election

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Collins

Next Tuesday, we vote. Here's a look at the contenders and pretenders in both parties.

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Primary Turnout So Low, May Have Set A Modern Record

New York Times | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though official records are incomplete, it appears that the turnout in Tuesday's Democratic primary was the lowest in modern New York City history. D...

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Guide For The Last Minute (Primary) Voter

Gotham Gazette | Gotham Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011

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Who's running for what in the Sept. 15 primary? Our comprehensive guide to the election, with information on contests, candidates, how to vote -- and ...

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New York's Digitized Dems Can Take Over City Council Sept. 15

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

Obama supporters -- about one million registered Democrats -- can vote in next Tuesday's local primary election, and only a tiny fraction of this number could swing the results.

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Rangel To Obama: Butt Out Of New York Senate Race

New York Daily News | By Michael Saul | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Charles Rangel defended colleague Carolyn Maloney's right to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and lashed out anew at President Obama for butting i...

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NOM Vows To Defeat Pro-Gay GOPers In NY Primary

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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With same-sex marriage still hanging in the balance in a paralyzed New York State Senate, the anti-marriage National Organization for Marriage is prom...

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Starbucks In His Eyes For Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

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Surrounded by campaign materials and holed up with his laptop and overactive cell phone in a corner of the Starbucks, Gregg Ross carefully coordinated volunteers for Barack Obama Tuesday morning.

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Clinton and Obama Supporters Scramble for Last Minute NY Support

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

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click image for audio slideshow On Saturday afternoon, Barack Obama supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge shouting the sena...

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The Battle for California: Gettysburg or Waterloo?

Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Cooper

Whoever wins the most votes in the California battle, and is therefore perceived to be the inevitable nominee, is likely to actually become the Democratic nominee.

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Worried about Economy, NY Latino Barber for Obama

Claudia Cruz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Claudia Cruz

Not every New Yorker supports their hometown politician. Mr. Luis Cordova, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency.

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Can Obama Beat The Clock?

Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marc Cooper

Barack Obama has only one enemy left standing and it's not Hillary Clinton. It's time itself. All the evidence is in: the more that voters are exposed to Obama, the more they flock to him. The more they see Hillary Clinton, the more stagnant her numbers.

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Pub Crawling For Obama

Matt Townsend | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Townsend

After a cold day of handing out pamphlets for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, three New Yorkers swapped ideas about how to better reach people i...

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OffTheBus On The Ground: The New York Primary

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

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The NYCity News Service is teaming with The Huffington Post's OffTheBus to provide comprehensive coverage of the New York presidential primary. The mu...

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