Archive for May 17th, 2011

Jacksonville Appears to Elect Its First African-American Mayor

Jacksonville Appears to Elect Its First African-American Mayor

In what is believed to have been the closest mayoral race in Jacksonville history, Democrat Alvin Brown led Republican Mike Hogan by 603 votes on Tuesday evening with all 256 of the city’s precincts reporting. Unofficially, Brown received 95,580 votes to Hogan’s 94,977. The officials […]

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Williams Jumps Out to Early Lead Over Moffett in Kentucky GOP Primary

Williams Jumps Out to Early Lead Over Moffett in Kentucky GOP Primary

Republican David Williams has jumped out to an early, but not commanding, lead over Louisville entrepreneur Phil Moffett in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary. With 12 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, Williams had 8,037 votes, or 45 percent, to Moffett’s 7,264 votes, or 41 percent. […]

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Third Time Not So Charming for Winograd?

Third Time Not So Charming for Winograd?

Marcy Winograd, an antiwar candidate who waged spirited primary campaigns against U.S. Rep. Jane Harman in 2006 and 2010 — polling an eye-opening 41 percent of the vote against the wealthy nine-term congresswoman in the latter contest — is likely to find that the third […]

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Paul Ryan Opts Out of Wisconsin Senate Race

Paul Ryan Opts Out of Wisconsin Senate Race

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan announced earlier today that he would not be seeking the U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl. Ryan, whose budget proposal calls for more than $4 trillion in cuts in federal spending over the next decade, told […]

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Andrew Breitbart: ‘Adam Carolla for President’

Andrew Breitbart: ‘Adam Carolla for President’

Comedian, actor and author Adam Carolla had conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart as a guest on his popular podcast (“The Adam Carolla Show”) on Friday, May 12.   Carolla, who is probably best known for his years hosting the “Man Show” on Comedy Central and radio’s “Loveline” with co-host Dr. Drew, now […]

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Jacksonville Elects a New Mayor Today

Jacksonville Elects a New Mayor Today

In what some are suggesting is an early test of Democratic strength for 2012 in Florida, today Jacksonville voters will choose a new mayor. Republican Mike Hogan, the current Tax Collector, is facing off against Democrat Alvin Brown, a former Clinton administration official. Hogan raised […]

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Losing her magic?  Palin-backed candidates are winless in August.

The Facebook Primary: Palin Most Liked, Huntsman Lags

The only potential Republican candidate for President with more than 1 million “Likes” on their primary Facebook page is Sarah Palin, who is actually nearing the 3 million mark. Actual candidate Mitt Romney is a distance second with over 900,000 and is followed by Ron […]

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