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  • Adelson (AP photo)

    Big PAC donors find cash isn’t king

    Even Sheldon Adelson only gets to vote once.


  • Independent Angus King celebrates under a splash of champagne after winning the Senate seat vacated by Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Freeport, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

    ELECTION 2012: Democrats keep grasp on control of Senate

    Republicans fell short Tuesday night of their goal of winning control of the Senate, after a campaign beset with weak candidate recruitment and self-inflicted gaffes in some of the GOP's most promising races.


  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with a supporter while collecting donations at a storm relief event, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

    Auto workers hit Romney on China jobs remark

    Mitt Romney is making a late-campaign play to win over Rust Belt voters by trying to dent President Obama's credentials on his federal auto bailout — but the claims he is making about Chrysler creating jobs in China are drawing return fire from Democrats and the auto workers union.


  • Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio talks with supporters after a U.S. Senate debate with his opponent, Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, at WCET-TV Studios in Cincinnati on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    Rivals let barbs fly during Ohio Senate debate

    With the race tightening less than two weeks before Election Day, the candidates for U.S. Senate in the swing state of Ohio squared off Thursday night in their final debate.


  • Virginia Senate race tops in outside spending

    The U.S. Senate contest in Virginia between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen is far and away the most expensive Senate race in the country in terms of third-party spending, underscoring the closeness of a race that's essentially been tied from the outset and its importance in determining which party will control the chamber come January.


  • Ohio TV viewers can’t escape the mass, crass campaign ads

    You're a mom arriving home from work on Friday in Cincinnati, and you flip on the local ABC news as you push the kids outside to play and settle in the kitchen to get dinner ready.


  • Inside Politics: Stock disclosures reveal lawmakers’ recent activity

    House Speaker John A. Boehner, Republican, bought stock in two health care companies this year, while third-ranking House Republican Kevin McCarthy bought and sold Apple stock within a few days. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat, bought two government bonds and sold two others.


  • Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses supporters Aug. 13, 2012, during a campaign stop in Miami. (Associated Press)

    Romney promises energy independence by 2021

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has promised voters in coal-rich eastern Ohio that America won't have to buy oil from Venezuela or the Middle East by the time his second term ends in 2021.


  • A sailor waves a flag during a gay pride parade Saturday in San Diego. A GOP senator from Oklahoma is calling on the defense secretary to explain why an exception was made to rules barring the wearing of uniforms at political activities. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics: Panetta asked why uniforms allowed in gay pride parade

    Congressional Republicans challenged Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Tuesday to explain why the Defense Department allowed active-duty troops to wear their uniforms while marching in San Diego's gay pride parade last weekend.


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