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Candidate claims Democrats unified after recount
Senate candidate Pat Bomhack says Democrats in the 17th Senate District are energized and united behind his candidacy after the recount that declared him the winner of the primary. Subscribe...
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Democrats for Good Governance-DGG says, JONATHAN MUST DECLARE NOW
2015: JONATHAN MUST DECLARE NOW-DGG.
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Bernie Sanders Fundraiser Strafford Democrats
We warmed up the crowd for Senator Sanders. This is a cover version of "Let the Good Times Roll" I made up a few lines to welcome Senator Sanders to the event. I do not own the rights to...
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Outside groups are driving the spending on broadcast television ads in the final months of the Michigan Senate race and Democrats are dominating the spending battle, according to a breakdown compiled by Republican firm Echelon Insights for Terri Lynn Lands campaign.
Land is running against Democratic Rep. Gary Peters in the open seat contest.
In the past month, 54.89 percent of ad spending in the race has come from outside groups, a higher percentage than any other Senate race in the country, according to the data, provided to CQ Roll Call.
Alaska is the only other state where more than half of ad spending comes from outside groups. Iowa and Colorado also have a high percentage of outside spending.
The bulk of that spending came from Democratic groups, with NextGen Climate, a group funded by billionaire Tom Steyer that focuses on environmental issues, at the top.
Democrats have far outspent Republicans here over the past month. Sixty-one percent of the spots aired on broadcast television over the past month were from Democrats, while Republicans funded 39 percent.
Spending from Democrats has ramped up dramatically over the past two weeks, particularly from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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WASHINGTON David Catania is trying to do something historic -- convince Washington, D.C., voters to elect a non-Democrat as mayor.
Catania, a District of Columbia council member, is a former Republican turned independent. This automatically makes his mayoral bid an uphill climb -- but as he tries to break Democrats hold on power, he's mounting an aggressive campaign promising to improve the citys struggling public school system and reform a City Hall racked with corruption.
I think the timing is perfect because voters tell me they are sick and tired of this political machine, Catania told FoxNews.com this week. They want a government that listens to them.
Catania claims to offer a fresh start for residents weary of the corruption and decades of ward politics. Over the past three years, three of Catanias fellow council members, all Democrats, and five people connected to Democratic Mayor Vincent Grays 2010 reelection effort have pleaded guilty to federal and other corruption or campaign-finance charges.
Catania, who is white, also is an openly gay candidate in a city considered one of the most liberal in the country. He touts a progressive agenda at a time of economic development in which commuter bike lanes and joints selling $14 Paloma cocktails are rapidly replacing corner liquor stores.Catania also has led efforts to legalize same-sex marriage and helped save the only hospital in the citys two poorest, mostly black, wards -- all of which could endear him to a wide range of voters.
However, the 46-year-old Catanias biggest challenge might just be political history.
The nations capital has elected only Democratic mayors since it started holding public elections in 1974.
In addition, the District never has elected a white or openly gay mayor. And Democrats still account for 76 percent of the citys 456,633 registered voters, according to most recent figures from the city election board.
With just six weeks remaining before Election Day, an NBC4/Washington Post/Marist poll shows Catania behind 17 percentage points against Democratic frontrunner Muriel Bowser, who is black and a fellow council member.
The Democrat label still carries a lot of weight, said Will Sommer, who covers D.C. politics for The City Paper, an alternative weekly.
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DC MAYORAL RACE Independent challenges Democrats' hold on power