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Small-town Braddock mayor adds intrigue to Senate race

BRADDOCK, Pa. (AP) — With a theme of fighting economic inequality and an outsize reputation for unconventional methods, the tattooed mayor of a small...

Braddock mayor to run as Democrat for US Senate

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ The race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania looks like it's getting more colorful. John Fetterman, the 6-foot-8, bald and tattooed mayor...

For Obama and Clinton, twisty paths to 'yes' on gay marriage

WASHINGTON (AP) _ When President Barack Obama praised the Supreme Court's watershed same-sex marriage ruling, he held it up as evidence that a ``shift...

Racial politics churn Miss. GOP Senate runoff

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Race is roiling the Republican Senate runoff in Mississippi, a state with a long history of racially divided politics where...

Obama orders pollution cuts _ but timing uncertain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in...

Election-year Senate vote nears on minimum wage

WASHINGTON (AP) — Win or lose — and they'll probably lose — Democrats hope this week's Senate showdown over raising the federal minimum wage...

Pace of presidential prep picks up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just about everyone thinking about running for president is kicking it into gear now, slowpokes included. For months, many prospective 2016 presidential...

Obama warns party to focus on 2014, not 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats could get walloped in the November elections. The party gets sleepy and distracted in the midterms. And its supporters simply...

Booker wins NJ Senate seat, says he’s ‘a scrapper’

  Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate,...

Booker, stripper: Twitter flirtation no big deal

Newark Mayor and senate candidate Cory Booker answers a question in Newark, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) by Katier ZezimaAssociated Press WriterNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Twitter is U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker's preferred method of communication. He's often seen at public events pecking away at his phone, sending his 1.4 million followers staccato updates, inspirational quotations, shoutouts to campaign volunteers and nerdy musings on "Star Trek." But his social media habit raised some eyebrows this week after the website Buzzfeed disclosed that he direct messaged with a stripper from Oregon.

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