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Labor Unions Fear Rollback of Rights if G.O.P. Wins

Labor Unions Fear Rollback of Rights if G.O.P. Wins

Republicans are signaling that they plan to push bills and strategies to undermine labor’s political clout and ability to grow.

 

Voters likely to hand GOP big governorship wins

Voters likely to hand GOP big governorship wins

Republicans are anticipating major gains in governorships across the nation's industrial heartland and in several vital presidential swing states.

 

GOP leaders concede Senate may be out of reach

GOP leaders concede Senate may be out of reach

Top Republicans conceded Sunday that they could fall short of winning control of the Senate in Tuesday's congressional elections. With the Republican wave in danger of falling short in the Senate, tensions rose over a ...

 

Tea party antics could burn Republicans

Tea party antics could burn Republicans

The tea party's volatile influence on this election year appears to be doing more harm than good for Republicans' chances in some of the closest races in the nation, in which little-known candidates who upset the establishment with primary wins are now stumbling in the campaign's final days.

 

Judge: Voters Can Wear WWE Garb to Polls

Judge: Voters Can Wear WWE Garb to Polls

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Connecticut's top election official to allow voters to wear World Wrestling Entertainment garb to the polls, ruling that it could not be considered political advertising for Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon, the company's former CEO.

 

Carly Fiorina set for release from hospital

Carly Fiorina, the California Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has been successfully treated for an infection and will be released from a hospital on Wednesday, her staff said.

 

Polls Show Tough Road to G.O.P. Senate Takeover

Polls Show Tough Road to G.O.P. Senate Takeover

We have been noting for several weeks that, with Republican chances having dwindled from slim to virtually none in a few East Coast Senate contests like Connecticut, Delaware, and the New York special election, their prospects of the party winning a 51st Senate seat on Nov. 2 instead boiled down to winning either California or Washington (while sweeping the other competitive contests). Today, they have gotten bad news in one of those races.

 

Carly Fiorina admitted to hospital for treatment of infection

Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, a breast cancer survivor, was admitted to a hospital Tuesday morning for treatment of an infection that her aides said was related to the reconstructive surgery she underwent this summer.

 

Republicans poised to win House and gain in Senate

Republicans enter the final week of a bitter U.S. election campaign as heavy favorites to win control of the House of Representatives and score big Senate gains, dealing a severe blow to President Barack Obama two years after he entered the White House.

 

Tightening Senate races give pause to upbeat GOP

Tightening Senate races give pause to upbeat GOP

To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

 

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