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Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's longtime attorney general, won the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, defeating Linda McMahon a multimillionaire former wrestling executive and keeping the seat in Democratic control.
HEADLINE: Democrat Blumenthal wins Conn. Senate seat
CAPTION: Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut's longtime attorney general, won the state's hotly contested U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, defeating Linda McMahon a multimillionaire former...
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At a campaign rally in New Hampshire today, Senator John McCain will make it official that he is running as a GOP candidate for president.
HEADLINE: It's official: McCain is running for president
CAPTION: Senator John McCain makes it official: at a campaign rally in New Hampshire, the Arizona Republican says he's a candidate for president. Saying he's not the youngest...
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President Preval votes in Senate elex, observer team head reax
1. Various of street scenes
2. Group playing football in the street
3. Exterior of polling station
4. Haitian President Rene Preval greeting chief of international election observers Joseph Edouard Paul
5. Preval casting his vote
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As Senate Democrats brace for the 2010 midterms, all signs are pointing towards a rough road ahead.
CAPTION: As Senate Democrats brace for the 2010 midterms, all signs are pointing towards a rough road ahead.
After two big elections marked by significant gains, Senate Democrats are bracing for a rocky 20-10.
(++SOT: Jennifer Duffy -...
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Republican David Perdue is the businessman turned politician and is vying for a seat in the Senate. He spent the last few days before the election touring rural Georgia communities. (Oct. 29)
He calls himself "The Outsider."
Republican David Perdue is the businessman turned politician and is vying for a seat in the senate.
He spent the last few days before the election touring rural Georgia communities and spreading his...
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Voters in southern region of Campania will play decisive role in elections this weekend
1. Wide of "Le Vele" housing project in mafia-controlled Scampia neighbourhood of Naples
2. Pan across abandoned apartments
3. Mid of mother and girl walking across car park, graffiti in background
4. Wide shot of apartment block
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Former President Bill Clinton campaigned in Kentucky for Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes, who is opposing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2014 midterm elections. (Feb. 25)
Former President Bill Clinton says Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's opposition to raising the minimum wage is reason enough for Kentuckians to replace him with Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, a longtime Clinton family...
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On the eve of an election that will decide the United States Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and all-out efforts to motivate Americans to vote. (Nov. 3)
On the eve of an election that will decide the United States Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and all-out efforts to motivate Americans to vote.
Republicans have claimed new momentum in midterm campaigns that have...
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PHILIPPINES: COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS: WINNER TO BE NAMED SOON
Eng/Taga/Nat
In the Philippines, the Commission on Elections - or COMELEC - has still not named the winners for the senatorial race.
As COMELEC approaches the end of counting, those who think they will lose are claiming...
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Senator condemns German Chancellor candidate after he calls Berlusconi and Grillo 'clowns'
1. Various of Donato Bruno, senator from People of Freedom party, talking on the phone in his office
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Donato Bruno, senator from People of Freedom party:
"Normally a politician doesn't lower himself to such...
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Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's not a target of the investigation that led to the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Jackson's lawyer said the Democrat is Senate 'Candidate 5' in the federal complaint against Blagojevich.
HEADLINE: Rep. Jackson: I am not target of investigation
CAPTION: Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's not a target of the investigation that led to the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Jackson's lawyer said the...
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CAN208 SENATOR GOLDWATER ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY
Arizona's Senator Barry Goldwater has announced his intention to stand as Republican candidate in the 1964 United States election.
1. gv crowd outside a house
2. ms Goldwater at dais
3. mcu Goldwater speaking SOUNDBITE (English):...
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Republicans rolled up the string of victories they needed Tuesday night to seize control the Senate, the biggest prize in the midterm elections, and North Carolina put them over the top in what became the most expensive Senate race in the nation. (Nov. 4)
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Republicans rolled up the string of victories they needed Tuesday night to seize control the Senate, the biggest prize in the midterm elections, and North Carolina put them over the...
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President facing voter backlash in congressional elex
Buenos Aires, October 12, 2001.
1. Various of political campaigns at downtown Buenos Aires.
2. Rosendo Fraga, political analyst.
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rosendo Fraga, political analyst:
"I don't think there is going to be great...
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Stumping for senate votes in Ohio.
HEADLINE: Candidates Hit Campaign Trail in Ohio
CAPTION: Ohio Senate candidates Mike DeWine and Sherrod Brown are trying to sway voters as one of the hottest races in the country enters the home stretch. (Oct. 30)
[Notes:ANCHOR...
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Former 'Saturday Night Live'' comic Al Franken says he's ready to work for all Minnesota residents.
HEADLINE: Franken: 'So thrilled' at Minn. Senate race win
CAPTION: Democrat Al Franken says he's 'so thrilled' to finally be celebrating a victory after nearly eight months of recounts and courtroom fights in Minnesota's Senate race....
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Sen. Mary Landrieu isn't certain to know her political fate after the polls close in Louisiana's tight Senate race. Polls suggest the race might be decided in a December runoff between Landrieu and her chief GOP opponent, Bill Cassidy. (Nov. 4)
Threatened with ouster in a state trending more heavily Republican, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu wasn't certain to know her political fate Tuesday, as voters cast their ballots in Louisiana's tight Senate race.
While the Democratic incumbent...
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David Iglesias, a fired federal prosecutor told a Senate committee Tuesday that he felt 'leaned on' and sickened as Republican Sen. Pete Domenici hung up on him in disgust last fall when told that indictments in a corruption case against Democrats would not be issued before the fall elections.
HEADLINE: Fired U.S. attorney defends his records
CAPTION: David Iglesias said Tuesday that he felt 'leaned on' and sickened as Republican Sen. Pete Domenici hung up on him last fall when told that indictments in a corruption case...
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White House-backed legislation to renew benefits for the long-term unemployed unexpectedly cleared an initial Senate hurdle on Tuesday, clearing the way for bipartisan negotiations in the opening days of an election-year session of Congress. (Jan. 7)
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SOUNDBITE (English) President Barack Obama, (D) United States:
"So it's hard out there. There are a lot of our friends, a lot of our neighbors. And they are working their tails off every...
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It's primary day in Georgia, where five major GOP candidates are squaring off to run in November's Senate race. State senator Jason Carter, grandson of the 39th president, cast a ballot for himself Tuesday in the Democratic primary for governor. (May 20)
It's primary day in Georgia, where five major GOP candidates are squaring off to represent their party in November's Senate election.
Republicans hope to hold on to the seat being vacated by retiring Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss....
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Former president''s supporters celebrate senate candidacy
1. Wide pan of room crowded with guests
2. Former president Carlos Menem entering
3. Various of Menem on stage waving to crowd
4. Various of people waving white napkins and cheering
5. Close up Menem waving to crowd
6. Wide of stage
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UN Security Council visits Haiti to assess UN's mission
1. Members of UN Security Council entering news conference
2. Wide pan of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jorge Urbina, Costa Rican permanent representative:
"Today the 15 Council members are represented here. We came to express...
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USA: HILLARY CLINTON CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE SPECULATION
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is to form an exploratory committee in early July which could prepare her for a campaign to win a seat as a U-S Senator next year.
She would be the first sitting first lady to run for public...
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Rubio says he has no plans to pull out of race
Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio told voters he was definitely taking part in next Tuesday's winner-take-all primary in Florida, amid some speculation he would be dropping out of the race for president. "Now there...