Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Government releases once-secret Watergate filesNov 30, 2012 3:28 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — The government on Friday released more than 850 pages of once-secret documents from the Watergate political scandal, providing new insights...
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Obama adviser says Ryan pick was a surpriseNov 26, 2012 8:38 pm - A top adviser to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign says one of the biggest surprises of the 2012 election was Mitt Romney’s choice of a running mate. Speakin...
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Women overrule moody male votersNov 24, 2012 5:19 pm - WASHINGTON — Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama’s re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating t...
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Romney: Obama won with ‘gifts’ to certain votersNov 14, 2012 6:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling top donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the “gifts” he had already provided...
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Dist. 220 board seeking new memberNov 14, 2012 10:21 am - As expected, Barrington Unit District 220 Board Member Nick Sauer resigned his post Tuesday, a week after his election to the District 17 seat on the Lake County Board. ...
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Obama photo is snapshot of modern, equal marriageNov 11, 2012 6:14 am - Who is embracing whom in that photograph of the Obamas that went viral on election night? The photograph, shot from below and isolating the first couple against a cloudy...
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Nation’s political divide is deepeningNov 11, 2012 6:03 am - This was another paradoxical election. An increasingly conservative Republican Party held onto the majority of seats in the House, while Democrats retained the White Hou...
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Sasha and Malia get four more years as First DaughtersNov 11, 2012 5:14 am - When her father’s second term as president is up, Malia Obama will be 18 years old and entering adulthood. She and her younger sister, Sasha, will have spent their forma...
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Florida win gives Obama 332 to Romney’s 206Nov 10, 2012 5:37 pm - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida’s 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that nar...
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Changing times: Politicians’ tears more common nowNov 09, 2012 8:53 am - It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election. But Barack O...