State Elections

John Celock

Control Of 'Divided Party' At Stake

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.05.2011

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In Kansas, Republican state legislators have leaned increasingly conservative. Now a leader of the state's moderate Republican faction is vowing to fi...

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What's So Wrong with Young Voters?

David D. Burstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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David D. Burstein

Ignorance is a major issue facing our democracy and it is a bipartisan epidemic. But the real culprit in political ignorance is our education system.

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GOP Makes Massive Gains At State Level

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — From New Hampshire to Minnesota and down to Alabama, Republicans knocked Democrats out of the majority in key state legislative cha...

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Redistricting Battles Spur Wave Of Cash

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans and Democrats, hoping to pick up seats in Congress through redistricting, are pouring money and political muscle into statehouse races in ...

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Peralta Beats Monserrate In Special State Senate Election

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (BY KAREN MATTHEWS, AP) - A New York state senator who was expelled after a domestic violence conviction has lost his long-shot bid to get hi...

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Sam Stein

GOP Looks To Redistrict Itself Back Into Power

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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For months, a sense of dread has been percolating within Republican circles over potentially massive congressional losses in 2008. Facing the possibil...

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