D.C. Notebook: Specter ready for Hardball host challenge
Houston Chronicle - Mon Dec 1, 1:43 am ESTSen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., says he's ready for a tough re-election race in 2010, whether it's against MSNBC's Chris Matthews or someone else.
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Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., says he's ready for a tough re-election race in 2010, whether it's against MSNBC's Chris Matthews or someone else.
HONESDALE, PA - On election night, Democrats crowded into the tiny party headquarters on Main Street in Honesdale, at first worried and biting their collective nails. But a big cheer went up when NBC announced that Barack Obama had won the state of Pennsylvania.
Last Tuesday, as I watched the voter turnout numbers come in and then observed the march on City Hall by Obama supporters, I couldn't have been more proud of Penn. It was deeply gratifying to see the entire community so engaged in the democratic process.
1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. | From scoping out schools to planning room decor, first family-to-be preparing for transition to D.C.
Early voting push Pennsylvania may never have another presidential election like the one Tuesday. The commonwealth is one of just 18 states that don’t allow some form of early voting, which could change by 2012. Read more in Monday’s news pages.
WASHINGTON COUNTY - A ballot measure approved Tuesday puts Maryland on track to join 31 states, including West Virginia, with early voting. Pennsylvania doesn't have early voting, but has considered it, Leah Harris, a spokeswoman for Pennsylvania's Department of State, said in a voice-mail message.
NBC News has confirmed that Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware have been won by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Just six days after American voters chose Barack Obama as their next president, a panel of national experts will conduct an Election Analysis Forum at California University of Pennsylvania.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. Republican Richard Alloway II easily defeated Democrat Bruce Tushingham to become the successor to Pennsylvania state Sen. Terry Punt in the 33rd District, according to incomplete and unofficial results from Tuesdays election.
President-elect Barack Obama's coattails had some local effect in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, as Democrats captured five state House seats in the Philadelphia region -- an area where Obama ran particularly well.
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Working Families Claim Victory!
President-Elect Barack Obama won Tuesday’s election with help from states like Pennsylvania , Florida , Indiana and Virginia . He received 349 electoral votes with more than 53 percent of the popular vote. Senator McCain got 163 electoral votes.
Barack Obama stood on the verge of becoming the first black US president, after capturing key states Ohio and Pennsylvania to leave Republican John McCain a near-impossible route to the presidency.
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won at least 102 Electoral College votes, including Pennsylvania's, while Republican rival John McCain claimed 69, television networks projected after Eastern states finished voting.
Democrat Barack Obama took a huge step towards becoming the first black US president Tuesday, as television networks projected he would win Pennsylvania to leave Republican John McCain a razor-thin route to the presidency.