Oct 21 2010

Richard Burr Holds On to Lead Over Elaine Marshall in North Carolina

North Carolina may be another one of those states — like Pennsylvania — where Democratic voters are starting to become more engaged as Election Day approaches and enabling Democratic candidates, like senatorial hopeful Elaine Marshall, to close the gap in her race against Republican incumbent Richard Burr. Since early July, Burr had led Marshall by [...]


Oct 6 2010

Richard Burr Campaigns, With GOP Wind and Tea Party Anger at His Back, in N.C.

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. — As he embarked on an RV tour of North Carolina to answer questions and reassure supporters, Sen. Richard Burr — back home from Washington — is not taking any votes for granted. On Saturday, at a stop at GOP headquarters in Rutherford County, the conservative faithful of 100 or so crammed into [...]


Oct 6 2010

Richard Burr Campaigns, With GOP Wind and Tea Party Anger at His Back, in N.C.

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. — As he embarked on an RV tour of North Carolina to answer questions and reassure supporters, Sen. Richard Burr — back home from Washington — is not taking any votes for granted. On Saturday, at a stop at GOP headquarters in Rutherford County, the conservative faithful of 100 or so crammed into [...]


Sep 27 2010

Linda McMahon Catching Up to Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut Senate Race

Republican Linda McMahon, former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, has closed the gap between herself and Democrat Richard Blumenthal to just 5 points in the race to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Christopher Dodd, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Sept. 26. The margin of error is 4.5 points. Blumenthal, the [...]


Sep 21 2010

N.C. Senate Race: Elaine Marshall Takes Outsider Label, Richard Burr Takes the Lead

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It wasn’t easy. Elaine Marshall was explaining her position on job creation through a haze of savory smoke pouring from the meat cooking a few feet away. After a while the wind shifted, and a young woman attending the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church tailgate party nodded in approval at Marshall’s focus on [...]


Sep 21 2010

N.C. Senate Race: Elaine Marshall Takes Outsider Label, Richard Burr Takes the Lead

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It wasn’t easy. Elaine Marshall was explaining her position on job creation through a haze of savory smoke pouring from the meat cooking a few feet away. After a while the wind shifted, and a young woman attending the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church tailgate party nodded in approval at Marshall’s focus on [...]