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Black Lawmakers Break New Ground
Black lawmakers scored historic victories. Terri Sewell, Tim Scott and Allen West became history makers last night when they won seats in the House of Representatives. Sewell, an Alabama Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Don Chamberlain to become the first black woman to be elected to Congress from her state. According to The Birmingham News, Sewell…
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Kamala Harris and Steve Cooley: Too Close to Call
UPDATE (5:56 a.m. EST) Democrat Kamala Harris pulled slightly ahead of Republican Steve Cooley in California’s attorney general’s race early Wednesday, leading the Los Angeles County district attorney on his home turf. With 89 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Harris, the San Francisco district attorney, had a half-point lead. In Los Angeles County, Harris was…
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Proposition 19 Headed Toward Defeat
The sticky icky will continue to grow and exchange hands, but not with California’s consent. California voters appear to have rejected Proposition 19, an effort to legalize marijuana and allow local governments to tax the sale of the drug. Prop. 19 received national attention, but relatively little money was spent on the campaign. While millions…
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Voters Reject Rhode Island Name Change
The controversy over the official name of Rhode Island has ended. The voters weighed in tonight, defeating the measure with 170 of 539 precincts reporting. The results indicate that 72,723 voters rejected the proposed name change to just “The State of Rhode Island,” while 20,792 approved of keeping “State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”…
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Poll: Kamala Harris Leading Opponent by 1 Percentage Point
Well, well, well, what do we have here? According to the Suffolk Poll of California last week, the attorney general race in Cali could be closer than what pollsters predicted. Democrat Kamala Harris was leading Republican Steve Cooley 35 percent to 34 percent in the pre-election poll. Although the lead is slight, it does suggest that Cooley may not…
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Exit Poll: 4 out of 10 Voters Support the Tea Party Movement
According to an exit poll conducted by the Associated Press, four out of 10 voters support the Tea Party movement. Voters across the nation Tuesday said they were intensely worried about the future of the economy and unhappy with the way President Barack Obama and Congress are running things. Voters in overwhelming numbers were dissatisfied…
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Andrew Breitbart 'Disinvited' From ABC News Coverage
Andrew Breitbart has done it again. By stretching the truth, Breitbart has forced ABC News to rescind its invitation for Breitbart to participate in an election-night event in Phoenix. The event ,which will be streamed live on ABCNews.com from Arizona State University campus on Tuesday evening, will go on without Breitbart’s participation. In a letter…
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Bishop Eddie Long Finally Responds to Lawsuits
Fresh from our “You think you’re slick” file, Bishop Eddie Long chose yesterday — just before Election Day — to respond to four suits accusing him of coercing young men into sexual relationships. Long denies the claims and asks that the suits be dismissed. “The plaintiff’s claims of sexual misconduct are not true,” says each…
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Massachusetts Man Gets 9 Years for Torching African-American Church
A white man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for burning down a predominantly African-American church in Springfield, Mass., the day after Barack Obama won the presidential election. Benjamin Haskell, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor in Springfield for the 2008 burning of the Macedonia Church of God in…
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