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Austin businessman and lawyer John T. "Jack" McDonald said Tuesday that he's not going to seek the 2010 Democratic nomination for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Michael McCaul.

Well, that didn't take long. This morning I wondered how long it would take the Democrats to use the Senate Republicans' blockage of troop funding as a way to stall healthcare reform.

Following two and a half hours of public comments and discussion, Charleston City Council members on Tuesday voted to delay for 60 days action on a plan to reduce carbon emissions over the next few decades.

Cedric Richmond hosts fundraiser for Rob Miller State Rep. Cedric Richmond recently hosted a fundraiser for South Carolina Democrat Rob Miller , who is seeking a rematch in 2010 against Republican Congressman Joe "You Lie!" Wilson .

Next year, voters across South Carolina will decide a host of state and local races.

Republican Keith Miller and Democrat Irene Burgess faced off in one election for the Board of Education on Nov.

Members of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas who favor swine flu vaccinations for Santa Clauses gather in New York, Tuesday, Nov.

It's been one year since the United States elected Barack Obama president. This week we've been looking back at that election and ahead to congressional races in 2010.

Barack Obama's presidential campaign was a fundraising juggernaut that changed all expectations about how much cash candidates might collect, especially over the Internet.

Democratic candidates in several races came out to meet the voters Thursday at the Aiken County Democratic Party's seventh annual Fish Fry.

Buoyed by a popular incumbent mayor and an economy that didn't favor challengers, the Republicans added a seat to their already-strong majority on the city's Common Council.

A 911 levy renewal is the only issue upon which all Defiance County voters will cast ballots Tuesday, but there will be plenty to decide throughout the 38 precincts.

North Carolina's 15-year-old welfare program, Work First, will begin living up to its name this year by requiring adult recipients to work, go to school, or job hunt before they get their monthly benefits checks.

Rep. Joe Wilson , the South Carolina Republican who shouted "You lie!" during President Obama's health care speech to Congress last month, saw his out-of-state contributions soar, the latest campaign-finance reports show.

Rep. Joe Wilson's mistake was not that he opposed the president but the time, place and manner of when he voiced his opposition.

For a high-profile campaign, Democrat Rob Miller is taking a surprisingly low-profile approach.

The South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District is currently the most expensive House race in the country, the Center for Responsive Politics has found, but it's not the only place in the country where strong third quarter fund-raising totals show incumbents and challengers eagerly battling each other.

The lobby in Chad McGowan's Rock Hill law office is lined with framed newspaper clippings that carry headlines from his big legal victories.

For weeks, Maine Republican Olympia Snowe was the Senate's belle of the ball, courted relentlessly by Finance Chair Max Baucus , Majority Leader Harry Reid and even President Barack Obama .

When Jerry Palmer heard Rep. Joe Wilson yell "you lie!" as President Barack Obama pitched his health care reforms on prime-time TV, the Illinois small businessman had a strong reaction: It's about time.