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Pence chooses running mate
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Mike Pence picked freshman state Rep. Sue Ellspermann, a former business consultant and economic development official, as his running mate Monday in an Indiana governor's race that Republicans and Democrats expect will...Tags: Democratic Party, Planned Parenthood, Business, Economic Policy, Career and Workplace
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Michigan Democrats nominate Obama to run for 2nd term
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As President Barack Obama formally kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday in nearby Ohio, thousands of Democrats gathered in union halls, libraries and community centers throughout Michigan to nominate him to run for a...Tags: Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, The New York Times, David Axelrod, Barack Obama
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Mourdock: Reports of tea party's death exaggerated
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tea party activists rallied behind Senate candidate Richard Mourdock on Saturday as he drew closer to a possible upset over six-term incumbent Dick Lugar in the GOP primary. A few hundred people gathered in downtown Indianapolis...
Tags: Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Lobbying, Tea Party Movement
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Tea party takes behind-the-scenes role in Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The tea party is alive and well in Indiana's congressional races, but voters may not notice it at the polls Tuesday. Two years after gaining footing in Indiana with rallies that attracted large crowds but mixed Election...Tags: Democratic Party, Joe Donnelly, Richard Lugar, Mike Pence, Republican Party
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Lugar loses Indiana GOP primary to tea party rival
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar was ousted Tuesday by a tea party-backed challenger in Indiana's Republican primary, abruptly ending the nearly four-decade career of a popular politician who built a reputation as a diplomat but whose...
Tags: Richard Lugar, Kent Conrad, The Associated Press, Republican Party, Olympia J. Snowe
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Donnelly splits with Obama on same-sex marriage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly reiterated his position Thursday that marriage should be between a man and a woman, saying he didn't feel pressure to change his views a day after fellow Democrat President Barack Obama said...
Tags: Democratic Party, Joe Donnelly, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Social Issues
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Ballot switchers an unlikely factor in Lugar race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As Indiana conservatives line up behind tea party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Sen. Richard Lugar needs all the moderate voters he can get if he's to win a seventh term in what's been the toughest election battle of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Primaries, Richard Lugar, Rush Limbaugh, Voting
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GOP rival hopes to end Indiana Sen. Lugar's career
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Richard Lugar has shown through a lengthy Senate career that he can broker compromises on international and domestic issues, and avoid the acrimony that often brings Washington to a halt. It's those qualities that may...
Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Supreme Court, Richard Lugar, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement
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New 'super' PAC hopes to woo younger voters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political committee wants to bring them to the GOP's side. Crossroads Generation, a new super PAC formed with...Tags: Mitt Romney, Washington, DC, Crossroads, Bank of New York Company, Barack Obama
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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in...Tags: Political Candidates, Environmental Issues, George Bush, Rick Santorum, Elections
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GOP, activists join fight for answers in South Bend Police wiretap case
The fight continues to uncover more information into the wiretapping investigation at the South Bend Police Department. On Monday, the St. Joseph County Republican Party and a handful of South Bend activists joined the efforts in asking for full...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Local Government, Activism, Republican Party, Politics
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Indiana campaign silly season begins in earnest
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Half-truths and exaggerations are quickly replacing the legislative issues that dominated the General Assembly session as Indiana's election "silly season" begins in earnest.
The most egregious examples are coming out of the...Tags: Democratic Party, Daniel Coats, Richard Lugar, Republican Party, Politics
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