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Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Voters in Greenville County are picking a Republican candidate for a South Carolina House seat.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  House Democrats seek to tie Rep. Todd Akin to Republican House candidates

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  Deadline adds pressure on Missouri congressman to abandon Senate race after rape comment furor

Thursday, November 18, 2010  With win in the Alaska Senate race, Murkowski deals Palin a rebuke on her home turf

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Alvin Greene, the enigmatic  Democratic candidate who lost South Carolina's  U.S. Senate Race is still taking swings at DeMint in defeat.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Christine O'Donnell has been defeated in her Senate bid from Delaware. But another tea party hopeful, Marco Rubio, is the winner in Florida

Friday, October 29, 2010  Story updated with video: Meek won't drop out of Florida Senate race; denies that friend Bill Clinton asked him to quit

Monday, October 25, 2010  The latest Rasmussen Reports poll puts DeMint picking up 58 percent of the vote, leaving Greene with 21 percent.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  DeMint has become a celebrity of sorts amid the conservative uprising in GOP primaries. Weak opposition in South Carolina has left him free to help other campaigns and state Republican parties even as he runs for re-election.

Saturday, October 16, 2010  Peril and potential for Republicans as tea party movement reshapes political landscape in 2010

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Who do you plan to vote for in the South Carolina U.S. Senate race this November?

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Nationally known chef, author and television personality Nathalie Dupree of Charleston is running as a write-in candidate.

Sunday, September 12, 2010  Establishment Republicans have been relentless, calling Christine O'Donnell unelectable, a fraud and a liar

Friday, June 11, 2010  South Carolina is known for its sordid history of dirty politics. It's no wonder conspiracy theories abound about the unemployed military veteran who won the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  Ill. Republicans say stars aligned for victory as Democrats contend with Blagojevich, deficit