Dem. challenger concedes in N.C. race
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Democrat challenger Larry Kissell conceded defeat Wednesday to Rep. Robin Hayes, after the initial phase of a hand recount showed the result was not likely to change.
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Democrats seeking a tough challenger to heavily favored two-term Republican Rep. Jeb Bradley in New HampshireÃ¢ÂÂs 1st District have ended up with an unexpectedly competitive contest for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary, with Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Jim Craig fighting off a challenge from community activist Carol Shea-Porter.
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who focused his bid for the Democratic nomination on helping the middle class, will announce his withdrawal from the presidential race in a speech later on Wednesday.
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Two U.S. House incumbents, eight-term Democrat Al Wynn and nine-term Republican Wayne T. Gilchrest, were defeated in primary elections Tuesday in Maryland, as voters in their districts sent mixed messages that at once reflected and contradicted two of the main themes that have set the tone for the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates.
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The traditionally Republican stronghold of New Hampshire went against the national trend last week, favoring Democrats in many races.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in South Carolina
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Republican Rep. Heather A. Wilson has succeeded in her bid to win a 5th full term in New Mexico's 1st District. Her Democratic opponent, state attorney general Patricia Madrid, conceded defeat today after a full count of ballots showed her trailing Wilson by 879 votes.
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A six-term incumbent congressman emerged Saturday as the apparent winner of a hotly contested primary after officials finished counting more than 11,000 provisional ballots.
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Rasmussen Reports - No Democratic Presidential candidate has won North Carolina's Electoral Votes since Jimmy Carter's victory more than three decades ago. George W. Bush won 56% of the vote and carried the state by double digits in both Election 2000 and Election 2004. But, the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that New York Senator Hillary Clinton might be competitive in the Tarheel state during Election 2008.
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A longtime Democratic fundraiser has abandoned Barack Obama's campaign to help rival Hillary Rodham Clinton win the party's presidential nomination.
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The announcement by former Democratic Gov. Jeanne Shaheen that she will challenge New Hampshire Republican Sen. John E. Sununu already has prompted one potential primary competitor, Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, to withdraw his bid and support her candidacy.
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Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's presidential contests on Saturday, and Republican voting ended in South Carolina as an unpredictable White House race moved to the U.S. South and West.
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An attorney who was seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate withdrew Friday and threw her support to former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen as the best chance to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of harsh political brawling.
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Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards interrupted a final state-hopping campaign blitz on Friday to cast his ballot in his home state of North Carolina, which Democrats acknowledge the Kerry-Edwards ticket has slim chance of carrying.