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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said his hard-nosed chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would make a terrific mayor of Chicago but expects him to wait until after the November congressional elections to decide whether to run.

The recession and how to turn around California's sky-high jobless rate loomed large Wednesday as Sen. Barbara Boxer and GOP challenger Carly Fiorina hold their first debate.

Republicans may wrest control of the US House from Democrats by winning more than 40 seats in the November election, said Representative Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of his party's House campaign committee.

Across the country, voters will decide Tuesday between new candidates with deep pockets and career politicians.

A serious re-election fight wasn't what Republican John McCain expected when he returned to the Senate after losing the presidency. Yet that's just what he's got. The four-term senator is battling for his political life in a race that embodies the volatility of an unpredictable election year. He's facing former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, a fellow Republican pushing him farther to the right as GOP voters demand conservative purity in their candidates and punish a...

A top aide to President Barack Obama discussed a possible administration job with a Colorado Democrat to try to keep him from running for the U.S. Senate against a candidate Obama had endorsed, the White House acknowledged on Thursday.

Arlen Specter survived two brain surgeries, two bouts of cancer, heart surgery and countless political close calls, but he couldn't survive this ...

In what is being viewed as important straws in the political winds, three states hold key elections on Tuesday but the latest polling continues to show Republicans are in a strong position in this midterm election year.

Veteran senators face heated races in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.

With anger all around, voters in three states will signal on Tuesday the depth of the country's anti-establishment mood, which threatens lawmakers in both parties and raises prospects for an even more polarized Congress after November.

Ahead of primaries, loose network of conservatives tries to overcome perceptions of movement.