Articles filed under Misc Elections
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A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaignOct 29, 2012 9:30 pm - WASHINGTON — Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as it barr...
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Are Cook suburbs shut out on water commission?Oct 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Although about half the population of Cook County lives in the suburbs, only one commissioner on the nine-member Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board resides ou...
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Hurricane Sandy upsets candidates’ campaign plansOct 28, 2012 7:26 pm - CELINA, Ohio — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in a...
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Advantage Obama in hunt for 270 electoral votesOct 28, 2012 6:30 pm - AMES, Iowa — President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt ...
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Endorsement: The case for Mitt Romney for presidentOct 28, 2012 5:00 am - Here, finally, we are. After months of seemingly endless campaigning, we arrive at the last few days of the race for the White House. After all that campaigning, many ha...
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Romney woos Florida early vote; Obama eyes NHOct 27, 2012 11:00 pm - LAND O'LAKES, Fla. — Juggling politics and storm preparations, Mitt Romney dangled a plea for bipartisanship before early voters in Florida on Saturday as Barack Obama ...
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Ryan: Obama hasn’t made case he deserves new termOct 27, 2012 7:26 pm - NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — Starting a two-day bus tour of Ohio’s small towns and cities, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told voters Saturday that President...
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Rubio daughter hospitalized after accidentOct 27, 2012 7:02 pm - LAKEWOOD CREST, Fla. — The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has been airlifted to Miami Children’s Hospital after a Saturday motor vehicle accident. The ...
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Electoral, popular vote split possibleOct 26, 2012 9:32 pm - Most polls at this moment suggest GOP nominee Mitt Romney is in the lead nationally, but surveys in the nine or so swing states are registering a narrow advantage for Pr...
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Romney closing argument focuses on the economyOct 26, 2012 9:29 am - DEFIANCE, Ohio — Mitt Romney is trying to close the deal with voters by focusing on their economic concerns, an area where polling shows the Republican nominee has an ed...