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New Fundraising Reports Give Latest Snapshot of N.Y. Races (CQPolitics.com)

September 4, 2010

CQPolitics.com - Pre-primary fundraising reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission provided fresh evidence that New York is a state to watch this cycle, with competitive primaries coming up Sept. 14 and the potential for Republicans to pick up a handful of seats in November.

Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy (McClatchy Newspapers)

September 4, 2010

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.

Sloan Wages Quixotic Campaign Against Norton (CQPolitics.com)

September 4, 2010

CQPolitics.com - Doug Sloan wants the microphone.

Tea party seeks another upset in Delaware's Senate primary (McClatchy Newspapers)

September 4, 2010

McClatchy Newspapers - WILMINGTON, Del. — Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable — and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate Republicans everywhere to be frightened.

Puzzling over Florida's three-way Senate math

September 4, 2010

If Kendrick Meek gets almost every one of Florida's Democrats, he can win the Senate race. But will that happen in a year in which polls show a GOP edge in voter enthusiasm?

NYT: GOP poised to control 30 governor seats

September 4, 2010

NYT: Republicans are on track to do particularly well in Midwest swing states in the Nov. 2 election, according to the FiveThirtyEight gubernatorial forecasting model.

No more debates for Arizona governor

September 4, 2010

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer won't debate after a disastrous performance on Wednesday.

First Read: Top 10 election season events

September 4, 2010

From the Greece riots to Charlie Crist's GOP exit, First Read nails down the top events shaping this midterm season.

Gates: U.S. troops face 'tough days' ahead

September 4, 2010

As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.

Democrats spend early to knock out GOP challengers

September 4, 2010

Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying to unseat released a scathing TV ad branding him "a risk" who would gamble away people's retirement savings.