Florida Road Leads to Alaska Congressman
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By PHIL DAVIS  ESTERO, Fla. - An unexpected $10 million congressional earmark might seem like money from heaven for a fast-growing county needing billions for transportation improvements. Not when it comes to Coconut Road.
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Time is running out for Congress to pass real reform before the elections. But a commonsense plan from an unlikely Congressman may be gaining momentum
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What until last Friday appeared a safely Republican seat in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 16th District is now anything but, in the wake of the resignation of six-term Republican Rep. Mark Foley Ã¢ÂÂ and the ballooning scandal surrounding inappropriate e-mails and instant messages he sent to teenage male congressional pages, and the Republican leadershipÃ¢ÂÂs handling of the situation.
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Gainesville, FL (U-WIRE) -- On a plane traveling from North Carolina to Gainesville, UF President Bernie Machen had made up his mind.
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A longtime Republican congressman at odds with President Bush over the war in Iraq faced two-well funded state senators Tuesday in the most intense campaign Maryland's Eastern Shore has seen in living memory.
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Connie Mack IV, the son of a popular former senator and the great-grandson of a baseball icon of the same name, has an edge when it comes to name recognition in one of Florida's congressional primaries.
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As they plot to win back the House in the 2008 election, Republicans have vowed to wage an aggressive challenge next year against freshman Democratic Rep. Ron Klein, who last year unseated veteran Republican Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. in southern FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs highly competitive 22nd District.
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Campaign Ã¢ÂÂad warsÃ¢ÂÂ are a staple of political contests. But the candidates in the open seat race in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 9th Congressional District Ã¢ÂÂ Democrat Phyllis Busansky, a former Hillsborough County commissioner, and Republican state Rep. Gus Bilirakis, son of 12-term Republican Rep. Michael Bilirakis Ã¢ÂÂ are embroiled in an unusual pre-ad war.
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House Republicans seeking to build a pre-election record for getting tough on illegal immigration plan a new vote Thursday on a border fence proposal that won House approval last December.
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By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  Stephens Washington Bureau   WASHINGTON - Rep.
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Minnesota Republican Mark Kennedy, who is running for governor, currently represents the 6th District in the House. That seat was once held by the father of a famous aviator. Who was that congressman's son?  Chuck Yeager Charles Lindbergh Wilbur Wright Howard Hughes
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Republican Alan Keyes needs votes, so he is here to meet and greet and make nice. This is a daunting task. Not many of his fellow Republicans have expressed great interest in the the former presidential candidate now running for a Senate seat from Illinois.
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The House contest in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 22nd District was pegged by CQPolitics.com as one of the races to watch early in the 2006 campaign cycle. Republican Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr., in his bid for a 14th term, drew a strong opponent in Democratic state Sen. Ron Klein in a south Florida district where Democrat John Kerry narrowly edged President Bush in 2004.
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Republican state Rep. Gus Bilirakis appears to have clinched his partyÃ¢ÂÂs nomination to succeed his father, retiring 12-term Republican Rep. Michael Bilirakis, in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 9th Congressional District.
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Early returns in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs Republican Senate primary suggest that the contest is turning out about as expected for two-term Rep. Katherine Harris, in both the positive sense and the negative sense.
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Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, a Republican in a tight re-election race, flew on a private plane chartered by Vonage Holdings Corp. just days after he pushed legislation that the company has advocated for more than a year.
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By Kris Hundley, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Sep.