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WASHINGTON - Senator John McCain waited until just before the 2008 Republican convention to name his vice presidential pick, sticking to a timing tradition thought to pump up party activists before the big push to Election Day.

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Senate race in Texas headed for runoff

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz were headed to a U.S. Senate election runoff in July after neither secured the more than 50 percent of the vote required to win the Republican primary on Tuesday.

Politics, U.S., Election 2012, Barack Obama 30 May 2012

Tea Party takes on establishment Republican in Texas Senate race

AUSTIN, Texas - A U.S. Senate candidate in Texas with Tea Party backing may win enough votes in Tuesday's Republican primary to force a runoff with the state's lieutenant governor, setting up another battle for the soul of the national Republican Party.

Politics, Election 2012, Barack Obama 25 May 2012

Bristol Palin returns to TV spotlight in June

LOS ANGELES - Bristol Palin, among America's most famous young single mothers, returns to the national spotlight next month in a TV reality show spotlighting what producers called her "journey into growing womanhood".

Entertainment, Fashion, Lifestyle, Television 22 May 2012

Nebraska rancher scores upset in Senate primary

Omaha, Nebraska - Rancher and state Senator Deb Fischer overcame two longtime state office holders to win the Nebraska Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday, the second Republican primary upset in a week after an insurgent ousted longtime Indiana Republican Senator Richard Lugar.

Barack Obama, Election 2012, Politics 16 May 2012

Nebraska rancher hits Senate rivals with "political bull" ad

Omaha, Nebraska - A female rancher is banking on a humorous "political bull" ad and a high-profile endorsement to win the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska, where the party sees a chance to cut into the Democratic majority in November's election.

Barack Obama, Election 2012, Politics 15 May 2012

Corrected: Veteran Republican Senator Lugar soundly defeated

INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year Senate veteran and leading foreign policy voice, was soundly defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed rival on Tuesday, jolting the American political establishment during a volatile election year.

Barack Obama, Election 2012 10 May 2012

Veteran Republican Senator Lugar soundly defeated

INDIANAPOLIS - Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year Senate veteran and leading foreign policy voice, was soundly defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed rival on Tuesday, jolting the American political establishment during a volatile election year.

U.S., Politics, Barack Obama, Election 2012 09 May 2012

Veteran Republican Senator Lugar defeated in Indiana

INDIANAPOLIS - Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger on Tuesday, the first Senate incumbent ousted in the 2012 election year.

Politics, U.S., Barack Obama, Election 2012 08 May 2012

Lugar makes last ditch appeal to save Senate career

INDIANAPOLIS - Senator Richard Lugar appealed to Democrats to cross party lines and vote for him in the Indiana Republican primary on Tuesday, in a last ditch effort to save his 35-year Senate career from a Tea Party backed rival who accuses him of being too supportive of President Barack Obama.

Barack Obama, Election 2012, Politics 08 May 2012